Patrick Ryan (author and journalist) then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps. He served in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir "How I Became A Yorkshireman", published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for "Punch" and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both
Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series) to be revived for a fourth series in 1974. "Foreign Affairs" was written by Barry Took, Peter Jones (who was also the script editor), Richard Harris and Dennis Spooner. Bootsie and Snudge are now employed by the diplomatic service and work at the British Embassy in the fictional Bosnik, somewhere in Europe. Snudge believes he is ambassador material whilst Bootsie is the security officer. "Foreign Affairs" aired on Thursdays at 7.30pm. Due to the archival policies of the time, all eight episodes were subsequently wiped and no longer exist. Foreign Affairs (1964 TV series) Foreign Affairs is a British sitcom