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.
| Foreign Affairs | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | Alfie Bass Bill Fraser Nicholas Phipps Arthur Barrett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Peter Eton Derek Granger |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 2 January – 20 February 1964 |
| Related | |
| Bootsie and Snudge The Army Game | |
Background
editSeven 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
edit- Alfie Bass – Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley
- Bill Fraser – Claude Snudge
- Nicholas Phipps – Ambassador
- Arthur Barrett – Third Secretary
Plot
editBootsie 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
editForeign 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
edit- ^ a b c d Lewishohn, Mark (2003). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. London: BBC Worldwide. ISBN 0-563-48755-0.
- ^ "Wanna Bet? (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Foreign Affairs (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021.
- ^ "LostShows.com". LostShows.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.