Our Man In Moscow
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1963
- 1 pilot
Sitcom pilot by Galton & Simpson, starring Robert Morley and Frank Thornton as the British Ambassador to Russia and his secretary. Also features Patrick Wymark, Anthony Newlands, Michael Earl, Frank Littlewood, Leon Thau and Peter Thompson
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1963
- Channel
- BBC TV
- Episodes
- 1 Pilot
- Stars
- Robert Morley, Patrick Wymark, Frank Thornton, Anthony Newlands, Michael Earl, Frank Littlewood, Leon Thau and Peter Thompson
- Writers
- Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Director
- Duncan Wood
- Producer
- Duncan Wood
- Company
Sir William Hunter can be a little highly strung, but as the British ambassador in Moscow, wouldn't you be?
Aided by his much cooler-headed secretary Mortimer, Hunter enjoys the perks of the job - cocktails, dinner parties and balls - so long as there's nothing he can be mocked over, such as England losing at cricket.
Quietly awaiting the arrival of a visiting British pop group, the usual work-eschewing peace of the ambassadorial residence is thrown into disarray when the third tuba player in the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra arrives with a particularly unusual request for political asylum.
Additional details
- Part of
- Also known as
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- Comedy Playhouse: Our Man In Moscow
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Black and white
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 1st March 1963 at 8:45pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 30 minutes