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''Embassy'' is an Australian television serial originally broadcast by ABC Television from 1990 to 1992. Three series were produced with a total of 39 episodes. The program is set in the Australian embassy of a fictional South-East Asian country called Ragaan, located half-way up the Malay Peninsula, somewhere between Thailand and Malaysia. It features stories about Australian ambassadors and their staff.〔Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 159〕 ==Creation and production== ''Embassy'' was created by Grundy Television director Ian Bradley, producer of ''Prisoner'', who first proposed the idea for a diplomatic series during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979.〔Bruce Jones, 'TV Series: Hawke Calms Malaysia Fury', ''Sun-Herald'' (Sydney, 21 October 1990), p. 2.〕 It was produced by ABC Television with assistance from the Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs.〔Kalimullah Hassan, 'KL freeze on ties with Australia to be reviewed', ''Straits Times'' (Singapore, 20 March 1991).〕 The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gareth Evans, was offered a cameo role.〔 The script and story consultant was Garry Woodward, a former ambassador to Burma and China. According to Woodward, the name Ragaan was 'a bastardisation' of Pagaan, the ancient capital of Burma.〔 Producer Alan Hardy said the fictitious setting for the military dictatorship was 'based on about 20 countries'.〔Robin Oliver, 'TV Embassy Locale Just a Myth, Says Producer', ''Sydney Morning Herald'' (9 July 1991), p. 2.〕 'It's an accurate representation of the lives of diplomats and how they have to deal with situations.'〔Margo Date, 'Diplomacy Rules', ''Sydney Morning Herald'' (27 May 1991), p. 1.〕 The serial was filmed partly in Fiji.〔 Suva was selected by producers as an ideal tropical shooting location for Port Victoria, the imaginary, run-down former British colonial capital of Ragaan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Embassy (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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