The Whitehall Worrier

1967 British TV comedy series

The Whitehall Worrier
GenreComedy
Written byAlan Melville
StarringRobert Coote
Moira Lister
Jonathan Cecil
ComposerDennis Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerGraeme Muir
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC 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]

All episodes are now considered to be lost.

Main cast

  • 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

  1. ^ Fielding p.120

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.
  • The Whitehall Worrier at IMDb