''Flying the Flag'' was a BBC radio sitcom set in a British embassy in the

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during the

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. It ran for four series, aired from 1987 to 1992, which have been repeated numerous times.

Synopsis

Created during the Cold War, this

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Radio 4 sitcom chronicled the vagaries of diplomatic life in a fictitious eastern-bloc country.

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starred as the British ambassador, with Peter Acre (as

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William Frost) and

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(as Helen Waterson, the embassy's typist and secretary) as his assistants, and Stephen Greif as the US Ambassador. Later series moved with the times as the country embraced

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Cast

Regular Cast

*Her Majesty's Ambassador Mr McKenzie -

*William Frost - Peter Acre *Helen Waterson - Moir Leslie *Spiro Wineberg, United States Ambassador - Stephen Greif *Colonel Surikov - Christopher Benjamin

Production

*Writer -

Alex Shearer Alex Shearer (born 25 June 1949) is a British novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland. Alex Shearer sold his first TV script at the age of 29, after a varied career of some 30 odd jobs. He wrote for televisi ...

*Producer -

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(s.1-2), Neil Cargill (s.3)

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