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Submarine Diplomacy

Flying the Flag Series 2
Episode 8 of 8

The Embassy faces tough questions back home, with the spirit of the Armada bubbling up. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From April 1988.

Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of reasserting itself.

All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his staff.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie 鈥�. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost 鈥�. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson 鈥�. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov 鈥�. Christopher Benjamin
Captain Warner 鈥�. David Goodland
US Ambassador 鈥�. Stephen Greif

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 1988.

30 minutes

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