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Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series)

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Foreign Affairs
GenreSitcom
StarringAlfie Bass
Bill Fraser
Nicholas Phipps
Arthur Barrett
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducersPeter Eton
Derek Granger
Running time30 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 January (1964-01-02) –
20 February 1964 (1964-02-20)
Related
Bootsie and Snudge
The Army Game

Foreign Affairs is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1964. It is a spin-off of Bootsie and Snudge, itself a spin-off of The Army Game and starred Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser as the main characters. The entire series was wiped and is no longer thought to exist.

Background

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Seven months after the end of the third series of Bootsie and Snudge, where the title characters worked in a gentleman's club in central London, Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser reprised the roles they first played in The Army Game.[1] Bootsie and Snudge went on to be revived for a fourth series in 1974.[2] Foreign Affairs was written by Barry Took, Peter Jones (who was also the script editor), Richard Harris and Dennis Spooner.[1][3]

Cast

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Plot

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Bootsie and Snudge are now employed by the diplomatic service and work at the British Embassy in the fictional Bosnik, somewhere in Europe. Snudge believes he is ambassador material whilst Bootsie is the security officer.[1]

Episodes

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Foreign Affairs aired on Thursdays at 7.30pm.[1] Due to the archival policies of the time, all eight episodes were subsequently wiped and no longer exist.[4]

# Episode Title Original Broadcast Date
1 Episode One 2 January 1964
2 Episode Two 9 January 1964
3 Episode Three 16 January 1964
4 Episode Four 23 January 1964
5 Episode Five 30 January 1964
6 Episode Six 6 February 1964
7 Episode Seven 13 February 1964
8 Episode Eight 20 February 1964

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lewishohn, Mark (2003). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. London: BBC Worldwide. ISBN 0-563-48755-0.
  2. ^ "Wanna Bet? (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Foreign Affairs (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "LostShows.com". LostShows.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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