Taking the Flak: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Taking the Flak (2009): Drama, Comedy, War. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
An acerbic, authentic and caustic comedy drama that covers the entire progress of a small African war, as seen through the eyes of a team of journalists sending back the nightly reports for the BBC News at Ten.
Taking the Flak is a comedy drama about how journalists in war zones live in a state of perpetual danger not just from bombs but from disease, dysentery, bedbugs, bugged beds, their colleagues, their competitors and their loved ones, who are out of sight and out of mind. If they can't get themselves embedded with the army, they'll get embedded with each other.
The team includes the smooth, veteran correspondent; the harassed, but infinitely resourceful, producer; and the green and gauche rookie stringer, dropped into a hotel and forced to choose between a room on 'the shooting side' and 'the mortar side'.
Football-mad boy soldiers, corrupt car dealers, intestinal discomfort, unexploded landmines, old flames, impromptu hostage situations, YouTube viral videos and colossal egos all combust under the African sun. There is a story to be told in Karibu - but who will get to tell it?
Series details
- Title: Taking the Flak
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, War
- Premiere date: 2009-07-08
- Final broadcast date listed: 2009-08-19
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 2991
Cast and credited roles
- Bruce MacKinnon — Harry Chambers
- Damian O'Hare — Rory Wallace
- Doon Mackichan — Jane Thomason
- Joanna Brookes — Margaret Hollis
- Martin Jarvis — David Bradburn
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2009-07-08; final listed air date 2009-08-19; episode order: 7.
Source and licence
Adapted from Taking the Flak on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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