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A Merry Dance
The bungling bureaucrats suspect each other of espionage. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From August 1975.
The bungling bureaucrats suspect each other of espionage.
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 Murfin/Claudette …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
'Creepy' Crawley/General Sir Archibald Griping/Commander Hawk …. 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 August 1975.
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