

69 minutes
2/10/1981
A cool hard study of 'the art of the deal' on a global scale. Sir Peter, the chillingly affable chief exec of big British multi-national UKM, learns that the Soviet Union's chief scientists are in London with government credit to spend. He's keen to flog them a tyre-production plant. based in the Ukraine, which will unshackle UKM from bothersome unions at home. But at the negotiating table, it fast becomes apparent that the Soviets are more interested in the laser technology UKM employs to vulcanise their tyres; and Peter starts to foresee a new future in military aerospace for his ever fiexible firm.

Graham Crowden
as Sir Peter

Tony Doyle
as Blake

Oscar Quitak
as Teddy Whitaker, M. P.

Steven Berkoff
as Kozlov

George Pravda
as Pervitsky
Jerry Harte
as Kettner

Malcolm Ingram
as Clive

Malcolm Ingram
as Bob
Wendy Gifford
as Barbara
Larry Hoodekoff
as Boris

Czeslaw Grocholski
as Vasin

Jiří Stanislav
as Russian Interpreter
Philippa Jarvis
as English Interpreter
Glenn Williams
as Waters

Richard Bebb
as Robbie

Eileen Helsby
as Maggie