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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The bumbling civil servants are acting like Scrooge! Re-recording from April 1980.

The bumbling civil servants are acting like Scrooge! Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Re-recording from April 1980.

The bungling bureaucrats are acting like Scrooge!

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddeley
Crawley …. John Graham

This is one of 14 shows lost to the archive and re-recorded in 1980 – previously never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. 

Written and Produced by Edward Taylor. 

BBC re-recording of ‘The Magic Carpet’ made in April 1980.

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