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Summary

Tony Fairfax (Richard Briers) has spent 37 years of his life working as a cultural adviser to the President of a banana republic in Latin America.

When the President is deposed by a military coup, Tony is sacked and deported back to England.

He ends up staying with his brother Chris (Christopher Blake) and his wife Molly (Kirsten Cooke).

Chris, who runs a small gardening business, offers Tony a job as a labourer.

Cast List

  Richard Briers as Tony Fairfax
  Christopher Blake as Chris Fairfax
  Kirsten Cooke as Molly Fairfax
  Stephen Bent as Oswald
  Steve Edwin as Jim
  Sandor Eles as Ramon
  Joanna Van Gyseghem as Helen Thorpe

Production Details

Written by:
John Esmonde, Bob Larbey

Directed by:
John B Hobbs

Produced by:
John B Hobbs

1 series, 7 episodes

Transmitted: 1995

BBC Television