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Men From The Ministry : 1960s Radio Comedy

Heard
1962–1970
Episodes
10
Language
English

The Men from the Ministry : 1960s (High Quality episodes only)

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British radio comedy starring Deryck Guyler, Richard Murdoch and Wilfrid Hyde-White

With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham

Written and produced by Edward Taylor

Time for another trip through the Whitehall wonderland!

A 'tribute' to all those who work in Government Departments... and those who simply spend their days there! The Men from the Ministry is a send-up of the British Civil Service.

Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966 when the latter left London for Hollywood in order to pursue his film career, following his international success with Audrey Hepburn in the musical My Fair Lady.

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MPEG-4 320 Kbps

iTunes audio format

Copyright Expired Recordings

The 50 year period of broadcast copyright under the UK's Copyright Acts 1956 and 1988 has expired for all items included in this collection: · Copyright Act 1956, section 14(2): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/74/section/14/enacted · Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 14(2): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/14

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. S01E02 The Big Rocket

    · 31 min

  2. The Great Footwear Scandal [FLAC] (terrible Noise Reduction)

    · 30 min

  3. S01E06 Moderately Important Person [Off-Air Copy]

    · 30 min

  4. The Rhubarb Pirates

    · 29 min

  5. A Matter of Form

    · 30 min

  6. The Magic Carpet

    · 31 min

  7. Spy in the Black Pin-Stripe

    · 31 min

  8. Island in the Sun

    · 31 min

  9. The Butcher Of Glensporran (John Laurie)

    · 29 min

  10. Miss Chatterley's Lover [Gary Schajer] [FLAC] (Final 3 min poor)

    · 29 min

Where it comes from 1

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  1. Men From The Ministry : 1960s Radio Comedy

    Listeners' uploads · 10 episodes here · archive.org

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