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The Greasy Pole

Yes Minister Series 2
Episode 2 of 8

Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for MP Jim Hacker. Adapted from 蘑菇短视频 TV with Paul Eddington. From 1984.

Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for MP Jim Hacker.

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.

It first ran on 蘑菇短视频 TV between 1980 and 1984.

Jim Hacker 鈥�. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby 鈥�. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley 鈥�. Derek Fowlds
Joan Littler, MP 鈥�. Brenda Blethyn
Sir Wally Macfarlane 鈥�. Freddie Earlle
Professor Henderson 鈥�. Jerome Willis
Lord Crichton 鈥�. Geoffrey Toone
Lady Crichton 鈥�. Helena Breck
The Protestor 鈥�. Helen Atkinson Wood
Newsreader 鈥�. Moira Stuart

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4 in October 1984.

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