Inside the Foreign Office
Over the course of one extremely turbulent year cameras go behind the scenes at heart of the UK's Foreign Office to show the work of British diplomats.
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- Documentary
Over the course of one extremely turbulent year cameras go behind the scenes at heart of the UK's Foreign Office to show the work of British diplomats.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Keeping Power and Influence
59 mins
How can the UK maintain its influence on the world stage and thus protect itself? That is the priority of the top civil servant at the FO. At the UN the UK team juggle multiple roles amid a growing crisis in Burma.
Episode 2
Brave New World
59 mins
As diplomats prepare for the post-Brexit world we catch discussions around the globe: in Whitehall, in far-flung embassies in Nigeria and Mongolia, and on the foreign secretary's private plane.
Episode 3
Brits in Trouble
59 mins
3 diplomats embark on 3 different but equally challenging tasks - aiding young backpackers arrested in Cambodia for 'pornographic dancing', finding a missing elderly couple and aiding an Iraqi girl facing death or marriage.