# List of The Men from the Ministry episodes

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

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released | Timeslot |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network | Timeslot |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | 30 October 1962 (1962-10-30) | 22 January 1963 (1963-01-22) | Light Programme | Tuesday 8:00 pm |
| S | 1 | 1 | 24 December 1964 (1964-12-24) | 24 December 1964 (1964-12-24) | Home Service | Thursday 7:30 pm |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | 25 July 1965 (1965-07-25) | 17 October 1965 (1965-10-17) | Light Programme | Tuesday 8:00 pm |
| 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 December 1966 (1966-12-11) | 12 March 1967 (1967-03-12) | Light Programme | Sunday 9:30 pm |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 February 1968 (1968-02-12) | 12 May 1968 (1968-05-12) | Radio 2 | Sunday 2:31 pm |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 February 1969 (1969-02-15) | 22 March 1969 (1969-03-22) | World Service Radio 4 | Saturday 7:30 pm (World Service) Tuesday 7:00 pm (Radio 4) |
| 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 February 1970 (1970-02-01) | 29 September 1970 (1970-09-29) | World Service Radio 4 | Sunday (World Service) Tuesday 7:30 pm(Radio 4) |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 July 1971 (1971-07-29) | 23 September 1971 (1971-09-23) | Radio 4 | Thursday 12:25 pm |
| S | 1 | 1 | 29 November 1971 (1971-11-29) | 29 November 1971 (1971-11-29) | Radio 4 | Monday 6:15 pm |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 July 1972 (1972-07-11) | 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29) | Radio 4 | Tuesday 12:25 pm |
| 9 | 13 | 13 | 6 March 1973 (1973-03-06) | 29 May 1973 (1973-05-29) | Radio 4 | Tuesday 12:25 pm |
| 10 | 13 | 13 | 17 June 1974 (1974-06-17) | 9 September 1974 (1974-09-09) | Radio 4 | Monday 6:15 pm |
| 11 | 13 | 13 | 26 May 1975 (1975-05-26) | 18 August 1975 (1975-08-18) | Radio 4 | Monday 6:15 pm |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 June 1976 (1976-06-06) | 24 August 1976 (1976-08-24) | Radio 4 | Monday 6:15 pm |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 July 1977 (1977-07-04) | 22 August 1977 (1977-08-22) | Radio 4 | Monday 6:30 pm |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 1980 (1980) | 1980 (1980) | World Service | TBC |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (1962–63)

with Wilfrid Hyde-White as "One" and Roy Dotrice as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and second Series
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Great Footwear Scandal" | 30 October 1962 (1962-10-30) |
| 2 | 2 | "The Big Rocket" | 6 November 1962 (1962-11-06) |
| 3 | 3 | "Strictly for the Birds" | 13 November 1962 (1962-11-13) |
| 4 | 4 | "French Cricket" | 20 November 1962 (1962-11-20) |
| 5 | 5 | "The War with the Isle of Wight" | 27 November 1962 (1962-11-27) |
| 6 | 6 | "Moderately Important Person" | 4 December 1962 (1962-12-04) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Rhubarb Pirates" | 11 December 1962 (1962-12-11) |
| 8 | 8 | "A Matter of Form" | 18 December 1962 (1962-12-18) |
| 9 | 9 | "The Magic Carpet" | 25 December 1962 (1962-12-25) |
| 10 | 10 | "The Spy in Black and White" | 1 January 1963 (1963-01-01) |
| 11 | 11 | "Island in the Sun" | 8 January 1963 (1963-01-08) |
| 12 | 12 | "Problem in the Park" | 15 January 1963 (1963-01-15) |
| 13 | 13 | "The End of the Road" | 22 January 1963 (1963-01-22) |

### Christmas special (1964)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "A Present for Norman" | 24 December 1964 (1964-12-24) |

### Series 2 (1965)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 15 | 1 | "Pirates of Lakeview Reservoir" | 25 July 1965 (1965-07-25) |
| 16 | 2 | "Something about a Soldier" | 1 August 1965 (1965-08-01) |
| 17 | 3 | "The Trouble with Cecil" | 8 August 1965 (1965-08-08) |
| 18 | 4 | "Mahboni Lies Over the Ocean" | 15 August 1965 (1965-08-15) |
| 19 | 5 | "The Man Who made it Rain" | 22 August 1965 (1965-08-22) |
| 20 | 6 | "Train of Events" | 29 August 1965 (1965-08-29) |
| 21 | 7 | "Degrading Business" | 5 September 1965 (1965-09-05) |
| 22 | 8 | "The Butcher of Glensporran" | 12 September 1965 (1965-09-12) |
| 23 | 9 | "Counter Spies" | 19 September 1965 (1965-09-19) |
| 24 | 10 | "A Question of Dundancy" | 26 September 1965 (1965-09-26) |
| 25 | 11 | "A Back-dated Problem" | 3 October 1965 (1965-10-03) |
| 26 | 12 | "The Hole" | 10 October 1965 (1965-10-10) |
| 27 | 13 | "The Day the Martians Came" | 17 October 1965 (1965-10-17) |

### Series 3 (1966–67)

with Deryck Guyler as "One" and Ronald Baddiley as "Sir Gregory Pitkin" in this and all subsequent Series
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 28 | 1 | "Rebel in Regents Park" | 11 December 1966 (1966-12-11) |
| 29 | 2 | "A Terrifying Weapon" | 18 December 1966 (1966-12-18) |
| 30 | 3 | "The Post Office Pantomime" | 25 December 1966 (1966-12-25) |
| Featuring Clive Dunn ||||
| 31 | 4 | "All at Sea" | 1 January 1967 (1967-01-01) |
| 32 | 5 | "Bowler Hats and Machine Guns" | 8 January 1967 (1967-01-08) |
| 33 | 6 | "On the Run" | 15 January 1967 (1967-01-15) |
| 34 | 7 | "A Gift for Sir Gregory" | 22 January 1967 (1967-01-22) |
| 35 | 8 | "A Whitehall Circus" | 29 January 1967 (1967-01-29) |
| 36 | 9 | "Customs of the Country" | 5 February 1967 (1967-02-05) |
| 37 | 10 | "Getting the Bird" | 12 February 1967 (1967-02-12) |
| 38 | 11 | "The Girl in the Case" | 19 February 1967 (1967-02-19) |
| 39 | 12 | "The Thing on the Beach" | 26 February 1967 (1967-02-26) |
| 40 | 13 | "A Slight Case of Demolition" | 5 March 1967 (1967-03-05) |
| 41 | 14 | "The Fastest Ship in the World" | 12 March 1967 (1967-03-12) |

### Series 4 (1968)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 42 | 1 | "Battle of the River Thames" | 18 February 1968 (1968-02-18) |
| 43 | 2 | "The Tubby Submarine" | 25 February 1968 (1968-02-25) |
| 44 | 3 | "A Matter of Breeding" | 3 March 1968 (1968-03-03) |
| 45 | 4 | "The Great Showbiz Fiasco" | 10 March 1968 (1968-03-10) |
| 46 | 5 | "Up the Poll" | 17 March 1968 (1968-03-17) |
| 47 | 6 | "Waterway to Go" | 24 March 1968 (1968-03-24) |
| 48 | 7 | "Dam Nuisance" | 31 March 1968 (1968-03-31) |
| 49 | 8 | "The Fastest Brolly in the West" | 7 April 1968 (1968-04-07) |
| 50 | 9 | "Lamb takes a Gambol" | 14 April 1968 (1968-04-14) |
| 51 | 10 | "Four Men in a Wellington" | 21 April 1968 (1968-04-21) |
| Featuring Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa ||||
| 52 | 11 | "Out of this World" | 29 April 1968 (1968-04-29) |
| 53 | 12 | "Muddlers in Law" | 5 May 1968 (1968-05-05) |
| 54 | 13 | "What Has Four Wheels and Flies?" | 12 May 1968 (1968-05-12) |

### Series 5 (1969)

Episodes were first aired in a different order on the World Service, which had commissioned the series.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Radio 4 air date | World Service air date |
| 55 | 1 | "A Rotten System" | 25 March 1969 (1969-03-25) | 15 February 1969 |
| Featuring Joan Sanderson |||||
| 56 | 2 | "A Brush With an Old Master" | 1 April 1969 (1969-04-01) | 8 March 1969 |
| 57 | 3 | "All Play and No Work" | 8 April 1969 (1969-04-08) | 15 March 1969 |
| 58 | 4 | "A Sticky Business" | 15 April 1969 (1969-04-15) | 22 March 1969 |
| 59 | 5 | "The Home-Brewed Non-Vintage Bomb" | 22 April 1969 (1969-04-22) | 22 February 1969 |
| 60 | 6 | "The Ship That Wagged Its Tail" | 29 April 1969 (1969-04-29) | 1 March 1969 |

### Series 6 (1970)

Some episodes were first aired on the World Service.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Radio 4 air date | World Service air date |
| 61 | 1 | "Bye-Bye Mildred" | 30 June 1970 (1970-06-30) | 8 March 1970 |
| 62 | 2 | "Bare Necessities" | 7 July 1970 (1970-07-07) | 15 March 1970 |
| Featuring Joan Sanderson |||||
| 63 | 3 | "Storm in a Tea Urn" | 14 July 1970 (1970-07-14) | 22 March 1970 |
| Featuring Patricia Hayes |||||
| 64 | 4 | "The Moving Target" | 21 July 1970 (1970-07-21) | 29 March 1970 |
| 65 | 5 | "Oil Well that Ends Well" | 28 July 1970 (1970-07-28) | 1 February 1970 |
| 66 | 6 | "The Bigger the Better" | 4 August 1970 (1970-08-04) | 22 February 1970 |
| Featuring Clive Dunn |||||
| 67 | 7 | "Trouble in the Air" | 11 August 1970 (1970-08-11) | 1 March 1970 |
| 68 | 8 | "Miss Chatterley's Lover" | 18 August 1970 (1970-08-18) | 8 February 1970 |
| Featuring John Laurie |||||
| 69 | 9 | "The Pudding From Outer Space" | 25 August 1970 (1970-08-25) | 15 February 1970 |
| 70 | 10 | "A Little of what you Fancy" | 1 September 1970 (1970-09-01) | n/a |
| 71 | 11 | "A Bird in the Hand" | 8 September 1970 (1970-09-08) | n/a |
| 72 | 12 | "Bringing the House Down" | 15 September 1970 (1970-09-15) | n/a |
| 73 | 13 | "Fair Exchange" | 22 September 1970 (1970-09-22) | n/a |
| 74 | 14 | "Bill Stickers is Innocent" | 29 September 1970 (1970-09-29) | n/a |

### Series 7 (1971)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 75 | 1 | "Rolling In It" | 29 July 1971 (1971-07-29) |
| 76 | 2 | "Lost In Space" "Up, Up and Away" | 5 August 1971 (1971-08-05) |
| 77 | 3 | "Thoroughly Modern Ministry" | 12 August 1971 (1971-08-12) |
| 78 | 4 | "We All Make Mistakes" | 19 August 1971 (1971-08-19) |
| 79 | 5 | "The Fool-Proof Fool" | 26 August 1971 (1971-08-26) |
| 80 | 6 | "Rotten To the Corps" | 2 September 1971 (1971-09-02) |
| 81 | 7 | "Transatlantic Trouble" | 9 September 1971 (1971-09-09) |
| 82 | 8 | "The Finger of Suspicion" | 16 September 1971 (1971-09-16) |
| 83 | 9 | "Just the Ticket" | 23 September 1971 (1971-09-23) |

### Special (1971)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 84 | 1 | "Gone to Pot" | 29 November 1971 (1971-11-29) |

### Series 8 (1972)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 85 | 1 | "The Conference Trick" | 11 July 1972 (1972-07-11) |
| 86 | 2 | "The Night We Crept Into The Crypt" | 18 July 1972 (1972-07-18) |
| 87 | 3 | "How Now Brown Cow?" | 25 July 1972 (1972-07-25) |
| 88 | 4 | "Sorry, Wrong Number" | 1 August 1972 (1972-08-01) |
| 89 | 5 | "The Desk Job" | 8 August 1972 (1972-08-08) |
| 90 | 6 | "Fowl Play" | 15 August 1972 (1972-08-15) |
| 91 | 7 | "Something of Value" | 22 August 1972 (1972-08-22) |
| 92 | 8 | "Taking Leave of their Census" | 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29) |

### Series 9 (1973)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 93 | 1 | "That's my Pigeon" | 6 March 1973 (1973-03-06) |
| 94 | 2 | "Don't Let them Needle You" | 13 March 1973 (1973-03-13) |
| Featuring Joan Sanderson ||||
| 95 | 3 | "Find the Lady" | 20 March 1973 (1973-03-20) |
| 96 | 4 | "Bridge Under Troubled Waters" | 27 March 1973 (1973-03-27) |
| 97 | 5 | "A Private Affair" | 3 April 1973 (1973-04-03) |
| Featuring Clive Dunn ||||
| 98 | 6 | "Food For Thought" | 10 April 1973 (1973-04-10) |
| 99 | 7 | "Getting it Taped" | 17 April 1973 (1973-04-17) |
| 100 | 8 | "Safe and Unsound" | 24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) |
| 101 | 9 | "The Export Caper" | 1 May 1973 (1973-05-01) |
| 102 | 10 | "Flushed with Success" | 8 May 1973 (1973-05-08) |
| 103 | 11 | "Under The Weather" | 15 May 1973 (1973-05-15) |
| 104 | 12 | "Monkey Business" | 22 May 1973 (1973-05-22) |
| 105 | 13 | "Cheesed Off" | 29 May 1973 (1973-05-29) |

### Series 10 (1974)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 106 | 1 | "Plane Madness" | 17 June 1974 (1974-06-17) |
| 107 | 2 | "Vipers in the Bosom" | 24 June 1974 (1974-06-24) |
| 108 | 3 | "Great Guns" | 1 July 1974 (1974-07-01) |
| 109 | 4 | "I Want my Mummy" | 8 July 1974 (1974-07-08) |
| 110 | 5 | "One Man's Meat" | 15 July 1974 (1974-07-15) |
| 111 | 6 | "Ballet Nuisance" | 22 July 1974 (1974-07-22) |
| 112 | 7 | "Sky High" | 29 July 1974 (1974-07-29) |
| 113 | 8 | "A Break for Sir Gregory" | 5 August 1974 (1974-08-05) |
| 114 | 9 | "Health and Deficiency" | 12 August 1974 (1974-08-12) |
| 115 | 10 | "Big Deal" | 19 August 1974 (1974-08-19) |
| 116 | 11 | "They Fry by Night" | 26 August 1974 (1974-08-26) |
| 117 | 12 | "In the Picture" | 2 September 1974 (1974-09-02) |
| 118 | 13 | "She'll Have to Go" | 9 September 1974 (1974-09-09) |

### Series 11 (1975)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 119 | 1 | "Nothing but the Vest" | 26 May 1975 (1975-05-26) |
| 120 | 2 | "That's My Baby" | 2 June 1975 (1975-06-02) |
| 121 | 3 | "All that Glitters" | 9 June 1975 (1975-06-09) |
| 122 | 4 | "Torn to Shreds" | 16 June 1975 (1975-06-16) |
| 123 | 5 | "Wool Over Their Eyes" | 23 June 1975 (1975-06-23) |
| 124 | 6 | "This, VAT and the Other" | 30 June 1975 (1975-06-30) |
| 125 | 7 | "The Great Trouser Troubles" | 7 July 1975 (1975-07-07) |
| 126 | 8 | "The Cabinet Crisis" | 14 July 1975 (1975-07-14) |
| 127 | 9 | "Chain Reaction" | 21 July 1975 (1975-07-21) |
| 128 | 10 | "All Change" | 28 July 1975 (1975-07-28) |
| 129 | 11 | "A Merry Dance" | 4 August 1975 (1975-08-04) |
| 130 | 12 | "A Sense of Power" | 11 August 1975 (1975-08-11) |
| 131 | 13 | "Postal Disorder" | 18 August 1975 (1975-08-18) |

### Series 12 (1976)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 132 | 1 | "All Cisterns Go" | 6 July 1976 (1976-07-06) |
| 133 | 2 | "A Problem Shared" | 13 July 1976 (1976-07-13) |
| 134 | 3 | "The Whitehall Castaways" | 20 July 1976 (1976-07-20) |
| 135 | 4 | "Off the Rails" | 27 July 1976 (1976-07-27) |
| 136 | 5 | "Penny Wise" | 3 August 1976 (1976-08-03) |
| 137 | 6 | "A Turn For the Nurse" | 10 August 1976 (1976-08-10) |
| 138 | 7 | "Seal of Office" | 17 August 1976 (1976-08-17) |
| 139 | 8 | "Birmingham is Revolting" | 24 August 1976 (1976-08-24) |

### Series 13 (1977)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original release date |
| 140 | 1 | "Mission Inedible" | 4 July 1977 (1977-07-04) |
| 141 | 2 | "Horse Play" | 11 July 1977 (1977-07-11) |
| 142 | 3 | "The Big Big Big Ben Bungle" | 18 July 1977 (1977-07-18) |
| 143 | 4 | "A Motley Crew" | 25 July 1977 (1977-07-25) |
| 144 | 5 | "Not on Your Telly" | 1 August 1977 (1977-08-01) |
| 145 | 6 | "One Way Only" | 8 August 1977 (1977-08-08) |
| 146 | 7 | "Take Your Pick" | 15 August 1977 (1977-08-15) |
| 147 | 8 | "Claws" | 22 August 1977 (1977-08-22) |

### Series 14 (1980)

This series was originally recorded for distribution overseas by BBC Transcription Services and was not broadcast in the UK at the time.
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Re-recording of episode | Recording date |
| 148 | 1 | "Boots" | "The Great Footwear Scandal" | 13 April 1980 |
| 149 | 2 | "Pardon My French" | "French Cricket" | 13 April 1980 |
| 150 | 3 | "Traffic Diversions" | "The End of the Road" | 15 April 1980 |
| 151 | 4 | "Watch This Space" | "The Big Rocket" | 20 April 1980 |
| 152 | 5 | "Birds of a Feather" | "Strictly for the Birds" | 20 April 1980 |
| 153 | 6 | "Where There's a Will" | "Problem in the Park" | 22 April 1980 |
| 154 | 7 | "The Country Caper" | "The Rhubarb Pirates" | 22 April 1980 |
| 155 | 8 | "Ban The Wotsit" | "A Terrifying Weapon" | 27 April 1980 |
| 156 | 9 | "A Testing Time" | "A Degrading Business" | 27 April 1980 |
| 157 | 10 | "Pushing the Vote Out" | "Up The Poll" | 29 April 1980 |
| 158 | 11 | "Gone To Earth" | "The Hole" | 29 April 1980 |
| 159 | 12 | "Computaclanger" | "The Trouble With Cecil" | 6 May 1980 |
| 160 | 13 | "A Great Convenience" | "A Slight Case Of Demolition" | 6 May 1980 |
| 161 | 14 | "The Christmas Spirit" | "The Magic Carpet" | 15 April 1980 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Missing as of 2019
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 End missing as of 2019
* 1 2 Beginning and end missing as of 2019
* ↑ Beginning missing as of 2019