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Flying the FlagSeries 4
Episode 2 of 8

Ambassador Mackenzie must tackle the delicate issue of a Briton being held hostage. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From June 1992.

‘We are representatives of Democracy in this benighted place, William. We enshrine the values of liberty, tolerance and free speech. By the way, why is that woman chained to the embassy railings..?'

Ambassador Mackenzie must tackle the delicate issue of a Briton being held hostage.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Spiro …. Stephen Greif

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.

30 minutes

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Sat 29 Apr 202304:30
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