The Gravy Train Goes East

Series 1 Episode 1
First Broadcast: Mon 28 October 1991

Newly-elected President of Slaka, romantic novelist Katya Pricip, is determined to see her country in the EC, enjoying the fruits of the free market.

When their entry is hotly contested by the British, in the formidable form of Michael Spearpoint, the hapless Hans-Joachim Dorfmann heads out East on a dangerous mission to find out why.

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