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Flying the Flag

Submarine Diplomacy

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The Goon Show
Neddie must plunder a sunken Spanish galleon.
19:00 - 19:30
It's a Fair Cop
Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore with more tales of theft from the front line.

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 BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.

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