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Taking the Flak


“Taking the Flak”  A comedy, about news, made like news 

Originator, Co-writer and Co-Producer

“Taking the Flak” is a very black comedy which covers the entire progress of a small African war through the eyes of the journalists who are sending the nightly reports back for television news. It’s acerbic, authentic, realistic, caustic comedy drama.

A BBC commissioned comedy currently in production for BBC2;

Pilot filming completed in Kenya, January 2007. 

Series shooting in Nakuru, Kenya in January & February 2008.

 

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