The Men From The Ministry

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The Men from the Ministry

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Classic comedy series about hare-brained bureaucrats

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Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling duo be secret spies?

Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling duo be secret spies? Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From June 1974.

Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling bureaucrats be secret spies?

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. 

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley

Other parts played by:

John Graham
Hilary Pritchard

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. 

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 1974.

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