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Christmas Spirit
The bumbling civil servants are acting like Scrooge! Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Re-recording from April 1980.
The bungling bureaucrats are acting like Scrooge!
A weekly tribute to all those who work in government departments.
Lennox-Brown β¦. Deryck Guyler
Lamb β¦. Richard Murdoch
Mildred Murfin β¦. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin β¦. Ronald Baddeley
Crawley β¦. John Graham
This is one of 14 shows lost to the archive and re-recorded in 1980 β previously never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra.
'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.
Written and Produced by Edward Taylor.
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ re-recording of βThe Magic Carpetβ made in April 1980.
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