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A visiting dignitary gets the bird-brained bureaucrats in a flap. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From March 1973.

A visiting dignitary gets the bird-brained bureaucrats in a flap.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.

Starring Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch.

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
‘Creepy’ Crawley …. John Graham
Newsreader …. John Cole

The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.

Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly many episodes don't survive in the archive.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in March 1973.

30 minutes

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