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A Great Convenience

05/01/2012

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When planning a Surrey bypass, the bungling duo fall foul of budget cuts.

When planning a Surrey bypass, the bungling duo fall foul of budget cuts. Stars Richard Murdoch. Re-recorded April 1980.

When planning a new bypass in leafy Surrey, the bungling bureaucrats run into more trouble.

The first of 14 shows not kept in 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. 

Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler (who replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966). 

With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham.

Written and produced by Edward Taylor.

Re-recording of 'The End of the Road' made in April 1980.

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