Flying the Flag
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For the song by Scooch, see Flying the Flag (for You).
| Flying the Flag | |
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Dinsdale Landen Peter Acre Moir Leslie |
| Creator(s) | Alex Shearer |
| Writer(s) | Alex Shearer |
| Producer(s) | Pete Atkin Neil Cargill |
| Air dates | April 20, 1987 – August 4, 1992 |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
Contents |
[edit] Synopsis
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 Grief as the US Ambassador.
Later series moved with the times as the country embraced perestroika.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Regular Cast
- Ambassador McKenzie - Dinsdale Landen
- William Frost - Peter Acre
- Helen Waterson - Moir Leslie
- United States Ambassador - Stephen Greif
- Colonel Surikov - Christopher Benjamin
[edit] Production
- Writer - Alex Shearer
- Producer - Pete Atkin (s1-2), Neil Cargill (s3)
[edit] Episode List
| Series | Episode | Title | First broadcast | Additional cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Favours | 20 April 1987 | Brown - Milton Johns, Bryant - Stuart Organ |
| 2 | Weather Problems | 27 April 1987 | Yakov Korovin - Michael Bilton, Mikhail Korovin - Jonathan Kydd | |
| 3 | Notes From The Underground | 4 May 1987 | Yakov Korovin - Michael Bilton, Eugenia - Sue Broomfield | |
| 4 | Compromising Positions | 11 May 1987 | Mrs Poonskey - Margaret Ward | |
| 5 | Here In The Western World | 18 May 1987 | Yakov Korovin - Michael Bilton, Mikhail Korovin - Jonathan Kydd | |
| 6 | Spy Story | 25 May 1987 | Mrs Newton - Susie Brann, George Summers - Peter Howell | |
| 2 | 1 | The Bread And Butter | 10 March 1988 | Harris - Stephen Rashbrook |
| 2 | The Space Race | 17 March 1988 | Olaf - David Goodland | |
| 3 | A Tooth For A Tooth | 24 March 1988 | ||
| 4 | The Opium Of The People | 31 March 1988 | Morris - John Baddely | |
| 5 | No Sudden Moves | 7 April 1988 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 6 | Political Flu | 14 April 1988 | Shelkov - Paul Gregory, Nesterov - Peter Craze | |
| 7 | A Taste Of Democracy | 21 April 1988 | Frank Burton MP - Alan Dudley, Gerald Calder-Browne MP - Richard Tate | |
| 8 | Submarine Diplomacy | 28 April 1988 | Captain Warner - David Goodland | |
| 3 | 1 | Whose Rubbish Is It Anyway? | 20 November 1990 | |
| 2 | Our Own Correspondent | 27 November 1990 | Henry Treebling - John Grieve | |
| 3 | A Loss Of Marbles | 4 December 1990 | ||
| 4 | The Comrade Connection | 11 December 1990 | ||
| 5 | Cool Heads | 18 December 1990 | Hutchins - Norman Bird | |
| 6 | Cultural Exchange | 25 December 1990 | Grub - Julian Dutton | |
| 4 | 1 | Spiritual Values | 16 June 1992 | (Information not currently available) |
| 2 | In Custody | 23 June 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 3 | As Unequal As Others | 30 June 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 4 | Little Extras | 7 July 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 5 | Endangered Species | 14 July 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 6 | No Special Treatment | 21 July 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 7 | The Pretenders | 28 July 1992 | (Information not currently available) | |
| 8 | End Of Term | 4 August 1992 | (Information not currently available) |
