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Endangered Species

Flying the FlagSeries 4
Episode 5 of 8

Ambassador Mackenzie turns his attention to the ecology of the People's Republic. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From July 1992.

Desperate to be ‘Seen to be Green’, the Ambassadors from both East and West try to reconcile materialism with ecological common sense.

Agreement on policies proves impossible and time is running out: diplomacy may soon be extinct.

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
US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg …. Stephen Greif

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.

30 minutes

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