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Political Friendships

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The setup

An Italian premier turns a diplomatic meeting into an increasingly expensive request for an alibi.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Gabbatore approaches the British Prime Minister with his interpreter and asks him to confirm a meeting that never happened. Faced with resistance, the visiting leader offers increasingly extravagant incentives and appeals to their friendship. The Prime Minister tries to maintain his principles as the conversation becomes an exercise in disguising personal favors as international diplomacy.

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No, six months ago.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The BBC labels the 2010 run as Series 2; the catalog follows the overall chronology and counts it as Series 3.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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