Created by Leonard Samson No. of series 1 First episode date 16 September 1966 Network BBC One Genre Sitcom | Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 6 Final episode date 21 October 1966 Number of episodes 6 Number of series 1 | |
Written by Johnnie Mortimer
Brian Cooke
Leonard Samson Starring Leslie Phillips
Richard O'Sullivan
Austin Trevor
Dorothy Frere
Ronnie Barker | ||
Foreign Affairs was a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was wiped and is no longer thought to exist.
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Background
All six episodes were written by writing partners Johnny Mortimer and Brian Cooke, with creator Leonard Samson also co-writing one episode. Foreign Affairs introduced the writers to young actor Richard O'Sullivan and this would lead to his title role in the 1970s sitcom Man About the House.
Cast
Plot
Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the Foreign Office in Whitehall as the personal assistant to Sir Hugh Marriot, the administrator of foreign relations. The programme focuses on the conflicts between the Foreign Office and the counterparts at the Soviet Embassy in London. Serge Volchanivov is the commissar for foreign relations and his assistant is Grischa Petrovitch. Taplow is the 20-year-old post-room boy.
Episodes
Foreign Affairs aired on Fridays at 7.30pm. Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently wiped and no longer exist.