The Greasy Pole

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Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for MP Jim Hacker. 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 Joan Littler, MP …. Brenda Blethyn Sir Wally Macfarlane …. Freddie Earlle Professor Henderson …. Jerome Willis Lord Crichton …. Geoffrey Toone Lady Crichton …. Helena Breck The Protestor …. Helen Atkinson Wood Newsreader …. Moira Stuart Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. First broadcast on Radio 4 in 1984.