TITLE: A Cocktail Party
NUMBER: Series 2, Episode 1
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: September 29, 1997
[Oddly, Amazon Instant Video presents this one out of order, putting “Lunch” first instead.]
SETTINGS: The Brazilian Embassy in Mayfair (London). They cook for a party hosted by [Maria Ignez Barbosa,] the wife of the Ambassador [Rubens Antonio Barbosa].
The Barbosas.
The field trip takes them to the bar of the Dorchester hotel, where the doorman, “Ted” (or possibly “Dave”?) greets them by name, with seeming foreknowledge and affection. Continue reading
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