This page was compiled by Gary Schajer, Vancouver, Canada. gary@schajer.com
It is not possible to spend much time with The Men From The Ministry without being affected by their continuous creation of missing and incorrect information. The Ballymuckie Archives just wouldn't be the same without it. The author would appreciate receiving additions and corrections to the information presented in these pages. Of particular interest are details of the broadcast dates and official titles of the remade episodes produced for the Transcription Service. The repeat broadcast dates for the episodes in series 5, 6 and 7 (if they actually were repeated domestically) would also be appreciated. Please write to Gary Schajer, gary@schajer.com
The following is a transcript of the opening and closing announcements of an episode yet to be identified. Please contact the author if you can identify it.
| A Slight Case of Demolition (Unofficial title) |
| Starts: Time to meet The Men From The Ministry. We present Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler in The Men From The Ministry, a weekly tribute to the men of our Government service. Decent upright men who loathe the use of foul language. In particular such four letter words as 'work', 'duty', 'jobs', and one you never hear in Whitehall 'sack'. Over now to the General Assistance Department where for once Lamb and Lennox-Brown are not on top of their form. There's so much paper in the office their forms are on top of them. |
| Ends: Muddling through as The Men From The Ministry were Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Also featured were Norma Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. The programme was written by Edward Taylor and John Graham, and produced by Edward Taylor. |
The transcripts in the various pages are incomplete because several recordings are missing from the collection or they are truncated or otherwise damaged. If you have recordings of any of the following episodes, please contact the author. Exchange of recordings from The Men From The Ministry or other contemporary BBC programmes is welcomed.
| No. | Date | Title | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6 | 04.12.62 | Moderately Important Person | End missing |
| 1/9 | 25.12.62 | The Magic Carpet | |
| 1/12 | 15.01.63 | Problem In The Park | |
| 1/13 | 22.01.63 | The End Of The Road | |
| SP | 24.12.64 | A Present For Norman | |
| 2/1 | 25.07.65 | Pirates Of Lakeview Reservoir | End missing |
| 2/3 | 08.08.65 | The Trouble With Cecil | End missing |
| 2/4 | 15.08.65 | Mahboni Lies Over The Ocean | End incomplete |
| 2/5 | 22.08.65 | The Man Who Made It Rain | End missing |
| 2/8 | 12.09.65 | The Butcher Of Glensporran | End incomplete |
| 2/9 | 19.09.65 | Counter Spies | End missing |
| 2/13 | 17.10.65 | The Day The Martians Came | End missing |
| 3/1 | 11.12.66 | Rebel In Regents Park | |
| 3/2 | 18.12.66 | A Terrifying Weapon | End missing |
| 3/7 | 22.01.67 | A Gift For Sir Gregory | Damaged audio and end missing |
| 3/8 | 29.01.67 | A Whitehall Circus | |
| 3/10 | 12.02.67 | Getting The Bird | Intro music and end missing |
| 3/14 | 12.03.67 | The Fastest Ship In The World | End missing |
| 4/1 | 18.02.68 | The Battle Of The River Thames | End missing |
| 4/5 | 17.03.68 | Up The Poll | Original version needed |
| 4/7 | 31.03.68 | Dam Nuisance | |
| 4/11 | 28.04.68 | Out Of This World | Intro music missing |
| 4/13 | 12.05.68 | What Has Four Wheels And Flies ? | |
| 5/1 | 25.03.69 | A Rotten System | Damaged audio and end missing |
| 5/2 | 01.04.69 | A Brush With An Old Master | Damaged audio and end missing |
| 5/3 | 08.04.69 | All Play And No Work | Damaged audio and end missing |
| 5/4 | 15.04.69 | A Sticky Business | Damaged audio |
| 5/5 | 22.04.69 | The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb | |
| 6/8 | 18.08.70 | Miss Chatterly's Lover | Poor audio |
| 6/9 | 25.08.70 | The Pudding From Outer Space | |
| 6/10 | 01.09.70 | A Little Of What You Fancy | |
| 7/2 | 05.08.71 | Up Up And Away | |
| 7/6 | 02.09.71 | Rotten To The Corps | Intro music missing |
| 7/10 | 29.11.71 | Gone To Pot | End missing |
| 8/4 | 01.08.72 | Sorry, Wrong Number | End missing |
| 8/5 | 09.08.72 | The Desk Job | End missing |
| 10/3 | 01.07.74 | Great Guns | End missing |
| 10/5 | 15.07.74 | One Man's Meat | |
| 10/6 | 22.07.74 | Ballet Nuisance | End missing |
| 10/8 | 05.08.74 | A Break For Sir Gregory |
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This page was compiled by Gary Schajer, Vancouver, Canada.
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