The Tazbek Spring
Comedy following diplomats to the fictional Tazbekistan. An anti-government rebellion takes to the streets, provoking a fierce crackdown by the army.
Ambassador Davis and his wife Jennifer are marking the president's Platinum Jubilee with a party at the residence. However, the evening is disrupted by gunfire and explosions on the streets of the capital as the army suppress an anti-government rebellion.
Later that night, the ambassador is woken by the arrival of Mr Jackson, a legendary Foreign Office interrogation specialist. He has been sent to 'vet' all embassy staff to ascertain if any of them have been spying. This is bad news for Neil who, blackmailed by the Tazbek secret police, has been passing them classified information.
As the rebellion intensifies, the ambassador has to make a difficult decision: should he risk his career attempting to make contact with the rebel leader or stick to his usual cautious attitude of waiting to see how events transpire? Thrown out of his comfort zone by an incisive analysis of his character flaws by Mr Jackson and the pleas of his wife Jennifer to do something to stop people being slaughtered on the streets, Davis is sparked into a courageous but possibly doomed mission into the heart of the Tazbek rebellion.
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Duration: 01:31
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Keith Davis | David Mitchell |
Neil Tilly | Robert Webb |
Jennifer | Keeley Hawes |
The Prez | Igal Naor |
Caitlin | Susan Lynch |
Isabel | Amara Karan |
Tanya | Natalia Tena |
Robert Jackson | Michael Smiley |
POD | Matthew Macfadyen |
French Ambassador | Oliver Dimsdale |
Fergana | Lydia Leonard |
Oybek Yerzhan | Umit Ulgen |
Amil Zarifi | Krystian Godlewski |
Sergei | Andy Lucas |
Ludmilla | Debbie Chazen |
Svecko | Velibor Topic |
US Ambassador | Lachele Carl |
Tall surveillance man | George Lasha |
Short surveillance man | Sevan Stephan |
Kevin | James Doherty |
Captain Jones | Ralph Jones |
Captain | Uriel Emil |
Rebel | Aleksandar Aleksiev |
Mrs Petrova | Jenny Galloway |
Director | Jeremy Webb |
Producer | Chris Carey |
Writer | James Wood |
Writer | Rupert Walters |
Checkpoint soldier | Marat Berdyyev |
Broadcasts
- Wed 6 Nov 2013 21:00
- Mon 30 Dec 2013 01:00
Behind the scenes of Ambassadors
Mitchell & Webb talk about the new comedy drama set in the Republic of Tazbekistan.