THE MEN FROM THE MINISTRY

This wonderful show using bureacracy as the basis for comedy ran from 1962 to 1977, and delighted audiences all round the globe, and is often quoted as being the 'first' Yes, Minister, although Jay and Lynn took the civil service situation to far greater satirical and believable heights. Richard Murdoch starred as the number two in the General Assistants department throughout it's 15 years, with Wilfred hyde-White as the number one for the first two seasons, and Deryck Guyler from series three onwards.
There were a total of thirteen series and they could boast Johnny Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor amongst the writers. Although not exactly satire, they were often topical, and gave the other end of comedy to much that was on the radio at the time, no quick fire gags, just a quaint look at the world that was disappearing in all places apart from Whitehall and the Civil Service.
This guide has been re-researched and expanded recently and now presents what I beelive to be the most comprehensive log of the series. If anyone can help with shows that are not marked with a star or is willing to provide the first line of the recording for ease of cataloguing, I would be very grateful, and they can contact me through the normal channels.

SERIES 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | TS

Series One.
Originally broadcast at 8.00pm on the light programme, it was repeated at 3.10pm on the Home Service. The entire series was written and produced by Edward Taylor, and had a regular cast of Wilfred Hyde-White, Richard Murdoch, Roy Dotrice, Diana Olsen, Edwin Apps, David Graham, and Norma Ronald.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec Date TS.Archive No.

1 * The Great Footwear Scandal 30.10.62

2 * The Big Rocket 6.11.62 28.10.62 T27721

3 * Strictly for the Birds 13.11.62

4 * French Cricket 20.11.62

5 * The War with the Isle of Wight 27.11.62

6 * Moderately Important Person 4.12.62

7 * The Rhubarb Pirates 11.12.62

8 * A Matter of Form 18.12.62

9 The Magic Carpet 25.12.62

10 * The Spy in Black and White 1.1.62

11 * Island in the Sun 8.1.62

12 Problem in the Park 15.1.62

13 The End of the Road 22.1.63

1964 Christmas Special transmitted at 7.30pm on 24th December entitled A Present For Norman. This show was never repeated and the two leads were Richard Murdoch and Eric Barker. It is also worth noting that it is with this episode that Johnny Mortimer and Brian Cooke became involved.

Series Two.
The second series saw additional writers of Johnny Mortimer and Brian Cooke, however, Edward Taylor continued to produce the show. Hyde-White, Murdoch, Dotrice, Ronald and Graham stayed and were joined by Joan Sanderson. The shows were aired on Sundays at 9.00pm, on the Light programme and repeated on the following Tuesdays at 8.00pm on the Home Service.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec Date TS.Archive No.

1 Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir 25.7.65

2 * Something about a Soldier 1.8.65 T30003

3 The Trouble with Cecil 8.8.65

4 Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean 15.8.65

5 * The Man Who made it Rain 22.8.65

6 * Train of Events 29.8.65

7 * Degrading Business 5.9.65

8 * The Butcher of Glensporran 12.9.65

9 Counter Spies 19.9.65

10 * A Question of Dundancy 19.9.65

11 * A Back-dated Problem 26.9.65

12 * The Hole 3.10.65

13 * The Day the Martians Came 17.10.65

Series Three.

This series saw the arrival of Deryck Guyler as number one, with Murdoch staying as number two, Ronald stayed, as did Graham, and they were joined by Ronald Baddiley. The writers remained the same as series 2 and Taylor still produced the show. The same arrangement of the broadcast on the Light programme (at 9.30pm), followed by a repeat on the Home Service (at 7.00pm) was used as well.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec Date TS.Archive No.

1 * Rebel in Regents Park 11.12.66

2 * A Terrifying Weapon 18.12.66

3 The Post Office Pantomime 25.12.66

4 All at Sea 1.1.67

5 Bowler Hats and Machine Guns 8.1.67

6 On the Run 15.1.67

7 A Gift for Sir Gregory 22.1.67

8 The Whitehall Circus 29.1.67

9 * Customs of the Country 5.2.67

10 * Getting the Bird 12.2.67

11 The Girl in the Case 19.2.67

12 The Thing on the Beach 26.2.67

13 * A Slight Case of Demolition 5.3.67 T30909

14 The Fastest Ship in the World 12.3.67

Series Four.

Apart from David Netthein joining the team, everything stayed the same for the forth series with the programme going out on Radio 2, at 2.30pm, followed by a repeat on Radio 1 and 2 at around 8.00pm the next day.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec Date TS.Archive No.

1 Battle of the River Thames 18.2.68

2 The Tubby Submarine 25.2.68

3 A Matter of Breeding 3.3.68

4 The Great Showbiz Fiasco 10.3.68

5 Up the Poll 17.3.68

6 Waterway to Go 24.3.68

7 Dam Nuisance 31.3.68

8 The Fastest Brolly in the West 7.4.68

9 Lamb takes a Gambol 14.4.68

10 Four Men in a Wellington 21.4.68

11 Out of this World 29.4.68

12 * Muddlers in Law 5.5.68

13 What has four Wheels and flies? 12.5.68

Series Five.

The cast remained the same and the programmes were first aired on the World Service at 7.30pm and later repeated on Radio 4 at the same time.

No. Title R4 Tx Date WS Tx Date WS No. Rec. Date TS/Archive No.

1 A Rotten System 25.3.69 15.2.69 1 29.12.68 TS1

2 A Brush With and Old Master 1.4.69 8.3.69 4

3 All Play and No Work 8.4.69 15.3.69 5

4 A Sticky Business 15.4.69 22.3.69 6 21.2.69 TS3

5 The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb 22.4.69 22.2.69 2

6 The Ship That Wagged Its Tail 29.4.69 1.3.69 3 12.1.69 TS2

Series Six.

This series was broadcast on Radio 4 at 7.30pm. There was little change between this and the last series with respect to the cast and writing. The majority of this series were broadcast on the World Service a few months earlier.

No. Title R4 Tx Date WS Tx Date WS No. Rec. Date TS/Archive No.

1 Bye-bye Mildred 30.6.70 8.3.70 6 19.1.70/8.3.70 TS6/T34613b01

2 * Bare Necessities 7.7.70 15.3.70 7 26.1.70 TS7/T34613b02

3 Storm in a Teacup (Tea Urn) 14.7.70 22.3.70 8 2.2.70 TS8

4 * The Moving Target 21.7.70 29.3.70 9 9.2.70 TS9

5 Oil Well that Ends Well 28.7.70 1.2.70 1

6 * The Bigger the Better 4.8.70 22.2.70 4 29.12.69 TS4

7 Trouble in the Air 11.8.70 1.3.70 5 12.1.70 TS5

8 Miss Chatterly's Lover 18.8.70 8.2.70 2

9 The Pudding From Outer Space 25.8.70 15.2.70 3

10 A Little of what you Fancy 1.9.70

11 * A Bird in the Hand 8.9.70 17.8.70 TS12

12 Bringing the House Down 15.9.70 10.8.70 TS10

13 Fair Exchange 22.9.70 14.8.70 TS11

14 Bill Stickers is Innocent 29.9.70 T34614

Series Seven.

The series continued in the same format , however there was a reduction in the number of shows. The programmes were still broadcast on Radio 4, this time on a Tuesday lunchtime at 12.25pm.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 * Rolling In It 29.7.71 14.6.71 TS14/T34614

2 * Lost In Space (a.k.a Up, Up and Away) 5.8.71

3 Thoroughly Modern Ministry 12.8.71 12.4.71 TS16

4 We All Make Mistakes 19.8.71 14.4.71 TS15

5 * The Fool-Proof Fool 26.8.71 7.4.71 TS17

6 Rotten To the Corps 2.9.71

7 * Transatlantic Trouble 9.9.71

8 * The Finger of Suspicion 16.9.71 23.6.71 TS19

9 Just the Ticket 23.8.71 31.3.71 TS13

Series Eight.

The series continued in the same format , however there was yet another reduction in the number of shows. The programmes were still broadcast on Radio 4, this time on a Tuesday lunchtime (12.25pm), and repeated on Thursday evenings at 6.15pm.

No. Title R4 Tx Date WS Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 * The Conference Trick 11.7.72 24.5.72 TS23/T34615

2 The Night We Crept Into The Crypt 18.7.72 12.5.72 TS25

3 * How Now Brown Cow? 25.7.72 17.5.72 TS24

4 Sorry, Wrong Number 1.8.72

5 The Desk Job 8.8.72 22.5.72 TS26

6 Fowl Play 15.8.72 18.12.71 28.11.71 TS21

7 * Something of Value 22.8.72 25.12.71 5.12.71 TS22

8 * Taking Leave of their Census 29.8.72 11.12.71 28.11.71 TS20

Series Nine.

The number of shows in this series reverted to its regular 13, retaining Graham and Taylor as writers and the transmission times of the previous series.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 * That's my Pigeon 6.3.73 14.12.72 TS27

2 * Don't Let them Needle You 13.3.73 4.2.73 TS28

3 Find the Lady 20.3.73

4 Bridge Under Troubled Waters 27.3.73 11.2.73 TS29

5 * A Private Affair 3.4.73 7.2.73 TS30/T35333

6 Food For Thought 10.4.73

7 * Getting it Taped 17.4.73

8 * Safe and Unsound 24.4.73 18.2.73 TS36

9 * The Export Caper 1.5.73 25.2.73 TS31

10 * Flushed with Success 8.5.73 28.2.73 TS32

11 Under the Weather 15.5.73 7.12.72 TS33

12 Monkey Business 22.5.73 8.2.73 TS34

13 Cheesed Off 29.5.73 28.11.72 TS35

Series Ten.

The series was broadcast on Radio 4 at 6.15pm on Monday nights, with a repeat on Wednesdays.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 Plane Madness 17.6.74 20.5.74 TS37

2 Vipers in the Bosom 24.6.74 10.5.74 TS38

3 Great Guns 1.7.74

4 * I Want my Mummy 8.7.74 6.5.74 TS39

5 One Man's Meat 15.7.74

6 Ballet Nuisance 22.7.74

7 * Sky High 29.7.74 31.5.74 TS40/T36135

8 A Break for Sir Gregory 5.8.74

9 Health and Deficiency 12.8.74 26.5.74 TS41

10 Big Deal 19.8.74

11 They Fry by Night 26.8.74

12 * In the Picture 2.9.74 6.6.74 TS42/T36135

13 She'll Have to go 9.9.74 13.5.74 TS43

Series Eleven.

Broadcast on Radio 4 at 6.15pm and repeated on the same channel, the series format and cast stayed the same as previously.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 Nothing but the Vest 26.5.75 29.4.75 TS44/T36737

2 * That's My Baby 2.6.75 24.4.75 TS45/T36737

3 All that Glitters 9.6.75

4 Torn to Shreds 16.6.75 22.4.75 TS46

5 Wool Over Their Eyes 23.6.75 20.5.75 TS47

6 This, VAT and the Other 30.6.75 29.5.75 TS48

7 The Great Trouser Troubles 7.7.75

8 The Cabinet Crisis 14.7.75

9 Chain Reaction 21.7.75 23.5.75 TS49

10 * All Change 28.7.75 27.5.75 TS50

11 A Merry Dance 4.8.75 3.4.75 TS51

12 A Sense of Power 11.8.75

13 Postal Disorder 18.8.75 15.5.75 TS52

Series Twelve.

By now the series was nearing the end and the run was reduced to 8 shows for this and the last series. The cast remained the same and Graham and Taylor continued to write. The format of broadcasting at 6.15pm and a repeat later in the week around lunchtime was retained, with all shows going out on Radio 4.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 * All Cisterns Go 6.7.76 2.5.76 TS53/T37870

2 * A Problem Shared 13.7.76 21.3.76 TS54/T37870

3 * The Whitehall Castaways 20.7.76 21.3.76 TS55/T52360

4 * Off the Rails 27.7.76 25.4.76 TS56/T52364

5 Penny Wise 3.8.76 28.3.76 TS57/T52361

6 * A Turn For the Nurse 10.8.76 2.5.76 TS58/T52365

7 * Seal of Office 17.8.76 28.3.76 T52362

8 * Birmingham is Revolting 24.8.76 24.4.76 T52363

Series Thirteen.

The last series went out just like the previous, wth the repeat later in the week and all on Radio 4.

No. Title R4 Tx Date Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 * Mission Inedible 4.7.77 13.3.77 TS59/T37876

2 * Horse Play 11.7.77 13.3.77 TS60/T52510

3 * Big Big Big Ben Bungle 18.7.77 20.3.77 TS61/T37876

4 * A Motley Crew 25.7.77 20.3.77 TS62/T52366

5 * Not on Your Telly 1.8.77 27.3.77 TS63/T52367

6 * One Way Only 8.8.77 27.3.77 TS64/T52368

7 * Take Your Pick 15.8.77 3.4.77 T52369

8 * Claws 22.8.77 3.4.77 TS65/T52370

Transcription Service Recordings.

A series of remakes were undertaken with the later cast by BBC Transcription services in the late 70s.early 80s. The scripts were chosen from the first 4 series and a total of 14 shows (13 regular and 1 Christmas Special) were recorded. All exist in the Transcription Archive and have been sold abroad, but none (except the Christmas Special) have ever been broadcast in the UK. I have indicated which I think the original shows were that these remakes were based on, but this is only on meagre descriptions I have received of the remakes. If anyone has any better information or can supply these shows, I would be grateful if they can email me.

No. Title Original Rec. Date TS Archive No.

1 Boots (The Great Footwear Scandal) 1.1 13.4.80 TS66

2 Pardon My French (French Cricket) 1.4 13.4.80 TS67

3 Traffic Diversions (The End of the Road) 1.13 15.4.80 TS68

4 Watch This Space (The Big Rocket) 1.2 20.4.80 TS69

5 Birds of a Feather (Strictly for the Birds) 1.3 20.4.80 TS70

6 Where There's a Will 22.4.80 TS72

7 The Country Caper 22.4.80 TS73

8 Ban The Wotsit 3.2 27.4.80 TS74

9 A Testing Time 27.4.80 TS71

10 Pushing the Vote Out (Up The Poll) 4.5 29.4.80 TS75

11 Gone To Earth 29.4.80 TS76

12 Computaclanger 6.5.80 TS77

13 A Great Convenience (A Slight Case Of Demolition) 3.13 6.5.80 TS78

14 The Christmas Spirit (The Magic Carpet) 1.9 15.4.80 TS79

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec Date	TS.Archive No.
1	*	The Great Footwear Scandal	30.10.62
2	*	The Big Rocket	6.11.62	28.10.62	T27721
3	*	Strictly for the Birds	13.11.62
4	*	French Cricket	20.11.62
5	*	The War with the Isle of Wight	27.11.62
6	*	Moderately Important Person	4.12.62
7	*	The Rhubarb Pirates	11.12.62
8	*	A Matter of Form	18.12.62
9		The Magic Carpet	25.12.62
10	*	The Spy in Black and White	1.1.62
11	*	Island in the Sun	8.1.62
12		Problem in the Park	15.1.62
13		The End of the Road	22.1.63

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec Date	TS.Archive No.
1		Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir	25.7.65
2	*	Something about a Soldier	1.8.65	T30003
3		The Trouble with Cecil	8.8.65
4		Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean	15.8.65
5	*	The Man Who made it Rain	22.8.65
6	*	Train of Events	29.8.65
7	*	Degrading Business	5.9.65
8	*	The Butcher of Glensporran	12.9.65
9		Counter Spies	19.9.65
10	*	A Question of Dundancy	19.9.65
11	*	A Back-dated Problem	26.9.65
12	*	The Hole	3.10.65
13	*	The Day the Martians Came	17.10.65

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec Date	TS.Archive No.
1	*	Rebel in Regents Park	11.12.66
2	*	A Terrifying Weapon	18.12.66
3		The Post Office Pantomime	25.12.66
4		All at Sea	1.1.67
5		Bowler Hats and Machine Guns	8.1.67
6		On the Run	15.1.67
7		A Gift for Sir Gregory	22.1.67
8		The Whitehall Circus	29.1.67
9	*	Customs of the Country	5.2.67
10	*	Getting the Bird	12.2.67
11		The Girl in the Case	19.2.67
12		The Thing on the Beach	26.2.67
13	*	A Slight Case of Demolition	5.3.67	T30909
14		The Fastest Ship in the World	12.3.67

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec Date	TS.Archive No.
1		Battle of the River Thames	18.2.68
2		The Tubby Submarine	25.2.68
3		A Matter of Breeding	3.3.68
4		The Great Showbiz Fiasco	10.3.68
5		Up the Poll	17.3.68
6		Waterway to Go	24.3.68
7		Dam Nuisance	31.3.68
8		The Fastest Brolly in the West	7.4.68
9		Lamb takes a Gambol	14.4.68
10		Four Men in a Wellington	21.4.68
11		Out of this World	29.4.68
12	*	Muddlers in Law	5.5.68
13		What has four Wheels and flies?	12.5.68

No.	Title	R4 Tx Date	WS Tx Date	WS No.	Rec. Date	TS/Archive No.
1	A Rotten System	25.3.69	15.2.69	1	29.12.68	TS1
2	A Brush With and Old Master	1.4.69	8.3.69	4
3	All Play and No Work	8.4.69	15.3.69	5
4	A Sticky Business	15.4.69	22.3.69	6	21.2.69	TS3
5	The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb	22.4.69	22.2.69	2
6	The Ship That Wagged Its Tail	29.4.69	1.3.69	3	12.1.69	TS2

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	WS Tx Date	WS No.	Rec. Date	TS/Archive No.
1		Bye-bye Mildred	30.6.70	8.3.70	6	19.1.70/8.3.70	TS6/T34613b01
2	*	Bare Necessities	7.7.70	15.3.70	7	26.1.70	TS7/T34613b02
3		Storm in a Teacup (Tea Urn)	14.7.70	22.3.70	8	2.2.70	TS8
4	*	The Moving Target	21.7.70	29.3.70	9	9.2.70	TS9
5		Oil Well that Ends Well	28.7.70	1.2.70	1
6	*	The Bigger the Better	4.8.70	22.2.70	4	29.12.69	TS4
7		Trouble in the Air	11.8.70	1.3.70	5	12.1.70	TS5
8		Miss Chatterly's Lover	18.8.70	8.2.70	2
9		The Pudding From Outer Space	25.8.70	15.2.70	3
10		A Little of what you Fancy	1.9.70
11	*	A Bird in the Hand	8.9.70			17.8.70	TS12
12		Bringing the House Down	15.9.70			10.8.70	TS10
13		Fair Exchange	22.9.70			14.8.70	TS11
14		Bill Stickers is Innocent	29.9.70			T34614

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	*	Rolling In It	29.7.71	14.6.71	TS14/T34614
2	*	Lost In Space (a.k.a Up, Up and Away)	5.8.71
3		Thoroughly Modern Ministry	12.8.71	12.4.71	TS16
4		We All Make Mistakes	19.8.71	14.4.71	TS15
5	*	The Fool-Proof Fool	26.8.71	7.4.71	TS17
6		Rotten To the Corps	2.9.71
7	*	Transatlantic Trouble	9.9.71
8	*	The Finger of Suspicion	16.9.71	23.6.71	TS19
9		Just the Ticket	23.8.71	31.3.71	TS13

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	WS Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	*	The Conference Trick	11.7.72		24.5.72	TS23/T34615
2		The Night We Crept Into The Crypt	18.7.72		12.5.72	TS25
3	*	How Now Brown Cow?	25.7.72		17.5.72	TS24
4		Sorry, Wrong Number	1.8.72
5		The Desk Job	8.8.72		22.5.72	TS26
6		Fowl Play	15.8.72	18.12.71	28.11.71	TS21
7	*	Something of Value	22.8.72	25.12.71	5.12.71	TS22
8	*	Taking Leave of their Census	29.8.72	11.12.71	28.11.71	TS20

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	*	That's my Pigeon	6.3.73	14.12.72	TS27
2	*	Don't Let them Needle You	13.3.73	4.2.73	TS28
3		Find the Lady	20.3.73
4		Bridge Under Troubled Waters	27.3.73	11.2.73	TS29
5	*	A Private Affair	3.4.73	7.2.73	TS30/T35333
6		Food For Thought	10.4.73
7	*	Getting it Taped	17.4.73
8	*	Safe and Unsound	24.4.73	18.2.73	TS36
9	*	The Export Caper	1.5.73	25.2.73	TS31
10	*	Flushed with Success	8.5.73	28.2.73	TS32
11		Under the Weather	15.5.73	7.12.72	TS33
12		Monkey Business	22.5.73	8.2.73	TS34
13		Cheesed Off	29.5.73	28.11.72	TS35

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1		Plane Madness	17.6.74	20.5.74	TS37
2		Vipers in the Bosom	24.6.74	10.5.74	TS38
3		Great Guns	1.7.74
4	*	I Want my Mummy	8.7.74	6.5.74	TS39
5		One Man's Meat	15.7.74
6		Ballet Nuisance	22.7.74
7	*	Sky High	29.7.74	31.5.74	TS40/T36135
8		A Break for Sir Gregory	5.8.74
9		Health and Deficiency	12.8.74	26.5.74	TS41
10		Big Deal	19.8.74
11		They Fry by Night	26.8.74
12	*	In the Picture	2.9.74	6.6.74	TS42/T36135
13		She'll Have to go	9.9.74	13.5.74	TS43

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1		Nothing but the Vest	26.5.75	29.4.75	TS44/T36737
2	*	That's My Baby	2.6.75	24.4.75	TS45/T36737
3		All that Glitters	9.6.75
4		Torn to Shreds	16.6.75	22.4.75	TS46
5		Wool Over Their Eyes	23.6.75	20.5.75	TS47
6		This, VAT and the Other	30.6.75	29.5.75	TS48
7		The Great Trouser Troubles	7.7.75
8		The Cabinet Crisis	14.7.75
9		Chain Reaction	21.7.75	23.5.75	TS49
10	*	All Change	28.7.75	27.5.75	TS50
11		A Merry Dance	4.8.75	3.4.75	TS51
12		A Sense of Power	11.8.75
13		Postal Disorder	18.8.75	15.5.75	TS52

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	*	All Cisterns Go	6.7.76	2.5.76	TS53/T37870
2	*	A Problem Shared	13.7.76	21.3.76	TS54/T37870
3	*	The Whitehall Castaways	20.7.76	21.3.76	TS55/T52360
4	*	Off the Rails	27.7.76	25.4.76	TS56/T52364
5		Penny Wise	3.8.76	28.3.76	TS57/T52361
6	*	A Turn For the Nurse	10.8.76	2.5.76	TS58/T52365
7	*	Seal of Office	17.8.76	28.3.76	T52362
8	*	Birmingham is Revolting	24.8.76	24.4.76	T52363

No.		Title	R4 Tx Date	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	*	Mission Inedible	4.7.77	13.3.77	TS59/T37876
2	*	Horse Play	11.7.77	13.3.77	TS60/T52510
3	*	Big Big Big Ben Bungle	18.7.77	20.3.77	TS61/T37876
4	*	A Motley Crew	25.7.77	20.3.77	TS62/T52366
5	*	Not on Your Telly	1.8.77	27.3.77	TS63/T52367
6	*	One Way Only	8.8.77	27.3.77	TS64/T52368
7	*	Take Your Pick	15.8.77	3.4.77	T52369
8	*	Claws	22.8.77	3.4.77	TS65/T52370

No.	Title	Original	Rec. Date	TS Archive No.
1	Boots (The Great Footwear Scandal)	1.1	13.4.80	TS66
2	Pardon My French (French Cricket)	1.4	13.4.80	TS67
3	Traffic Diversions (The End of the Road)	1.13	15.4.80	TS68
4	Watch This Space (The Big Rocket)	1.2	20.4.80	TS69
5	Birds of a Feather (Strictly for the Birds)	1.3	20.4.80	TS70
6	Where There's a Will		22.4.80	TS72
7	The Country Caper		22.4.80	TS73
8	Ban The Wotsit	3.2	27.4.80	TS74
9	A Testing Time		27.4.80	TS71
10	Pushing the Vote Out (Up The Poll)	4.5	29.4.80	TS75
11	Gone To Earth		29.4.80	TS76
12	Computaclanger		6.5.80	TS77
13	A Great Convenience (A Slight Case Of Demolition)	3.13	6.5.80	TS78
14	The Christmas Spirit (The Magic Carpet)	1.9	15.4.80	TS79

I would like to thank Richard Harrison, Roger Bickerton, Kurt Adkins (who provided information from Andrew Pixley) and Gary Schajer for their help and discussions in compiling this page. Additional thanks go to BBC Transcription Services and the BBC Archive for making it possible to access their catalogues, and some corerctions and clarifiactions were made by Ian Beard. Thanks.