History Series / Ambassadors

* TheDreaded: POD for the British Ambassadors. The thing they fear the most in the world is screwing up bad enough that he makes a personal visit

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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: The Tazbeks all speak 'Russian'' -- even when dedicating a memorial to Tazbek victims of the Gulag. This is particularly confusing in the scenes showing them listening to bugs at the Embassy. There is a reason for it. Tazbek is the ''official'' language of the country (e.g. all the official documents are written in it). Russian is simply the common language i.e. the one that most people speak in public. In quite a lot of countries, the common language is not the same as the official one. For example, the common language of the Roman Empire was Greek, not Latin. Latin was the ''official'' language, but not the common one. Or, in some areas of Spain, whilst Spanish is the official language, Catalan is the one that most people use in conversation. And in Basque country, most people tend to speak Spanish, not Basque. The ending scenes of each episode show Keith learning Tazbek from a local woman, so it's implied that it is a different language from Russian (which he speaks quite well)

* TheDreaded: POD for the British Ambassadors, the thing they fear the most in the world is screwing up bad enough that he gives them a personal visit

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: The Tazbeks all speak RUSSIAN -- even when dedicating a memorial to Tazbek victims of the Gulag. This is particularly confusing in the scenes showing them listening to bugs at the Embassy. There is a reason for it. Tazbek is the OFFICIAL language of the country (e.g. all the official documents are written in it). Russian is simply the common language i.e. the one that most people speak in public. In quite a lot of countries, the common language is not the same as the official one. For example, the common language of the Roman Empire was Greek, not Latin. Latin was the ''official'' language, but not the common one. Or, in some areas of Spain, whilst Spanish is the official language, Catalan is the one that most people use in conversation. And in Basque country, most people tend to speak Spanish, not Basque. The ending scenes of each episode show Keith learning Tazbek from a local woman, so it's implied that it is a different language from Russian (which he speaks quite well)

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Prince Mark is, apparently, a thinly veiled one for Prince Andrew.

* NumberTwo: Jamatt, President Karzak's nephew, is Karzak's "representative on Earth"
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The full name of the country is the People's Republic of Tazbekistan

-->'''Keith:''' (''To Pembridge'') You come out to this country expecting Her Majesty's Government to pay your way, feed you, get you pissed, and drive you around... and in return you give one of the worst performances of anything I've ever seen and molest one of my staff. I still have no idea who you really are apart from monstrously untalented sex tourist masquerading as a fifth-rate actor! (''To Broughton'') And as for you, you shithead! If you want me to take you back to the prison, believe me nothing would delight me more. You have no idea what we're trying to achieve on a wider scale here. You ignore our advice and then you expect our busy, underpaid, under-resourced, overworked staff to pick up the pieces when you inevitably fuck up and find yourself in the shit. So how's this? We help you. You say "thank you". And then you clear off! Or if that's beyond you I will leave you both here and you can find your own way to the airport!

* ShoutOut: In the episode involving the visit of minor royal Prince Mark, one of the secret policemen remarks that his favourite royals are the [[Series/DowntonAbbey Earl and Countess of Grantham]] with other agreeing that they were "so brave during the war".

* JerkassHasAPoint: In the final episode, Mr. Jackson makes the point that Neil really has been [[spoiler: giving important documents to people he shouldn't]]. Arguably Keith in Episode 1 as he points out that Simon (a human rights activist, who has been imprisoned) ignored their advice and brought his imprisonment (and potential execution) on himself.