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The Whitehall Castaways

The bureaucratic bunglers are in a flap over a bird and a special tree. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From 1976.

The bureaucratic bunglers are in a flap over a bird and a special tree in a London park.

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/Good …. Ronald Baddiley
Wilkins/Gold …. John Graham
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.

30 minutes

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