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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 lost shows re-recorded by the cast in 1980.

It had never been 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.

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Sat 20 Dec 202502:30
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