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A new hospital needs a cure, but does Jim know his Acas from his Nalgo? Adapted from TV, with Paul Eddington. From October 1984.

A new hospital needs a cure, but does MP Jim Hacker know his ACAS from his NALGO?

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984.

Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowlds
Sir Ian …. Peter Jeffrey
Brian Baker …. Norman Bird
George …. Arthur Cox
Mrs Rogers …. Ellen McIntosh
Billy Fraser …. Peter Acre
James Lawford, MP …. John Bott

Featuring Bryan Martin and Moira Stuart as themselves

With:

Narissa Knights
Bernard Brown
Arnold Diamond

Adapted for radio by the producer, Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 1984.

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