Foreign Affairs (1966 TV series) - Revision history

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	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| genre = [[w:Sitcom\|Sitcom]]		\| genre = [[Sitcom\|Sitcom]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes		\| runtime = 30 minutes
	\| creator = Leonard Samson		\| creator = Leonard Samson
	\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[~~w:Brian Cooke\|~~Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson		\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson
	\| producer = John Street		\| producer = John Street
	\| starring = [[~~w:Leslie Phillips\|~~Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[~~w:Richard O'Sullivan\|~~Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[~~w:Austin Trevor\|~~Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]		\| starring = [[Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[BBC One\|BBC1]]
	\| picture_format = [w:[Black-and-white\|]]		\| picture_format = [[Black-and-white\|Black-and-white]]
	\| first_aired = {{start date\|1966\|09\|16\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{start date\|1966\|09\|16\|df=y}}
	\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|10\|21\|df=y}}		\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|10\|21\|df=y}}
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	}}		}}

	'''''Foreign Affairs''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]] in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was [[w:wiping\|wiped]] and is no longer thought to exist.		'''''Foreign Affairs''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[BBC One\|BBC1]] in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was [[wiping\|wiped]] and is no longer thought to exist.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]] - Dennis Proudfoot		*[[Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]] - Dennis Proudfoot
	*[[w:Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]] - Taplow		*[[Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]] - Taplow
	*[[w:Austin Trevor\|Austin Trevor]] - Sir Hugh Marriot		*[[Austin Trevor\|Austin Trevor]] - Sir Hugh Marriot
	*Dorothy Frere - Miss Jessup		*Dorothy Frere - Miss Jessup
	*[[Ronnie Barker]] - Grischa Petrovitch		*[[Ronnie Barker]] - Grischa Petrovitch
	*[[w:Joe Melia\|Joe Melia]] - Serge Volchanivov		*[[Joe Melia\|Joe Melia]] - Serge Volchanivov
	*Sonia Graham - Irinka		*Sonia Graham - Irinka

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[w:Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[w:Whitehall\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[w:London\|London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>		Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[Whitehall\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[London\|London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==
	''Foreign Affairs'' aired on Fridays at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently [[w:wiping\|wiped]] and no longer exist.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=a09e0ece-86c3-45ba-b216-b1fe233da671\|title=LostShows.com\|accessdate=9 December 2013\|author=\|last=\|first=\|year=2013\|work=\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>		''Foreign Affairs'' aired on Fridays at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently [[wiping\|wiped]] and no longer exist.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=a09e0ece-86c3-45ba-b216-b1fe233da671\|title=LostShows.com\|accessdate=9 December 2013\|author=\|last=\|first=\|year=2013\|work=\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>

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	\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[w:Brian Cooke\|Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson		\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[w:Brian Cooke\|Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson
	\| producer = John Street		\| producer = John Street
	\| starring = [[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[w:Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]		\| starring = [[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[w:Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[w:Austin Trevor\|Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]
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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[w:Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[w:Whitehall\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>		Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[w:Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[w:Whitehall\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[w:London\|London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==

Kurt at 21:39, 31 October 2022

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	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| genre = [[Sitcom]]		\| genre = [[w:Sitcom\|Sitcom]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes		\| runtime = 30 minutes
	\| creator = Leonard Samson		\| creator = Leonard Samson
	\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson		\| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]]<br>[[w:Brian Cooke\|Brian Cooke]]<br>Leonard Samson
	\| producer = John Street		\| producer = John Street
	\| starring = [[Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]		\| starring = [[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[w:Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]]<br>[[Austin Trevor]]<br>Dorothy Frere<br>[[Ronnie Barker]]
	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| network = [[BBC One\|BBC1]]		\| network = [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]]
	\| picture_format = [[Black-and-white]]		\| picture_format = [w:[Black-and-white\|]]
	\| first_aired = {{start date\|1966\|9\|16\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{start date\|1966\|09\|16\|df=y}}
	\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|10\|21\|df=y}}		\| last_aired = {{end date\|1966\|10\|21\|df=y}}
	\| num_series = 1		\| num_series = 1
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	'''''Foreign Affairs''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[BBC One\|BBC1]] in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was [[wiping\|wiped]] and is no longer thought to exist.		'''''Foreign Affairs''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[w:BBC One\|BBC1]] in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was [[w:wiping\|wiped]] and is no longer thought to exist.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Leslie Phillips]] - Dennis Proudfoot		*[[w:Leslie Phillips\|Leslie Phillips]] - Dennis Proudfoot
	*[[Richard O'Sullivan]] - Taplow		*[[w:Richard O'Sullivan\|Richard O'Sullivan]] - Taplow
	*[[Austin Trevor]] - Sir Hugh Marriot		*[[w:Austin Trevor\|Austin Trevor]] - Sir Hugh Marriot
	*Dorothy Frere - Miss Jessup		*Dorothy Frere - Miss Jessup
	*[[Ronnie Barker]] - Grischa Petrovitch		*[[Ronnie Barker]] - Grischa Petrovitch
	*[[Joe Melia]] - Serge Volchanivov		*[[w:Joe Melia\|Joe Melia]] - Serge Volchanivov
	*Sonia Graham - Irinka		*Sonia Graham - Irinka

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>		Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[w:Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] in [[w:Whitehall\|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book\|last=Lewishohn\|first=Mark \|author-link=Mark Lewisohn\|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy\|year=2003\|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]\|location=[[London]]\|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==
	''Foreign Affairs'' aired on Fridays at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently [[wiping\|wiped]] and no longer exist.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=a09e0ece-86c3-45ba-b216-b1fe233da671\|title=LostShows.com\|accessdate=9 December 2013\|author=\|last=\|first=\|year=2013\|work=\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>		''Foreign Affairs'' aired on Fridays at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently [[w:wiping\|wiped]] and no longer exist.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web\|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=a09e0ece-86c3-45ba-b216-b1fe233da671\|title=LostShows.com\|accessdate=9 December 2013\|author=\|last=\|first=\|year=2013\|work=\|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = Leonard Samson
| writer = [[Johnnie Mortimer]] [[Brian Cooke]] Leonard Samson
| producer = John Street
| starring = [[Leslie Phillips]] [[Richard O'Sullivan]] [[Austin Trevor]] Dorothy Frere [[Ronnie Barker]]
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| picture_format = [[Black-and-white]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1966|9|16|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1966|10|21|df=y}}
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6
}}

'''''Foreign Affairs''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in 1966. Starring Leslie Phillips in the lead role, it was set in the Foreign Office in Whitehall. The entire series was [[wiping|wiped]] and is no longer thought to exist.

==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]]''.<ref name="RT"/>

==Cast==
*[[Leslie Phillips]] - Dennis Proudfoot
*[[Richard O'Sullivan]] - Taplow
*[[Austin Trevor]] - Sir Hugh Marriot
*Dorothy Frere - Miss Jessup
*[[Ronnie Barker]] - Grischa Petrovitch
*[[Joe Melia]] - Serge Volchanivov
*Sonia Graham - Irinka

==Plot==
Womaniser Dennis Proudfoot works in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|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.<ref name="RT">{{cite book|last=Lewishohn|first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|year=2003|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|location=[[London]]|isbn=0-563-48755-0}}</ref>

==Episodes==
''Foreign Affairs'' aired on Fridays at 7.30pm.<ref name="RT"/> Due to the archival policies of the time, all six episodes were subsequently [[wiping|wiped]] and no longer exist.<ref name="Lost">{{cite web|url=http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?programme=a09e0ece-86c3-45ba-b216-b1fe233da671|title=LostShows.com|accessdate=9 December 2013|author=|last=|first=|year=2013|work=|publisher=LostShows.com}}</ref>

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|-
! #
! Episode Title
! Original Broadcast Date
|-
|1
|"The Foreign Body"
|16 September 1966
|-
|2
|"Can We Have Our Ball Back?"
|23 September 1966
|-
|3
|"The Leak"
|30 September 1966
|-
|4
|"Learning to Compromise"
|7 October 1966
|-
|5
|"One of Our Islands is Missing"
|14 October 1966
|-
|6
|"The Exterminator"
|21 October 1966
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1966 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1966 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1960s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:BBC television sitcoms]]
[[Category:Lost BBC episodes]]