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Farrington of the F.O. (1986)

Farrington of the F.O. poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 14 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British sitcom about a diplomat and his colleagues working at a consulate in a rough Latin American location. It follows their bumbling attempts to manage their duties and personal lives amid the local chaos.

lightheartedcomedicgentlewhimsicalmildamusingquirky

What happens

Farrington of the F.O. is a British television comedy series by Dick Sharples about the staff of the British Consulate in "one of the armpits of Latin America". It was produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast from 1986 to 1987. Its second, and final, series was simply called Farrington. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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