Miniseries

During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office in Whitehall display little interest in the decline of the British Empire. To their eyes, it can hardly compete with girls, rock music, and the intrigue of romantic entanglements.

Episodes

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Episode 160 min1993-02-21

Episode 1

Private Mick Hopper passes the day in the War Office dreaming of becoming a drummer. Meanwhile, new recruit Private Francis Francis is dancing to a different beat...

Episode 260 min1993-02-28

Episode 2

Francis' worst fears about who lives upstairs with the beautiful Sylvia Berry are confirmed, and he confides all to Mick Hopper - with disastrous results.

Episode 360 min1993-03-07

Episode 3

Hopper continues to fantasise at work and discusses women and love with Francis. When the red phone rings, Hopper is convinced the message is about the Suez crisis.

Episode 460 min1993-03-14

Episode 4

Hopper is dreaming of Lisa. Francis is dreaming of Sylvia. And all hell breaks loose down at the Hammersmith Palais.

Episode 560 min1993-03-21

Episode 5

Sylvia despairs at Francis and is angry at Atterbow. Meanwhile, Hopper gets ready for his night out with Lisa.

Episode 660 min1993-03-28

Episode 6

Francis has a confession to make to his family: Vickie is horrified, Fred just laughs. Elsewhere, Sylvia visits Harold Atterbrow in hospital.

Season Cast

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Cast

Giles Thomas

Private Francis Francis

Ewan McGregor

Private Mick Hopper

Louise Germaine

Sylvia Berry

Douglas Henshall

Corporal Berry

Peter Jeffrey

Colonel Bernwood

Roy Hudd

Harold Atterbow

Clive Francis

Major Hedges

Nicholas Jones

Major Carter

Nicholas Farrell

Major Church

Maggie Steed

Aunt Vickie

Bernard Hill

Uncle Fred

Bernard Brown

Prime Minister Eden

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