Taking the Flak (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Taking the Flak - Season One )

Taking the Flak (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Taking the Flak - Season One
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
237 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Adam Miller
Jon Rolph

Written By:
Sandra Jones
Jon Rolph

Actors:
Martin Jarvis ..... David Bradburn (7 episodes, 2009)
Doon Mackichan ..... Jane Thomason (7 episodes, 2009)
Bruce Mackinnon ..... Harry Chambers (7 episodes, 2009)
Joanna Brookes ..... Margaret Hollis (7 episodes, 2009)
Lydia Gitachu ..... Grace Matiko (6 episodes, 2009)
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith ..... Joyful Sifuri (6 episodes, 2009)
Harry Lloyd ..... Alexander Taylor-Pierce (5 episodes, 2009)
Damian O'Hare ..... Rory Wallace (5 episodes, 2009)
Lucy Chalkley ..... Samantha Cunningham-Fleming (4 episodes, 2009)
Sadat Mourad ..... Mkombe / ... (4 episodes, 2009)
Onyango Owino ..... Presidential Guard Officer / ... (2 episodes, 2009)

Synopsis:

As war rages in Africa, it's hand to hand combat in the battle to get the lead story on the Ten O'Clock News. After years of conflict, the civil war in the African nation of Karibu comes under the fickle spotlight of the Western media. The corrupt President Kubwasana will now be featured nightly, at least until there is a better story elsewhere. For Harry Chambers, the local BBC stringer, it's his big break. That is until the London newsroom despatches its own team, led by the BBC's egotistical foreign editor David Bradburn (Martin Jarvis). Joining David's team is the hard-nosed, long suffering producer Jane (Doon Mackichan) who has the near impossible job of organising David, the cameramen Jack and Rory, irritably-bowelled Margaret from the World Service, and some friendly locals. If only all would go to plan then they'd be on for the best story of their lives. Of course, there are a few minor obstacles: the desperately uninterested London desk producers; all-action American star reporter, Candida Colter; the BBC's Brussels Correspondent who's muscling in on their story, and the small matter of people shooting at you in a strange country! Written and produced by experienced, award winning journalists and including cameo appearances from Mackenzie Crook, Ruby Wax and real BBC News anchors.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Bigfooting
Original Air Date-8 July 2009
Season 1, Episode 2: Black Gold
Original Air Date-15 July 2009
Season 1, Episode 3: Cursed Is the Country
Original Air Date-22 July 2009
Season 1, Episode 4: The Past Is a Different Colony
Original Air Date-29 July 2009
Season 1, Episode 5: Unfriendly Fire
Original Air Date-5 August 2009
Season 1, Episode 6: Big Beasts
Original Air Date-12 August 2009
Season 1, Episode 7: Enter the Lion
Original Air Date-19 August 2009

Taking the Flak is a comedy drama which aired on BBC Two in summer 2009. It is set in a fictional Central African country that is the middle of a civil war. A team of BBC journalists arrive from London, to the annoyance of the local BBC stringer Harry Chambers (Bruce Mackinnon), and send reports back to BBC News in London.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 26 April, 2015.