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Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to escape Bletchley Park for Iraq. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2007.
Charles and Archie jump at the chance of going to Iraq, but the posting turns out not to be as cushy as it first seemed.
James Cary's sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941.
Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut, as they try to break German ciphers.
Unfortunately, they hate each other.
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Joshua …. Alex MacQueen
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in July 2007.
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