The Whitehall Worrier

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The Whitehall Worrier
GenreComedy
Written by Alan Melville
Starring Robert Coote
Moira Lister
Jonathan Cecil
Composer Dennis Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerGraeme Muir
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC 1
Release6 January (1967-01-06) 
17 February 1967 (1967-02-17)

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]

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All episodes are now considered to be lost.

Main cast

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  1. Fielding p.120

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