Flying the Flag

Flying the Flag

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = Flying the Flag


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format = Comedy-drama
runtime = 30 minutes
country = flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 4
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television =
starring = Dinsdale Landen
Peter Acre
Moir Leslie
creator = Alex Shearer
writer = Alex Shearer
director =
producer = Pete Atkin
Neil Cargill
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record_location =
first_aired = April 20, 1987
last_aired = August 4, 1992
num_series = 4
num_episodes = 28
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
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ynopsis

Created at the height of the Cold War, this BBC Radio 4 sitcom chronicled the vagaries of diplomatic life in a fictitious eastern-bloc country. Dinsdale Landen starred as the British ambassador, with Peter Acre and Moir Leslie as his assistants, and Stephen Greif as the US Ambassador.

Later series moved with the times as the country embraced perestroika.

Cast

Regular Cast

*Ambassador McKenzie - Dinsdale Landen
*William Frost - Peter Acre
*Helen Waterson - Moir Leslie
*United States Ambassador - Stephen Greif
*Colonel Surikov - Christopher Benjamin

Production

*Writer - Alex Shearer
*Producer - Pete Atkin (s1-2), Neil Cargill (s3)

Episode List

ee also

* [http://wordaloud.dnsalias.com/wordaloud/main.asp?Action=RSDisplay&SID=430 wordaloud.com]
* [http://www.epguides.com/FlyingtheFlag/ epguides.com]
* [http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/flying_the_flag.html radiolistings.co.uk]


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