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ITV adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel. William Boot (Michael Maloney) is a junior hack who writes a weekly newspaper column about British rural life from his family estate. When he is mistaken for a war correspondent by befuddled sub-editor Mr Salter (Denholm Elliot), he is sent to the suspected frontline in the mysterious location of Ishmaelia. Along the way he meets an elusive man of mystery (Herbert Lom), a beautiful German blonde (Renee Soutendijk), an insane Swede (Sverre Anker Ousdal) and various other strange characters. However, nobody seems to be able to tell him the exact whereabouts of the war he is supposed to be covering.

It is 1938 Young writer William Boot is mistaken for novelist John Boot and is forced into accepting the post of special correspondent for the war breaking out in the African country of Ishmaelia After a long tiring journey he arrives in the capital Jacksonburg A chance meeting with an old school friend starts off a chain of events that see him emerging with the 'scoop' of the year!