Frank Dickins' classic six-part cartoon strip features Chester-Perry's troublesome buying clerk and those who serve alongside him as small cogs in a gigantic wheel. With Michael Williams, Rodney Bewes, Dora Bryan and Owen Brenman, the series was directed Neil Cargill.
SERIES 1 | 2 | 3
:: Series 1
Broadcast in the mid-morning comedy slot on Radio 4 (11.30am), the series was repeated later in the year in the early evening comedy slot (6.30pm).
| Title | TX Date | Rpt Date | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Shares | 21.4.99 | 6.10.99 | |
| Follow That Star | 28.4.99 | 13.10.99 | A food inspector is smuggled into chef Gordon Blue's canteen. |
| The Girl Next Door | 5.5.99 | 20.10.99 | The view from the office window is distracting. |
| Sun, Sea and Sabotage | 12.5.99 | 27.10.99 | Bristow needs a break, so he plans someone else's holiday |
| Stranger on a Train | 19.5.99 | 3.11.99 | Bristow helps Jones plan his escape. |
| The Great Escape | 26.5.99 | 10.11.99 | Bristow has the holiday of a lifetime - in Mudsea. |
:: Series 2
| Title | TX Date | Rpt Date | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| When Melancholy Autumn Comes to Chester-Perry | 24.11.99 | The promise of a Christmas bonus lifts Bristow's spirits. For once his generosity knows no bounds. | |
| The Power of the Press | 1.12.99 | Bristow's crusade for better conditions for cleaning ladies bites the dust. | |
| Mr Bristow Regrets | 8.12.99 | The Chester-Perry dinner dance is out of bounds to Bristow - until he falls in with Tom Paine, troublemaker. | |
| The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat | 15.12.99 | It is the office party, and Jones thinks all his Christmases have come at once. |
:: Series 3
| Title | TX Date | Rpt Date | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Of Moles and Men | 7.7.00 | 21.2.01 | The office rebel returns with inside information which must surely lead to promotion. |
| The Good, the Bad and the Temporary | 14.7.00 | 28.2.01 | There is a new girl in town, and Bristow knows his office is not big enough for the two of them. |
| Chapter and Verse | 21.7.00 | 7.3.01 | While writing for the house journal, Bristow discovers the meaning of poetic justice. |
| Repaying Mr Piper | 28.7.00 | 14.3.01 | Bristow has a theory about why he is surrounded by incompetents. |