Foreign Affairs is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1964. It is a spin-off of Bootsie and Snudge, itself a spin-off of The Army Game and starred Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser as the main characters. The entire series was wiped and is no longer thought to exist.
Background Seven months after the end of the third series of Bootsie and Snudge, where the title characters worked in a gentleman's club in central London, Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser reprised the roles they first played in The Army Game. Bootsie and Snudge went on to be revived for a fourth series in 1974. Foreign Affairs was written by Barry Took, Peter Jones (who was also the script editor), Richard Harris and Dennis Spooner.
Cast Alfie Bass – Montague 'Bootsie' Bisley Bill Fraser – Claude Snudge Nicholas Phipps – Ambassador Arthur Barrett – Third Secretary
Plot Bootsie and Snudge are now employed by the diplomatic 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.
Episodes Foreign Affairs aired on Thursdays at 7.30pm. Due to the archival policies of the time, all eight episodes were subsequently wiped and no longer exist.
# Episode Title Original Broadcast Date1Episode One2 January 19642Episode Two9 January 19643Episode Three16 January 19644Episode Four23 January 19645Episode Five30 January 19646Episode Six6 February 19647Episode Seven13 February 19648Episode Eight20 February 1964
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