Flying The Flag
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1987 - 1992
  • 28 episodes (4 series)

Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy. Stars Dinsdale Landen, Peter Acre, Moir Leslie, Stephen Greif and Christopher Benjamin

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