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Radio 4 Extra,19 May 1987,30 mins

Series Series 1

Here in the Western World

Flying the Flag

Available for 26 days

Why is the Ambassador's whiskey like an American submarine? And is the noble art of moaning really under threat? Arms limitation negotiations at the Embassy call for some verbal gymnastics... Starring Dinsdale Landen. Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer. Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen William Frost …. Peter Acre Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin Mikhail Korovin …. Jonathan Kydd Yakov Korovin …. Michael Bilton US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif Producer: Pete Atkin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.

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