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The Men from the Ministry, the Glossary

The Men from the Ministry is a British radio comedy series broadcast by the BBC between 1962 and 1977, starring Wilfrid Hyde-White, Richard Murdoch and, from 1966, when he replaced Hyde-White, Deryck Guyler.^[1]

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1962 radio programme debuts
1977 radio programme endings
Lost radio programs

A Lesson in Love (1954 film)

A Lesson in Love (En lektion i kärlek) is a 1954 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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Alan Whicker

Alan Donald Whicker (2 August 1921 – 12 July 2013) was a British journalist and television presenter and broadcaster.

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Alf Sjöberg

Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Home Service

The BBC Home Service was a national and regional radio station that broadcast from 1939 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 4.

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BBC Light Programme

The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Transcription Services

The BBC Transcription Services started life in the mid-1930s as the London Transcription Service to license BBC Radio programmes to overseas broadcasters who were authorised to broadcast the programmes for a set period, usually two or three years.

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BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC.

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Bill Pertwee

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English actor and comedian.

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Bowler hat

The bowler hat, also known as a Coke hat, billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849.

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Brian Cooke

Brian Cooke (born 1937) is a British comedy writer who, with co-writer Johnnie Mortimer, penned scripts for and devised many top 1970s/80s television sitcoms, including Man About the House, George and Mildred, and Robin's Nest.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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Civil service

The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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Civil Service (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government, which is led by a cabinet of ministers chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Clive Dunn

Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn (9 January 19206 November 2012) was an English actor.

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De Wolfe Music

De Wolfe Limited (previously known as Music de Wolfe, often referred to as De Wolfe Music) is a British music production company, recognised as the originator of what has become known as library music.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Deryck Guyler

Deryck Bower Guyler (29 April 1914 – 7 October 1999) was an English actor, best remembered for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes.

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DR (broadcaster)

DR, officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company.

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Edward Taylor (scriptwriter)

Edward Taylor, (born 1931) is a British dramatist and radio producer best known for the BBC Radio Comedy series The Men from the Ministry.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Fyfe Robertson

James "Fyfe" Robertson (19 August 1902 – 4 February 1987) was a Scottish television journalist and broadcaster.

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Gunnar Björnstrand

Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman.

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Heikki Nousiainen

Heikki Nousiainen (born 19 June 1945 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish film and television actor.

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Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt

Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (22 February 1906 – 9 July 1982) was a Danish stage and film actor.

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Henning Palner

Henning Palner (18 July 1932 – 20 December 2018) was a Danish actor.

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Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter.

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Ivor Slaney

Ivor Ernst Slaney (born 27 May 1921 in West Bromwich, d. 20 March 1998, Southampton) was a British composer and conductor, notable for his work in film, television and radio.

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Jesper Langberg

Jesper Langberg (20 October 1940 – 29 June 2019) was a Danish film actor.

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Joan Sanderson

Joan Sanderson (24 November 1912 – 24 May 1992) was a British actress.

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John Laurie

John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor.

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Johnnie Mortimer

John Mortimer (2 July 1931 – 2 September 1992) professionally Johnnie Mortimer, was a British scriptwriter for British TV whose work, along with creative writing partner Brian Cooke, also served as inspiration for American television projects.

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Karen Lykkehus

Karen Lykkehus (22 October 1904 – 25 October 1992) was a Danish actress.

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Kauko Helovirta

Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924, Juupajoki – 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor.

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Kenneth Horne

Charles Kenneth Horne, generally known as Kenneth Horne, (27 February 1907 – 14 February 1969) was an English comedian and businessman.

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Kirsten Walther

Kirsten Walther (31 August 1933 – 19 February 1987) was a Danish actress.

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List of The Men from the Ministry episodes

This is an episode list of the British Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry.

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Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh

Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a comedy show broadcast from 1944 to 1950 and 1951 to 1954 by BBC Radio and in 1950–51 by Radio Luxembourg. The Men from the Ministry and Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh are BBC Radio comedy programmes.

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News

News is information about current events.

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Norma Ronald

Norma Ronald (1 March 1937, Northumberland, UK – 20 November 1993, Clara Vale, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, UK) was a British actress known for her appearances as Mildred Murfin in the 1960s BBC radio comedy series The Men from the Ministry, as Miss Ealand, Commander Straker's secretary in the science fiction television series UFO and as Sir John Wilder's ever-resourceful secretary Kay Lingard in both The Plane Makers and its follow-up The Power Game (1963–69) She made an uncredited appearance in the 1969 Gerry Anderson film Doppelgänger (also known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun).

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Panorama (British TV programme)

Panorama is a British current affairs documentary programme broadcast on the BBC.

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Parody

A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.

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Pat Coombs

Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress.

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Pension

A pension is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work.

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Per Pallesen

Per Pallesen (born 30 April 1942) is a Danish actor.

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Permanent secretary

A permanent secretary is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities.

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Permanent secretary (UK)

A permanent under-secretary of state, known informally as a permanent secretary, is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis.

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Radio comedy

Radio comedy, or comedic radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve variety show, sitcom elements, sketches, and various types of comedy found in other media.

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Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Dutch abbreviation RFO) is a Dutch radio orchestra, based in Hilversum.

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Richard Murdoch

Richard Bernard Murdoch (6 April 1907 – 9 October 1990) was an English actor and entertainer.

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Robin Day

Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster.

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Ronald Baddiley

Ronald Baddiley (31 August 1922 – 29 November 1986) was an English actor.

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Roy Dotrice

Roy Dotrice (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British stage and screen actor.

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SABC

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public.

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Secretarial pool

A secretarial pool or typing pool is a group of secretaries working at a company available to assist any executive without a permanently assigned secretary.

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Secretary

A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evaluation, communication, and/or organizational skills within the area of administration.

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Sitcom

A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.

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Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Springbok Radio

Springbok Radio (spelled Springbokradio in Afrikaans) was a South African nationwide radio station that operated from 1950 to 1985.

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Stig Järrel

Stig Järrel (8February 19101July 1998) was a Swedish actor, film director and revue artist.

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Sveriges Radio

Sveriges Radio AB ("Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The Magician (1958 film)

Ansiktet (Swedish: "The Face"), also released as The Magician, is a 1958 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin.

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The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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Theme music

Theme music is a musical composition which is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at some point during the program.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_from_the_Ministry

Also known as Men from the Ministry, The Men fron the ministry.

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See also

1962 radio programme debuts

1977 radio programme endings

Lost radio programs

References