The Men From The Ministry

Radio Rebroadcasts In the years since the end of production of The Men From The Ministry, there have been occasional nostalgic rebroadcasts of various episodes on the World Service and on Radios 2 and 4. The following are known rebroadcasts. The author would appreciate receiving details of other rebroadcasts not listed here.

Episode	Title	Rebroadcast
3/13	A Slight Case of Demolition	Smash of the Day 05.08.79 12:00pm Radio 4
9/5	A Private Affair	Smash of the Day 21.10.79 12:00pm Radio 4
9/5	A Private Affair	Comedy Classics 19.02.84 6:00pm Radio 2
10/7	Sky High	Comedy Classics 26.02.84 6:00pm Radio 2
7/1	Rolling In It	Comedy Classics 04.03.84 6:00pm Radio 2
8/1	The Conference Trick	Comedy Classics 11.03.84 6:00pm Radio 2
11/1	Nothing But The Vest	Comedy Classics 18.03.84 6:00pm Radio 2
6/2	Bare Necessities	Comedy Classics 25.03.84 6:00pm Radio 2
	?	Vintage Comedy 20.05.87 3:30pm World Service
14/14	The Christmas Spirit	Vintage Comedy Double Bill 26.12.90 1:00pm Radio 2
6/14	Bill Stickers Is Innocent	Comedy Hour 11.07.92 1:00pm Radio 2
7/1	Rolling In It	Comedy Hour 18.07.92 1:00pm Radio 2
12/4	Off The Rails	Golden Days of Radio 23.07.94 2:00pm Radio 2
10/7	Sky High	Comedy Classics 10.06.95 9:00pm Radio 2
14/5	Birds Of A Feather	Comedy Classics 05.05.97 1:00pm Radio 2
13/3	The Big Big Big Ben Bungle	Barry Took's Comedy Classics 07.01.99 9:00pm Radio 2

BBC7 Rebroadcasts

Several episodes of The Men From The Ministry, mostly from the later series, were periodically rebroadcast on BBC7, now named BBC Radio 4 Extra. Seven seasons were presented, all with almost identical content. In 2003, the episodes were broadcast on Wednesdays, the first six at 12:30 and 19:30, and the remainder at 14:30 and 21:30. In 2004, the episodes were broadcast on Wednesdays at 14:30, 21:30 and 06:30 (next day), in 2005/6, on Tuesdays at 14:00 and 06:00 (next day), in 2007/8, on Saturdays at 13:30 and 2:30 (next day), in 2009/10, on Sundays at 12:00 and 19:00, and in 2010 on Sundays at 12:30.

Episode	Title        2003         2004      2005/6      2006/7      2007/8     2009/10         2010
01/02	The Big Rocket 02.03.03   07.04.04   30.08.05   10.09.06   06.10.07   02.08.09   29.08.10
02/02	Something About A Soldier 09.03.03   14.04.04   06.09.05   17.09.06   13.10.07   09.08.09   05.09.10
03/13	A Slight Case Of Demolition 16.03.03   21.04.04   13.09.05   24.09.06   20.10.07   16.08.09   12.09.10
06/01	Bye Bye Mildred 23.03.03   28.04.04   20.09.05   01.10.06   27.10.07   23.08.09   19.09.10
06/02	Bare Necessities 30.03.03   05.05.04   27.09.05   08.10.06   03.11.07   30.08.09   26.09.10
06/14	Bill Stickers Is Innocent 09.07.03   12.05.04   04.10.05   15.10.06   10.11.07   06.09.09   03.10.10
07/01	Rolling In It 16.07.03   19.05.04   11.10.05   22.10.06   17.11.07   13.09.09   10.10.10
08/01	The Conference Trick 23.07.03   26.05.04   18.10.05   29.10.06   24.11.07   20.09.09   17.10.10
09/05	A Private Affair 23.02.03   02.06.04   25.10.05   05.11.06   01.12.07   27.09.09   24.10.10
10/07	Sky High 30.07.03                     01.11.05   12.11.06   08.12.07   04.10.09   31.10.10
10/12	In The Picture 06.08.03   09.06.04   08.11.05   19.11.06   15.12.07   11.10.09   07.11.10
11/01	Nothing But The Vest 13.08.03   16.06.04   15.11.05   26.11.06   22.12.07   18.10.09   14.11.10
11/02	That's My Baby 20.08.03   23.06.04   22.11.05   03.12.06   29.12.07   25.10.09   21.11.10
12/01	All Cisterns Go 27.08.03   30.06.04   29.11.05   10.12.06   05.01.08   01.11.09   28.11.10
12/02	A Problem Shared 03.09.03   07.07.04   06.12.05   17.12.06   12.01.08   15.11.09   12.12.10
12/03	The Whitehall Castaways 10.09.03   14.07.04   13.12.05   24.12.06   19.01.08   22.11.09   19.12.10
12/04	Off The Rails 17.09.03   21.07.04   27.12.05   31.12.06   26.01.08   29.11.09
12/05	Penny Wise 24.09.03   28.07.04   03.01.06   07.01.07   02.02.08   06.12.09
12/06	A Turn For The Nurse 01.10.03   04.08.04   10.01.06   14.01.07   09.02.08   13.12.09
12/07	Seal Of Office 08.10.03   11.08.04   17.01.06   21.01.07   16.02.08   08.11.09   05.12.10
12/08	Birmingham Is Revolting 15.10.03   18.08.04   24.01.06   28.01.07   23.02.08   27.12.09
13/01	Mission Inedible 22.10.03   25.08.04   04.02.06   04.02.07   01.03.08   03.01.10
13/02	Horse Play 29.10.03   01.09.04   07.02.06   11.02.07   08.03.08   10.01.10
13/03	The Big Big Big Ben Bungle 05.11.03   08.09.04   14.02.06   18.02.07   15.03.08   17.01.10
13/04	A Motley Crew 12.11.03   15.09.04   21.02.06   25.02.07   22.03.08   24.01.10
13/05	Not On Your Telly 19.11.03   22.09.04   28.02.06   04.03.07   29.03.08   31.01.10
13/06	One Way Only 26.11.03   29.09.04   07.03.06   11.03.07   05.04.08   07.02.10
13/07	Take Your Pick 03.12.03   06.10.04   14.03.06   18.03.07   12.04.08   14.02.10
13/08	Claws 10.12.03   13.10.04   21.03.06   25.03.07                     21.02.10
14/14	The Christmas Spirit                   20.12.05                                                           20.12.09

BBC4X Rebroadcasts

The 2011 season of rebroadcasts, starting on BBC7 and continuing on BBC Radio 4 Extra is providing a very welcome opportunity to listen again to some old favourites beyond the episodes rebroadcast in previous years on BBC7. This extensive series of rebroadcasts includes material both from orignal recordings held by the BBC and from amateur off-air recordings made by collectors and enthusiasts. Several of the rebroadcasts derive from recordings supplied by Richard Harrison and Alan Shead, and restored by Keith Wickham. The episodes in the 2011 series were broadcast on Thursdays at 8:00, 12:00 and 19:00.

Episode	Date	Title
01/01	20.01.11	The Great Footwear Scandal
01/03	27.01.11	Strictly for the Birds
01/04	03.02.11	French Cricket
01/05	10.02.11	The War with the Isle of Wight
02/12	17.02.11	The Hole
04/10	24.02.11	Four Men in a Wellington
05/01	03.03.11	A Rotten System
05/04	10.03.11	A Sticky Business
05/06	17.03.11	The Ship That Wagged Its Tail
06/03	24.03.11	Storm in a Tea Urn
06/04	31.03.11	The Moving Target
06/06	07.04.11	The Bigger The Better
06/07	14.04.11	Trouble in the Air
06/11	21.04.11	A Bird in the Hand
06/12	28.04.11	Bringing the House Down
06/13	05.05.11	Fair Exchange
07/03	12.05.11	Thoroughly Modern Ministry
07/04	19.05.11	We All Make Mistakes
07/05	26.05.11	A Foolproof Fool
07/07	02.06.11	Transatlantic Trouble
07/08	09.06.11	The Finger of Suspicion
07/09	16.06.11	Just the Ticket
08/02	23.06.11	The Night We Crept into the Crypt
08/03	30.06.11	How Now Brown Cow
08/06	07.07.11	Fowl Play
08/07	14.07.11	Something Of Value
08/08	21.07.11	Taking Leave Of Their Census
09/01	28.07.11	That's My Pigeon
09/02	04.08.11	Don't Let Them Needle You
09/04	11.08.11	Bridge Under Troubled Water
09/06	18.08.11	Food for Thought
09/08	25.08.11	Safe and Unsound
09/09	01.09.11	The Export Caper
09/11	08.09.11	Under the Weather
09/12	15.09.11	Monkey Business
09/13	22.09.11	Cheesed Off
10/01	29.09.11	Plane Madness
10/02	06.10.11	Vipers in the Bosom
10/04	13.10.11	I Want My Mummy
10/09	20.10.11	Health and Deficiency
10/13	27.10.11	She'll Have To Go
11/04	03.11.11	Torn to Shreds
11/05	10.11.11	Wool Over Their Eyes
11/06	17.11.11	This VAT and the Other
11/09	24.11.11	Chain Reaction

 

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