BBC Radio - Men From The Ministry

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BBC Radio - Men From The Ministry
AudioBook | 1962-1980 | Genre: Radio Drama/OTR | English | ISBN-13: N/A | MP3 64Kb | Collection | 1.12 GB

The Men from the Ministry was a British radio comedy series broadcast by the BBC between 1962 and 1977, starring Wilfrid Hyde-White, Richard Murdoch and, from 1966, when he replaced Hyde-White, Deryck Guyler.
Written and produced by Edward Taylor with contributions from John Graham, and with some early episodes written by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, it ran for 14 series, totalling 147 half-hour episodes. A further 14 episodes were made by the BBC Transcription Service in 1980 but never broadcast in the UK, until 2012 on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
The series was about lazy, bungling, incompetent civil servants, 'Number One' -Roland Hamilton-Jones (Wilfrid Hyde-White) and later Deryck Lennox-Brown (Deryck Guyler), 'Number Two' -Richard Lamb (Richard Murdoch), with their dim, typo-prone, teenage secretary, Mildred Murfin (Norma Ronald), all watched-over by the lecherous, pompous, self-seeking Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Gregory Pitkin (Roy Dotrice and later Ronald Baddiley), all members of the British Civil Service based in Whitehall. The stories centered on their General Assistance Department (analogous to the 'Department of Administrative Affairs' in the later Yes Minister), which helps other governmental departments. Instead of assistance, the department creates mix-ups, misunderstandings and cock-ups that lead to a telling-off from Sir Gregory, who sees his 'hard earned' Civil Service career and pension disappearing.
The characters are portrayed as inept, subject to greed, selfishness and incompetence. However, malice was never a factor and all the humour was light-hearted.

There was also a little broad satire in many episodes. Later series tended to recycle older scripts, just people and places being changed.
1st Series 1962
with Wilfrid Hyde-White as 'One' and Roy Dotrice as 'Sir Gregory Pitkin' in this and second Series
1. 1 1 30-Oct 1962 The Great Footwear Scandal
2. 1-2 6-Nov 1962 The Big Rocket
3. 1-3 13-Nov 1962 Strictly for the Birds
4. 1-4 20-Nov 1962 French Cricket
5. 1-5 27-Nov 1962 The War with the Isle of Wight
6. 1-6 4-Dec 1962 Moderately Important Person
7. 1-7 11-Dec 1962 The Rhubarb Pirates
8. 1-8 18-Dec 1962 A Matter of Form
9. 1-9 25-Dec 1962 The Magic Carpet
10. 1 10 1-Jan 1963 The Spy in Black and White
11. 1 11 8-Jan 1963 Island in the Sun
12. 1 12 15-Jan 1963 Problem in the Park
13. 1 13 22-Jan 1963 The End of the Road
Christmas Special 1964
24-Dec 1964 A Present for Norman
2nd Series 1965
14. 2 1 25-Jul 1965 Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir
15. 2-2 1-Aug 1965 Something about a Soldier
16. 2-3 8-Aug 1965 The Trouble with Cecil
17. 2-4 15-Aug 1965 Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean
18. 2-5 22-Aug 1965 The Man Who made it Rain
19. 2-6 29-Aug 1965 Train of Events
20. 2-7 5-Sep 1965 Degrading Business
21. 2-8 12-Sep 1965 The Butcher of Glensporran
22. 2-9 19-Sep 1965 Counter Spies
23. 2 10 26-Sep 1965 A Question of Dundancy
24. 2 11 3-Oct 1965 A Back-dated Problem
25. 2 12 10-Oct 1965 The Hole
26. 2 13 17-Oct 1965 The Day the Martians Came
3rd Series 1966/7
Deryck Guyler as 'One' and Ronald Baddiley as 'Sir Gregory Pitkin' in this and all subsequent Series
27. 3 1 11-Dec 1966 Rebel in Regents Park
28. 3-2 18-Dec 1966 A Terrifying Weapon
29. 3-3 25-Dec 1966 The Post Office Pantomime
30. 3-4 1-Jan 1967 All at Sea
31. 3-5 8-Jan 1967 Bowler Hats and Machine Guns
32. 3-6 15-Jan 1967 On the Run
33. 3-7 22-Jan 1967 A Gift for Sir Gregory
34. 3-8 29-Jan 1967 The Whitehall Circus
35. 3-9 5-Feb 1967 Customs of the Country
36. 3 10 12-Feb 1967 Getting the Bird
37. 3 11 19-Feb 1967 The Girl in the Case
38. 3 12 26-Feb 1967 The Thing on the Beach
39. 3 13 5-Mar 1967 A Slight Case of Demolition
40. 3 14 12-Mar 1967 The Fastest Ship in the World
4th Series 1968
41. 4 1 12-Feb 1968 Battle of the River Thames
42. 4-2 25-Feb 1968 The Tubby Submarine
43. 4-3 3-Mar 1968 A Matter of Breeding
44. 4-4 10-Mar 1968 The Great Showbiz Fiasco
45. 4-5 17-Mar 1968 Up the Poll
46. 4-6 24-Mar 1968 Waterway to Go
47. 4-7 31-Mar 1968 Dam Nuisance
48. 4-8 7-Apr 1968 The Fastest Brolly in the West
49. 4-9 14-Apr 1968 Lamb takes a Gambol
50. 4 10 21-Apr 1968 Four Men in a Wellington -featuring Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa
51. 4 11 29-Apr 1968 Out of this World
52. 4 12 5-May 1968 Muddlers in Law
53. 4 13 12-May 1968 What has four Wheels and flies?
5th Series 1969
54. 5 1 25-Mar 1969 A Rotten System -featuring Joan Sanderson
55. 5-2 1-Apr 1969 A Brush With an Old Master
56. 5-3 8-Apr 1969 All Play and No Work
57. 5-4 15-Apr 1969 A Sticky Business
58. 5-5 22-Apr 1969 The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb
59. 5-6 29-Apr 1969 The Ship That Wagged Its Tail
6th Series 1970
60. 6 1 30-Jun 1970 Bye-bye Mildred
61. 6-2 7-Jul 1970 Bare Necessities -featuring Joan Sanderson
62. 6-3 14-Jul 1970 Storm in a Tea Urn -featuring Patricia Hayes
63. 6-4 21-Jul 1970 The Moving Target
64. 6-5 28-Jul 1970 Oil Well that Ends Well
65. 6-6 4-Aug 1970 The Bigger the Better
66. 6-7 11-Aug 1970 Trouble in the Air
67. 6-8 18-Aug 1970 Miss Chatterly's Lover -featuring John Laurie
68. 6-9 25-Aug 1970 The Pudding From Outer Space
69. 6 10 1-Sep 1970 A Little of what you Fancy
70. 6 11 8-Sep 1970 A Bird in the Hand
71. 6 12 15-Sep 1970 Bringing the House Down
72. 6 13 22-Sep 1970 Fair Exchange
73. 6 14 29-Sep 1970 Bill Stickers is Innocent
7th Series 1971
74. 7 1 29-Jul 1971 Rolling In It
75. 7-2 5-Aug 1971 Lost In Space (a.k.a. Up, Up and Away)
76. 7-3 12-Aug 1971 Thoroughly Modern Ministry
77. 7-4 19-Aug 1971 We All Make Mistakes
78. 7-5 26-Aug 1971 The Fool-Proof Fool
79. 7-6 2-Sep 1971 Rotten To the Corps
80. 7-7 9-Sep 1971 Transatlantic Trouble
81. 7-8 16-Sep 1971 The Finger of Suspicion
82. 7-9 23-Sep 1971 Just the Ticket
Special 1971
29-Nov 1971 Gone to Pot
8th Series 1972
83. 8 1 11-Jul 1972 The Conference Trick
84. 8-2 18-Jul 1972 The Night We Crept Into The Crypt
85. 8-3 25-Jul 1972 How Now Brown Cow?
86. 8-4 1-Aug 1972 Sorry, Wrong Number
87. 8-5 8-Aug 1972 The Desk Job
88. 8-6 15-Aug 1972 Fowl Play
89. 8-7 22-Aug 1972 Something of Value
90. 8-8 29-Aug 1972 Taking Leave of their Census
9th Series 1973
91. 9 1 6-Mar 1973 That's my Pigeon
92. 9-2 13-Mar 1973 Don't Let them Needle You -featuring Joan Sanderson
93. 9-3 20-Mar 1973 Find the Lady
94. 9-4 27-Mar 1973 Bridge Under Troubled Waters
95. 9-5 3-Apr 1973 A Private Affair -featuring Clive Dunn
96. 9-6 10-Apr 1973 Food For Thought
97. 9-7 17-Apr 1973 Getting it Taped
98. 9-8 24-Apr 1973 Safe and Unsound
99. 9-9 1-May 1973 The Export Caper
100. 9 10 8-May 1973 Flushed with Success
101. 9 11 15-May 1973 Under the Weather
102. 9 12 22-May 1973 Monkey Business
103. 9 13 29-May 1973 Cheesed Off
10th Series 1974
104. 10 1 17-Jun 1974 Plane Madness
105. 10-2 24-Jun 1974 Vipers in the Bosom
106. 10-3 1-Jul 1974 Great Guns
107. 10-4 8-Jul 1974 I Want my Mummy
108. 10-5 15-Jul 1974 One Man's Meat
109. 10-6 22-Jul 1974 Ballet Nuisance
110. 10-7 29-Jul 1974 Sky High
111. 10-8 24-Aug 1974 A Break for Sir Gregory
112. 10-9 12-Aug 1974 Health and Deficiency
113. 10 10 19-Aug 1974 Big Deal
114. 10 11 26-Aug 1974 They Fry by Night
115. 10 12 2-Sep 1974 In the Picture
116. 10 13 9-Sep 1974 She'll Have to go
11th Series 1975
117. 11 1 26-May 1975 Nothing but the Vest
118. 11-2 2-Jun 1975 That's My Baby
119. 11-3 9-Jun 1975 All that Glitters
120. 11-4 16-Jun 1975 Torn to Shreds
121. 11-5 23-Jun 1975 Wool Over Their Eyes
122. 11-6 30-Jun 1975 This, VAT and the Other
123. 11-7 7-Jul 1975 The Great Trouser Troubles
124. 11-8 14-Jul 1975 The Cabinet Crisis
125. 11-9 21-Jul 1975 Chain Reaction
126. 11 10 28-Jul 1975 All Change
127. 11 11 4-Aug 1975 A Merry Dance
128. 11 12 11-Aug 1975 A Sense of Power
129. 11 13 18-Aug 1975 Postal Disorder
12th Series 1976
130. 12 1 6-Jul 1976 All Cisterns Go
131. 12-2 13-Jul 1976 A Problem Shared
132. 12-3 20-Jul 1976 The Whitehall Castaways
133. 12-4 27-Jul 1976 Off the Rails
134. 12-5 3-Aug 1976 Penny Wise
135. 12-6 10-Aug 1976 A Turn For the Nurse
136. 12-7 17-Aug 1976 Seal of Office
137. 12-8 24-Aug 1976 Birmingham is Revolting
13th Series 1977
138. 13 1 4-Jul 1977 Mission Inedible
139. 13-2 11-Jul 1977 Horse Play
140. 13-3 18-Jul 1977 The Big Big Big Ben Bungle
141. 13-4 25-Jul 1977 A Motley Crew
142. 13-5 1-Aug 1977 Not on Your Telly
143. 13-6 8-Aug 1977 One Way Only
144. 13-7 15-Aug 1977 Take Your Pick
145. 13-8 22-Aug 1977 Claws
14th Series 1980
BBC Transcription Services RecordingsTranscription
146. 14 1 13-Apr 1980 Boots The Great Footwear Scandal
147. 14-2 13-Apr 1980 Pardon My French French Cricket
148. 14-3 15-Apr 1980 Traffic Diversions The End of the Road
149. 14-4 20-Apr 1980 Watch This Space The Big Rocket
150. 14-5 20-Apr 1980 Birds of a Feather Strictly for the Birds
151. 14-6 22-Apr 1980 Where There's a Will Problem in the Park
152. 14-7 22-Apr 1980 The Country Caper The Rhubarb Pirates
153. 14-8 27-Apr 1980 Ban The Wotsit A Terrifying Weapon
154. 14-9 27-Apr 1980 A Testing Time A Degrading Business
155. 14 10 29-Apr 1980 Pushing the Vote Out Up The Poll
156. 14 11 29-Apr 1980 Gone To Earth The Hole
157. 14 12 6-May 1980 Computaclanger The Trouble With Cecil
158. 14 13 6-May 1980 A Great Convenience A Slight Case Of Demolition
159. 14 14 15-Apr 1980 The Christmas Spirit The Magic Carpet

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