The Men from the Ministry

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radio comedy series

The Men from the Ministry is a British radio comedy series that humorously follows the bureaucratic blunders of civil servants in a fictional government department.

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Label	Occurrences
The Men from the Ministry canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	radio comedy series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Men from the Ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastFrequency	weekly ⓘ
broadcastOn	BBC World Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterOccupation	civil servant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Edward Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstBroadcastDate	1962-10-30 ⓘ
format	situation comedy ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Danish radio version of The Men from the Ministry ⓘ Finnish radio version of The Men from the Ministry ⓘ South African radio version of The Men from the Ministry ⓘ Swedish radio version of The Men from the Ministry ⓘ
hasEpisodeLength	30 minutes ⓘ
hasSpinOff	international remakes of The Men from the Ministry ⓘ
lastBroadcastDate	1977-01-11 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Mildred Murfin NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Hamilton-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Gregory Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	radio ⓘ
narrativeFocus	bureaucratic blunders ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	147 ⓘ
numberOfSeries	14 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	BBC Light Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ BBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfPopularity	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
producer	BBC ⓘ
productionCompany	BBC Radio Comedy Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	fictional British government department ⓘ
starred	Betty Marsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Deryck Guyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	adult listeners ⓘ
theme	satire of government bureaucracy ⓘ
tone	humorous ⓘ
writer	Edward Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Deryck Guyler → notableWork → The Men from the Ministry ⓘ

Moira Lister → notableWork → The Men from the Ministry ⓘ