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A Loss of Marbles
Episode 3 of 6
Britain's ambassador faces demands from the Republic for the return of its heritage. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From 1990.
Gathering dust in the British Museum are great lumps of the Republic's heritage - and now it wants them back.
"But we did give them lots of things in return, William..."
"Like beads, sir?"
"Like standards William..."
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
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 1990.
Last on
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