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Strictly for the Birds

The feather-brained civil servants get in a flap. Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch. From 1962.

The feather-brained civil servants get in a flap.

A weekly tribute to all those who work in government offices and to all the others who spend their days there as well.

Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch.

Written by Edward Taylor.

With:

Norma Ronald
Roy Dotrice
Diana Olsson
Percy Edwards
John Graham

The Men from the Ministry ran for 14 series between 1962 and 1977.

Producer: Edward Taylor

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962.

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