List of The Men from the Ministry episodes
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This is an episode list of the British Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry. Dates shown are original air dates on initially the BBC Light Programme and later BBC Radio 4. The final (14th) series was originally recorded for distribution overseas and was not broadcast in the UK at the time.
1st Series 1962
with Wilfrid Hyde-White as "One" and Roy Dotrice as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and second Series
1. 1- 1 30-Oct-1962 The Great Footwear Scandal 2. 1- 2 6-Nov-1962 The Big Rocket 3. 1- 3 13-Nov-1962 Strictly for the Birds 4. 1- 4 20-Nov-1962 French Cricket 5. 1- 5 27-Nov-1962 The War with the Isle of Wight 6. 1- 6 4-Dec-1962 Moderately Important Person 7. 1- 7 11-Dec-1962 The Rhubarb Pirates 8. 1- 8 18-Dec-1962 A Matter of Form 9. 1- 9 25-Dec-1962 The Magic Carpet (missing - 2019) 10. 1-10 1-Jan-1963 The Spy in Black and White 11. 1-11 8-Jan-1963 Island in the Sun 12. 1-12 15-Jan-1963 Problem in the Park (missing - 2019) 13. 1-13 22-Jan-1963 The End of the Road (missing - 2019)
Christmas Special 1964
S- 1 24-Dec-1964 A Present for Norman (missing - 2019)
2nd Series 1965
14. 2- 1 25-Jul-1965 Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir (end missing - 2019) 15. 2- 2 1-Aug-1965 Something about a Soldier 16. 2- 3 8-Aug-1965 The Trouble with Cecil (end missing - 2019) 17. 2- 4 15-Aug-1965 Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean (end missing - 2019) 18. 2- 5 22-Aug-1965 The Man Who made it Rain (end missing - 2019) 19. 2- 6 29-Aug-1965 Train of Events 20. 2- 7 5-Sep-1965 Degrading Business 21. 2- 8 12-Sep-1965 The Butcher of Glensporran (end missing - 2019) 22. 2- 9 19-Sep-1965 Counter Spies (end missing - 2019) 23. 2-10 26-Sep-1965 A Question of Dundancy 24. 2-11 3-Oct-1965 A Back-dated Problem 25. 2-12 10-Oct-1965 The Hole 26. 2-13 17-Oct-1965 The Day the Martians Came (end missing - 2019)
3rd Series 1966/7
with Deryck Guyler as "One" and Ronald Baddiley as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and all subsequent Series
27. 3- 1 11-Dec-1966 Rebel in Regents Park (missing - 2019) 28. 3- 2 18-Dec-1966 A Terrifying Weapon (end missing - 2019) 29. 3- 3 25-Dec-1966 The Post Office Pantomime 30. 3- 4 1-Jan-1967 All at Sea 31. 3- 5 8-Jan-1967 Bowler Hats and Machine Guns 32. 3- 6 15-Jan-1967 On the Run 33. 3- 7 22-Jan-1967 A Gift for Sir Gregory (end missing - 2019) 34. 3- 8 29-Jan-1967 The Whitehall Circus (beg. & end missing - 2019) 35. 3- 9 5-Feb-1967 Customs of the Country 36. 3-10 12-Feb-1967 Getting the Bird (beg. & end missing - 2019) 37. 3-11 19-Feb-1967 The Girl in the Case 38. 3-12 26-Feb-1967 The Thing on the Beach 39. 3-13 5-Mar-1967 A Slight Case of Demolition 40. 3-14 12-Mar-1967 The Fastest Ship in the World (end missing - 2019)
4th Series 1968
41. 4- 1 12-Feb-1968 Battle of the River Thames 42. 4- 2 25-Feb-1968 The Tubby Submarine 43. 4- 3 3-Mar-1968 A Matter of Breeding 44. 4- 4 10-Mar-1968 The Great Showbiz Fiasco 45. 4- 5 17-Mar-1968 Up the Poll 46. 4- 6 24-Mar-1968 Waterway to Go 47. 4- 7 31-Mar-1968 Dam Nuisance (missing - 2019) 48. 4- 8 7-Apr-1968 The Fastest Brolly in the West 49. 4- 9 14-Apr-1968 Lamb takes a Gambol 50. 4-10 21-Apr-1968 Four Men in a Wellington - featuring Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa 51. 4-11 29-Apr-1968 Out of this World 52. 4-12 5-May-1968 Muddlers in Law 53. 4-13 12-May-1968 What has four Wheels and flies? (end missing - 2019)
5th Series 1969
54. 5- 1 25-Mar-1969 A Rotten System - featuring Joan Sanderson 55. 5- 2 1-Apr-1969 A Brush With an Old Master (end missing - 2019) 56. 5- 3 8-Apr-1969 All Play and No Work (end missing - 2019) 57. 5- 4 15-Apr-1969 A Sticky Business 58. 5- 5 22-Apr-1969 The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb (missing - 2019) 59. 5- 6 29-Apr-1969 The Ship That Wagged Its Tail
6th Series 1970
60. 6- 1 30-Jun-1970 Bye-bye Mildred 61. 6- 2 7-Jul-1970 Bare Necessities - featuring Joan Sanderson 62. 6- 3 14-Jul-1970 Storm in a Tea Urn - featuring Patricia Hayes 63. 6- 4 21-Jul-1970 The Moving Target 64. 6- 5 28-Jul-1970 Oil Well that Ends Well 65. 6- 6 4-Aug-1970 The Bigger the Better - featuring Clive Dunn 66. 6- 7 11-Aug-1970 Trouble in the Air 67. 6- 8 18-Aug-1970 Miss Chatterley's Lover - featuring John Laurie 68. 6- 9 25-Aug-1970 The Pudding From Outer Space (missing - 2019) 69. 6-10 1-Sep-1970 A Little of what you Fancy 70. 6-11 8-Sep-1970 A Bird in the Hand 71. 6-12 15-Sep-1970 Bringing the House Down 72. 6-13 22-Sep-1970 Fair Exchange 73. 6-14 29-Sep-1970 Bill Stickers is Innocent
7th Series 1971
74. 7- 1 29-Jul-1971 Rolling In It 75. 7- 2 5-Aug-1971 Lost In Space (a.k.a. Up, Up and Away) (missing - 2019) 76. 7- 3 12-Aug-1971 Thoroughly Modern Ministry 77. 7- 4 19-Aug-1971 We All Make Mistakes 78. 7- 5 26-Aug-1971 The Fool-Proof Fool 79. 7- 6 2-Sep-1971 Rotten To the Corps (intro. missing) 80. 7- 7 9-Sep-1971 Transatlantic Trouble 81. 7- 8 16-Sep-1971 The Finger of Suspicion 82. 7- 9 23-Sep-1971 Just the Ticket
Special 1971
S- 2 29-Nov-1971 Gone to Pot (end missing - 2019)
8th Series 1972
83. 8- 1 11-Jul-1972 The Conference Trick 84. 8- 2 18-Jul-1972 The Night We Crept Into The Crypt 85. 8- 3 25-Jul-1972 How Now Brown Cow? 86. 8- 4 1-Aug-1972 Sorry, Wrong Number (end missing - 2019) 87. 8- 5 8-Aug-1972 The Desk Job (end missing - 2019) 88. 8- 6 15-Aug-1972 Fowl Play 89. 8- 7 22-Aug-1972 Something of Value 90. 8- 8 29-Aug-1972 Taking Leave of their Census
9th Series 1973
91. 9- 1 6-Mar-1973 That's my Pigeon 92. 9- 2 13-Mar-1973 Don't Let them Needle You - featuring Joan Sanderson 93. 9- 3 20-Mar-1973 Find the Lady 94. 9- 4 27-Mar-1973 Bridge Under Troubled Waters 95. 9- 5 3-Apr-1973 A Private Affair - featuring Clive Dunn 96. 9- 6 10-Apr-1973 Food For Thought 97. 9- 7 17-Apr-1973 Getting it Taped 98. 9- 8 24-Apr-1973 Safe and Unsound 99. 9- 9 1-May-1973 The Export Caper 100. 9-10 8-May-1973 Flushed with Success 101. 9-11 15-May-1973 Under the Weather 102. 9-12 22-May-1973 Monkey Business 103. 9-13 29-May-1973 Cheesed Off
10th Series 1974
104. 10- 1 17-Jun-1974 Plane Madness 105. 10- 2 24-Jun-1974 Vipers in the Bosom 106. 10- 3 1-Jul-1974 Great Guns (end missing - 2019) 107. 10- 4 8-Jul-1974 I Want my Mummy 108. 10- 5 15-Jul-1974 One Man's Meat 109. 10- 6 22-Jul-1974 Ballet Nuisance (end missing - 2019) 110. 10- 7 29-Jul-1974 Sky High 111. 10- 8 5-Aug-1974 A Break for Sir Gregory (missing - 2019) 112. 10- 9 12-Aug-1974 Health and Deficiency 113. 10-10 19-Aug-1974 Big Deal 114. 10-11 26-Aug-1974 They Fry by Night 115. 10-12 2-Sep-1974 In the Picture 116. 10-13 9-Sep-1974 She'll Have to go
11th Series 1975
117. 11- 1 26-May-1975 Nothing but the Vest 118. 11- 2 2-Jun-1975 That's My Baby 119. 11- 3 9-Jun-1975 All that Glitters 120. 11- 4 16-Jun-1975 Torn to Shreds 121. 11- 5 23-Jun-1975 Wool Over Their Eyes 122. 11- 6 30-Jun-1975 This, VAT and the Other 123. 11- 7 7-Jul-1975 The Great Trouser Troubles 124. 11- 8 14-Jul-1975 The Cabinet Crisis 125. 11- 9 21-Jul-1975 Chain Reaction 126. 11-10 28-Jul-1975 All Change 127. 11-11 4-Aug-1975 A Merry Dance 128. 11-12 11-Aug-1975 A Sense of Power 129. 11-13 18-Aug-1975 Postal Disorder
12th Series 1976
130. 12- 1 6-Jul-1976 All Cisterns Go 131. 12- 2 13-Jul-1976 A Problem Shared 132. 12- 3 20-Jul-1976 The Whitehall Castaways 133. 12- 4 27-Jul-1976 Off the Rails 134. 12- 5 3-Aug-1976 Penny Wise 135. 12- 6 10-Aug-1976 A Turn For the Nurse 136. 12- 7 17-Aug-1976 Seal of Office 137. 12- 8 24-Aug-1976 Birmingham is Revolting
13th Series 1977
138. 13- 1 4-Jul-1977 Mission Inedible 139. 13- 2 11-Jul-1977 Horse Play 140. 13- 3 18-Jul-1977 The Big Big Big Ben Bungle 141. 13- 4 25-Jul-1977 A Motley Crew 142. 13- 5 1-Aug-1977 Not on Your Telly 143. 13- 6 8-Aug-1977 One Way Only 144. 13- 7 15-Aug-1977 Take Your Pick 145. 13- 8 22-Aug-1977 Claws
14th Series 1980 - BBC Transcription Services Recordings
Transcription Episode # Recording Date Episode Title Re-recording of an earlier episode
146. 14- 1 13-Apr-1980 Boots The Great Footwear Scandal 147. 14- 2 13-Apr-1980 Pardon My French French Cricket 148. 14- 3 15-Apr-1980 Traffic Diversions The End of the Road 149. 14- 4 20-Apr-1980 Watch This Space The Big Rocket 150. 14- 5 20-Apr-1980 Birds of a Feather Strictly for the Birds 151. 14- 6 22-Apr-1980 Where There's a Will Problem in the Park 152. 14- 7 22-Apr-1980 The Country Caper The Rhubarb Pirates 153. 14- 8 27-Apr-1980 Ban The Wotsit A Terrifying Weapon 154. 14- 9 27-Apr-1980 A Testing Time A Degrading Business 155. 14-10 29-Apr-1980 Pushing the Vote Out Up The Poll 156. 14-11 29-Apr-1980 Gone To Earth The Hole 157. 14-12 6-May-1980 Computaclanger The Trouble With Cecil 158. 14-13 6-May-1980 A Great Convenience A Slight Case Of Demolition 159. 14-14 15-Apr-1980 The Christmas Spirit The Magic Carpet
