The Whitehall Worrier is a British comedy television series which first aired on BBC One in 1967. Revolving around the career of one of the minister's in Harold Wilson's Labour government, the series was gentle in style and closer to a traditional farce than more contemporary satire.[1]
| The Whitehall Worrier | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Alan Melville |
| Starring | Robert Coote Moira Lister Jonathan Cecil |
| Composer | Dennis Wilson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Graeme Muir |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC 1 |
| Release | 6 January – 17 February 1967 |
All episodes are now considered to be lost.
Main cast
edit- Robert Coote as Rt. Hon. Mervyn Pugh
- Moira Lister as Janet Pugh
- Jonathan Cecil as Roger Deere
- Nan Munro as Miss Dempster
- Arthur Howard as Mr. Harrison
- Barbara Ogilvie as Mrs. Frome
- Karl Lanchbury as David Pugh
- Daphne Anderson as Mrs. Nicholson
References
edit- ^ Fielding p.120
Bibliography
edit- Steven Fielding. A State of Play: British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It. A&C Black, 2014.