Embassy (1990–1992)

A soap opera set in the Australian embassy to Ragaan, an imaginary South East Asian country.

Creators:

Ian Bradley, Anne Lucas

Stars:

Bryan Marshall, Ria Yazaki, Jim Holt

1 win.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Bryan Marshall	...	Ambassador Duncan Stewart (8 episodes, 1990)
Ria Yazaki	...	Sally (7 episodes, 1990-1992)
Jim Holt	...	James Peake (4 episodes, 1991-1992)
Gerard Maguire	...	Freddie (3 episodes, 1990)
Cecilia Trandang	...	Ahchoy (3 episodes, 1992)
Marcel Cugola	...	General Usman (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Nicholas Hammond	...	Benson (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Paul Kuek	...	Wong Shee (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Khym Lam	...	Josie (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Alex Pinder	...	Hassan (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Monroe Reimers	...	Bedawi (2 episodes, 1990-1992)
James Wright	...	Toby (2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Nic Gazzana	...	General Yamin (2 episodes, 1990)
Jarod A. Joseph	...	Untitled son (2 episodes, 1990)
Neil Melville	...	Phil Harman (2 episodes, 1990)
Michael Wehbe	...	Looter (2 episodes, 1990)
Carla Aquilla	...	Fatima (2 episodes, 1991)
Jane Borghesi	...	Djamila (2 episodes, 1992)
Vince D'Amico	...	Journalist (2 episodes, 1992)
Adriana Frosi-Petersen	...	Miriam (2 episodes, 1992)
Steve Jodrell	...	Jeremy Meagher (2 episodes, 1992)
Moshe Kedem	...	Colonel Omar (2 episodes, 1992)
Anne Lucas	...	Madame Wu (2 episodes, 1992)
Tasos Petousis	...	Colonel Edo (2 episodes, 1992)
Tony Poli	...	Major Abu Tali (2 episodes, 1992)

Storyline

The series portrays the eventful lives of the Australian ambassador and his staff in Ragaan, an imaginary South East Asian military dictatorship (not unlike Myanmar), with elements of office politics, Australian and Ragaan's 'real' domestic politics, diplomacy as Australia is the closest strictly western regional major power with significant economic (mainly oil) interests, corruption, drug trade and other smuggling, cultural differences, the 'consular' affairs of citizens from or going to Australia, asylum seekers...

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1990 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min (39 episodes)

Color:

Color

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