The Men from the Ministry (radio series)
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The Men from the Ministry is a British radio comedy series that satirizes the absurd bureaucracy and inept civil servants of a fictional government department.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Men from the Ministry (radio series) canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | radio comedy series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
BBC Light Programme
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BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Edward Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| format | situation comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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satire ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult listeners ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
administrative blunders
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office politics ⓘ red tape ⓘ |
| lastBroadcastYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Mildred Murfin
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Richard Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Hamilton-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Gregory Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
bureaucratic incompetence
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inept civil servants ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 147 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 14 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
BBC Light Programme
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BBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfPopularity |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| portrays | British civil service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
BBC
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Edward Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| satirizes |
government bureaucracy
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public administration inefficiency ⓘ |
| setting | fictional British government department ⓘ |
| spinOffOrAdaptation |
The Men from the Ministry (Danish radio version)
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The Men from the Ministry (Finnish TV version) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Men from the Ministry (Finnish radio version) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Men from the Ministry (Norwegian radio version) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Men from the Ministry (South African radio version) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Men from the Ministry (Swedish radio version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Deryck Guyler
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Richard Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Edward Taylor
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John Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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