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Postal Disorder

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Men from the Ministry, Postal Disorder

The Post Office must boost business. Can the bungling duo deliver?

The Post Office must boost business. Can the bungling duo deliver? Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From August 1975.

The Post Office must boost business, but can the bungling duo manage to deliver?

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 1975.

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