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A Problem Shared
The inept civil servants get in a jam over traffic and an agony aunt. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From July 1976.
The blundering bureaucrats get in a jam over traffic - and an agony aunt...
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.
Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred/Miss Winterbottom …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
News Reader …. Bryan Martin
'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 July 1976.
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