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All Cisterns Go

The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From July 1976.

Tasked with a naval survey, the blundering bureaucrats plumb new depths...

Lennox-Brown …. Deryck Guyler
Lamb …. Richard Murdoch
Mildred/Miss Lusty …. Norma Ronald
Sir Gregory Pitkin …. Ronald Baddiley
Wilkins …. John Graham

Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham.

'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from 1966. Sadly, many episodes didn't make it to the archive, however the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in July 1976.

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