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Season 1, Episode 2

The Prince's Trousers

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Air Date: 2013-10-30

Overview: The embassy welcomes the annoying minor royal and trade envoy Prince Mark of Bath, who has come to the country to help secure the licence for Anglo-Brit oil. He is extremely vain, taking an ironing board everywhere to keep his trousers crease-free and a difficult guest, demanding sexual threesomes. Meanwhile Neil is sheltering Amil Zarifi, an anti-government dissident who has escaped from jail and is hiding in the embassy with Jennifer's approval. Learning that the information Neil was blackmailed into giving them was false and aware of Zafifi's presence in the embassy, the secret police want him handed over to them and Keith wants to comply to save the oil contract. But Zarifi finds an unexpected ally when he bumps into Mark and they get drunk together, Zarifi horrifying Mark with stories of the Tazbekistan regime. This in turn leads to Mark delivering an amazing speech to the president which secures the oil deal as well as Zarifi's freedom. - Written by don @ minifie-1

Runtime: 60 minutes

4.0 / 5

Cast

David Mitchell Image

David Mitchell

Robert Webb Image

Robert Webb

Susan Lynch Image

Susan Lynch

Amara Karan Image

Amara Karan

Oliver Dimsdale Image

Oliver Dimsdale

Shivani Ghai Image

Shivani Ghai

Keeley Hawes Image

Keeley Hawes

Natalia Tena Image

Natalia Tena

Matthew Macfadyen Image

Matthew Macfadyen

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Isobel Pravda

Velibor Topic Image

Velibor Topic

Debbie Chazen Image

Debbie Chazen

Tom Hollander Image

Tom Hollander

Michael Smiley Image

Michael Smiley

Ralph Ineson Image

Ralph Ineson

Simon DeSilva Image

Simon DeSilva

Elliot Cowan Image

Elliot Cowan