| 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 (1964-01-02) – 20 February 1964 (1964-02-20) |
| Related | |
| Bootsie and Snudge The Army Game | |
Foreign Affairs is a British sitcom that aired onITV in 1964. It is a spin-off ofBootsie and Snudge, itself a spin-off ofThe Army Game and starredAlfie Bass andBill Fraser as the main characters. The entire series waswiped and is no longer thought to exist.
Seven months after the end of the third series ofBootsie and Snudge, where the title characters worked in agentleman's club in central London, Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser reprised the roles they first played inThe Army Game.[1]Bootsie and Snudge went on to be revived for a fourth series in 1974.[2]Foreign Affairs was written byBarry Took,Peter Jones (who was also the script editor),Richard Harris andDennis Spooner.[1][3]
Bootsie and Snudge are now employed by thediplomatic 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]
Foreign Affairs aired on Thursdays at 7.30pm.[1] Due to the archival policies of the time, all eight episodes were subsequentlywiped 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 |