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The Men from the Ministry

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Classic comedy series about hare-brained bureaucrats

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A Great Convenience

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The axe is hanging over the bumbling civil servants, thanks to a new computer.

The arrival of a computer means the inept civil servants face the axe. With Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From August 1976.

The arrival of a computer means the bumbling civil servants are facing the axe... 

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. 

With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra. 

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1976.

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