''The Whitehall Worrier'' is a British

comedy television series A list of comedy television series by country of origin. Australia Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina * '' Viza za budućnost'' Brazil Canada China *'' Number One Surprise'' Croatia *'' Odmori se, zaslužio si'' *'' Zauvijek susjedi'' Egy ...

which first aired on

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in 1967. Revolving around the career of one of the minister's in

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

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government, the series was gentle in style and closer to a traditional

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than more contemporary satire.Fielding p.120 All episodes are now considered to be lost.

Main cast

Robert Coote Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of ''My Fai ...

as Rt. Hon. Mervyn Pugh *

Moira Lister Moira Lister Gachassin-Lafite, Viscountess of Orthez (6 August 192327 October 2007) was a South African-British film, stage and television actress and writer. Early life Born in Cape Town to Major James Lister and Margaret (née Hogan), List ...

as Janet Pugh *

Jonathan Cecil Jonathan Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil (22 February 1939 – 22 September 2011), known as Jonathan Cecil, was an English theatre, film, and television actor. Early life Cecil was born in London, England, the son of Lord David Cecil and the grands ...

as Roger Deere *

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as Miss Dempster *

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as Mr. Harrison * Barbara Ogilvie as Mrs. Frome * Karl Lanchbury as David Pugh *

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as Mrs. Nicholson

References

Bibliography

* 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.

External links

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