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A Turn for the Nurse
Operations at a hospital turn sickly from the civil servants' cure. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From August 1976.
Operations at a hospital turn sickly from the bungling civil servants' cure.
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/Nurse Todd…. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
Mr O’Toole/Dr Keane/Dr Campbell/Harold Hobhouse/James Simpleton …. John Graham
'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 August 1976.
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