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Submarine Diplomacy
Episode 8 of 8
The Embassy faces tough questions back home, with the spirit of the Armada bubbling up. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From April 1988.
Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of reasserting itself.
All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his staff.
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
Captain Warner …. David Goodland
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4 in April 1988.
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