Taking The Flak
- TV comedy drama / sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2009
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama following a team of journalists in a war zone who are in a state of perpetual danger, not just from bombs... but each other too. Stars Martin Jarvis, Doon Mackichan, Bruce Mackinnon, Joanna Brookes, Damian O'Hare and more.
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Taking the Flak - The joy of foreign parts
In between dodging the snipers and the mortar rounds, everyone's having sex in BBC2's racy new sitcom about overseas news reporting. The Independent's defence correspondent, Kim Sengupta, reports, this time from the front row.
Kim Sengupta, The Independent, 3rd July 2009War is hell, even if it's a comedy drama
From a chance conversation 10 years ago with Jon Plowman (then head of comedy at the BBC) about what happens behind the scenes in television news, the idea for Taking the Flak was born: a comedy drama about journalists in war zones behaving badly.
Broadcast, 25th June 2009Simpson's wars get the comic treatment
The BBC world affairs editor is 'chuffed' after inspiring new series set in an African conflict.
Ben Dowell, The Guardian, 30th December 2007