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.

Series overview[edit]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedTimeslot
First airedLast airedNetwork
11330 October 1962 (1962-10-30)22 January 1963 (1963-01-22)Light ProgrammeTuesday 8:00 pm
S124 December 1964 (1964-12-24)Home ServiceThursday 7:30 pm
21325 July 1965 (1965-07-25)17 October 1965 (1965-10-17)Light ProgrammeTuesday 8:00 pm
31411 December 1966 (1966-12-11)12 March 1967 (1967-03-12)Sunday 9:30 pm
41312 February 1968 (1968-02-12)12 May 1968 (1968-05-12)Radio 2Sunday 2:31 pm
5615 February 1969 (1969-02-15)22 March 1969 (1969-03-22)World Service
Radio 4		Saturday 7:30 pm (World Service)
Tuesday 7:00 pm (Radio 4)
6141 February 1970 (1970-02-01)29 September 1970 (1970-09-29)Sunday (World Service)
Tuesday 7:30 pm(Radio 4)
7929 July 1971 (1971-07-29)23 September 1971 (1971-09-23)Radio 4Thursday 12:25 pm
S129 November 1971 (1971-11-29)Monday 6:15 pm
8811 July 1972 (1972-07-11)29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)Tuesday 12:25 pm
9136 March 1973 (1973-03-06)29 May 1973 (1973-05-29)Tuesday 12:25 pm
101317 June 1974 (1974-06-17)9 September 1974 (1974-09-09)Monday 6:15 pm
111326 May 1975 (1975-05-26)18 August 1975 (1975-08-18)Monday 6:15 pm
1286 June 1976 (1976-06-06)24 August 1976 (1976-08-24)Monday 6:15 pm
13134 July 1977 (1977-07-04)22 August 1977 (1977-08-22)Monday 6:30 pm
14141980 (1980)1980 (1980)World ServiceTBC

Episodes[edit]

Series 1 (1962–63)[edit]

with Wilfrid Hyde-White as "One" and Roy Dotrice as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and second Series

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
11"The Great Footwear Scandal"30 October 1962 (1962-10-30)
22"The Big Rocket"6 November 1962 (1962-11-06)
33"Strictly for the Birds"13 November 1962 (1962-11-13)
44"French Cricket"20 November 1962 (1962-11-20)
55"The War with the Isle of Wight"27 November 1962 (1962-11-27)
66"Moderately Important Person"4 December 1962 (1962-12-04)
77"The Rhubarb Pirates"11 December 1962 (1962-12-11)
88"A Matter of Form"18 December 1962 (1962-12-18)
99"The Magic Carpet"[a]25 December 1962 (1962-12-25)
1010"The Spy in Black and White"1 January 1963 (1963-01-01)
1111"Island in the Sun"8 January 1963 (1963-01-08)
1212"Problem in the Park"[a]15 January 1963 (1963-01-15)
1313"The End of the Road"[a]22 January 1963 (1963-01-22)

Christmas special (1964)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
141"A Present for Norman"[a]24 December 1964 (1964-12-24)

Series 2 (1965)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
151"Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir"[b]25 July 1965 (1965-07-25)
162"Something about a Soldier"1 August 1965 (1965-08-01)
173"The Trouble with Cecil"[b]8 August 1965 (1965-08-08)
184"Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean"[b]15 August 1965 (1965-08-15)
195"The Man Who made it Rain"[b]22 August 1965 (1965-08-22)
206"Train of Events"29 August 1965 (1965-08-29)
217"Degrading Business"5 September 1965 (1965-09-05)
228"The Butcher of Glensporran"[b]12 September 1965 (1965-09-12)
239"Counter Spies"[b]19 September 1965 (1965-09-19)
2410"A Question of Dundancy"26 September 1965 (1965-09-26)
2511"A Back-dated Problem"3 October 1965 (1965-10-03)
2612"The Hole"10 October 1965 (1965-10-10)
2713"The Day the Martians Came"[b]17 October 1965 (1965-10-17)

Series 3 (1966–67)[edit]

with Deryck Guyler as "One" and Ronald Baddiley as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and all subsequent Series

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
281"Rebel in Regents Park"[a]11 December 1966 (1966-12-11)
292"A Terrifying Weapon"[b]18 December 1966 (1966-12-18)
303"The Post Office Pantomime"25 December 1966 (1966-12-25)
Featuring Clive Dunn
314"All at Sea"1 January 1967 (1967-01-01)
325"Bowler Hats and Machine Guns"8 January 1967 (1967-01-08)
336"On the Run"15 January 1967 (1967-01-15)
347"A Gift for Sir Gregory"[b]22 January 1967 (1967-01-22)
358"A Whitehall Circus"[c]29 January 1967 (1967-01-29)
369"Customs of the Country"5 February 1967 (1967-02-05)
3710"Getting the Bird"[c]12 February 1967 (1967-02-12)
3811"The Girl in the Case"19 February 1967 (1967-02-19)
3912"The Thing on the Beach"26 February 1967 (1967-02-26)
4013"A Slight Case of Demolition"5 March 1967 (1967-03-05)
4114"The Fastest Ship in the World"[b]12 March 1967 (1967-03-12)

Series 4 (1968)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
421"Battle of the River Thames"18 February 1968 (1968-02-18)
432"The Tubby Submarine"25 February 1968 (1968-02-25)
443"A Matter of Breeding"3 March 1968 (1968-03-03)
454"The Great Showbiz Fiasco"10 March 1968 (1968-03-10)
465"Up the Poll"17 March 1968 (1968-03-17)
476"Waterway to Go"24 March 1968 (1968-03-24)
487"Dam Nuisance"[a]31 March 1968 (1968-03-31)
498"The Fastest Brolly in the West"7 April 1968 (1968-04-07)
509"Lamb takes a Gambol"14 April 1968 (1968-04-14)
5110"Four Men in a Wellington"21 April 1968 (1968-04-21)
Featuring Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa
5211"Out of this World"29 April 1968 (1968-04-29)
5312"Muddlers in Law"5 May 1968 (1968-05-05)
5413"What Has Four Wheels and Flies?"[b]12 May 1968 (1968-05-12)

Series 5 (1969)[edit]

Episodes were first aired in a different order on the World Service, which had commissioned the series.

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleRadio 4 air dateWorld Service air date
551"A Rotten System"25 March 1969 (1969-03-25)15 February 1969
Featuring Joan Sanderson
562"A Brush With an Old Master"1 April 1969 (1969-04-01)8 March 1969
573"All Play and No Work"8 April 1969 (1969-04-08)15 March 1969
584"A Sticky Business"15 April 1969 (1969-04-15)22 March 1969
595"The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb"22 April 1969 (1969-04-22)22 February 1969
606"The Ship That Wagged Its Tail"29 April 1969 (1969-04-29)1 March 1969

Series 6 (1970)[edit]

Some episodes were first aired on the World Service.

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleRadio 4 air dateWorld Service air date
611"Bye-Bye Mildred"30 June 1970 (1970-06-30)8 March 1970
622"Bare Necessities"7 July 1970 (1970-07-07)15 March 1970
Featuring Joan Sanderson
633"Storm in a Tea Urn"14 July 1970 (1970-07-14)22 March 1970
Featuring Patricia Hayes
644"The Moving Target"21 July 1970 (1970-07-21)29 March 1970
655"Oil Well that Ends Well"28 July 1970 (1970-07-28)1 February 1970
666"The Bigger the Better"4 August 1970 (1970-08-04)22 February 1970
Featuring Clive Dunn
677"Trouble in the Air"11 August 1970 (1970-08-11)1 March 1970
688"Miss Chatterley's Lover"18 August 1970 (1970-08-18)8 February 1970
Featuring John Laurie
699"The Pudding From Outer Space"25 August 1970 (1970-08-25)15 February 1970
7010"A Little of what you Fancy"1 September 1970 (1970-09-01)n/a
7111"A Bird in the Hand"8 September 1970 (1970-09-08)n/a
7212"Bringing the House Down"15 September 1970 (1970-09-15)n/a
7313"Fair Exchange"22 September 1970 (1970-09-22)n/a
7414"Bill Stickers is Innocent"29 September 1970 (1970-09-29)n/a

Series 7 (1971)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
751"Rolling In It"29 July 1971 (1971-07-29)
762"Lost In Space"[a]
"Up, Up and Away"		5 August 1971 (1971-08-05)
773"Thoroughly Modern Ministry"12 August 1971 (1971-08-12)
784"We All Make Mistakes"19 August 1971 (1971-08-19)
795"The Fool-Proof Fool"26 August 1971 (1971-08-26)
806"Rotten To the Corps"[d]2 September 1971 (1971-09-02)
817"Transatlantic Trouble"9 September 1971 (1971-09-09)
828"The Finger of Suspicion"16 September 1971 (1971-09-16)
839"Just the Ticket"23 September 1971 (1971-09-23)

Special (1971)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
841"Gone to Pot"[b]29 November 1971 (1971-11-29)

Series 8 (1972)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
851"The Conference Trick"11 July 1972 (1972-07-11)
862"The Night We Crept Into The Crypt"18 July 1972 (1972-07-18)
873"How Now Brown Cow?"25 July 1972 (1972-07-25)
884"Sorry, Wrong Number"[b]1 August 1972 (1972-08-01)
895"The Desk Job"8 August 1972 (1972-08-08)
906"Fowl Play"15 August 1972 (1972-08-15)
917"Something of Value"22 August 1972 (1972-08-22)
928"Taking Leave of their Census"29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)

Series 9 (1973)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
931"That's my Pigeon"6 March 1973 (1973-03-06)
942"Don't Let them Needle You"13 March 1973 (1973-03-13)
Featuring Joan Sanderson
953"Find the Lady"20 March 1973 (1973-03-20)
964"Bridge Under Troubled Waters"27 March 1973 (1973-03-27)
975"A Private Affair"3 April 1973 (1973-04-03)
Featuring Clive Dunn
986"Food For Thought"10 April 1973 (1973-04-10)
997"Getting it Taped"17 April 1973 (1973-04-17)
1008"Safe and Unsound"24 April 1973 (1973-04-24)
1019"The Export Caper"1 May 1973 (1973-05-01)
10210"Flushed with Success"8 May 1973 (1973-05-08)
10311"Under The Weather"15 May 1973 (1973-05-15)
10412"Monkey Business"22 May 1973 (1973-05-22)
10513"Cheesed Off"29 May 1973 (1973-05-29)

Series 10 (1974)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1061"Plane Madness"17 June 1974 (1974-06-17)
1072"Vipers in the Bosom"24 June 1974 (1974-06-24)
1083"Great Guns"[b]1 July 1974 (1974-07-01)
1094"I Want my Mummy"8 July 1974 (1974-07-08)
1105"One Man's Meat"15 July 1974 (1974-07-15)
1116"Ballet Nuisance"[b]22 July 1974 (1974-07-22)
1127"Sky High"29 July 1974 (1974-07-29)
1138"A Break for Sir Gregory"[b]5 August 1974 (1974-08-05)
1149"Health and Deficiency"12 August 1974 (1974-08-12)
11510"Big Deal"19 August 1974 (1974-08-19)
11611"They Fry by Night"26 August 1974 (1974-08-26)
11712"In the Picture"2 September 1974 (1974-09-02)
11813"She'll Have to Go"9 September 1974 (1974-09-09)

Series 11 (1975)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1191"Nothing but the Vest"26 May 1975 (1975-05-26)
1202"That's My Baby"2 June 1975 (1975-06-02)
1213"All that Glitters"9 June 1975 (1975-06-09)
1224"Torn to Shreds"16 June 1975 (1975-06-16)
1235"Wool Over Their Eyes"23 June 1975 (1975-06-23)
1246"This, VAT and the Other"30 June 1975 (1975-06-30)
1257"The Great Trouser Troubles"7 July 1975 (1975-07-07)
1268"The Cabinet Crisis"14 July 1975 (1975-07-14)
1279"Chain Reaction"21 July 1975 (1975-07-21)
12810"All Change"28 July 1975 (1975-07-28)
12911"A Merry Dance"4 August 1975 (1975-08-04)
13012"A Sense of Power"11 August 1975 (1975-08-11)
13113"Postal Disorder"18 August 1975 (1975-08-18)

Series 12 (1976)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1321"All Cisterns Go"6 July 1976 (1976-07-06)
1332"A Problem Shared"13 July 1976 (1976-07-13)
1343"The Whitehall Castaways"20 July 1976 (1976-07-20)
1354"Off the Rails"27 July 1976 (1976-07-27)
1365"Penny Wise"3 August 1976 (1976-08-03)
1376"A Turn For the Nurse"10 August 1976 (1976-08-10)
1387"Seal of Office"17 August 1976 (1976-08-17)
1398"Birmingham is Revolting"24 August 1976 (1976-08-24)

Series 13 (1977)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal air date
1401"Mission Inedible"4 July 1977 (1977-07-04)
1412"Horse Play"11 July 1977 (1977-07-11)
1423"The Big Big Big Ben Bungle"18 July 1977 (1977-07-18)
1434"A Motley Crew"25 July 1977 (1977-07-25)
1445"Not on Your Telly"1 August 1977 (1977-08-01)
1456"One Way Only"8 August 1977 (1977-08-08)
1467"Take Your Pick"15 August 1977 (1977-08-15)
1478"Claws"22 August 1977 (1977-08-22)

Series 14 (1980)[edit]

This series was originally recorded for distribution overseas by BBC Transcription Services and was not broadcast in the UK at the time.

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleRe-recording of episodeRecording date
1481"Boots""The Great Footwear Scandal"13 April 1980
1492"Pardon My French""French Cricket"13 April 1980
1503"Traffic Diversions""The End of the Road"15 April 1980
1514"Watch This Space""The Big Rocket"20 April 1980
1525"Birds of a Feather""Strictly for the Birds"20 April 1980
1536"Where There's a Will""Problem in the Park"22 April 1980
1547"The Country Caper""The Rhubarb Pirates"22 April 1980
1558"Ban The Wotsit""A Terrifying Weapon"27 April 1980
1569"A Testing Time""A Degrading Business"27 April 1980
15710"Pushing the Vote Out""Up The Poll"29 April 1980
15811"Gone To Earth""The Hole"29 April 1980
15912"Computaclanger""The Trouble With Cecil"6 May 1980
16013"A Great Convenience""A Slight Case Of Demolition"6 May 1980
16114"The Christmas Spirit""The Magic Carpet"15 April 1980
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Missing as of 2019
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p End missing as of 2019
  3. ^ a b Beginning and end missing as of 2019
  4. ^ Beginning missing as of 2019

See also[edit]

Main article: The Men from the Ministry

References[edit]

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