007

Episode Transcript

(00:05):
Time to meet the men from theMinistry. We present Wilfred hide White and
Richard Murdoch in the Men from theMinistry. A weekly tribute to the men
who rule our lives and who knowthat you cannot fool all the people all
the time unless you make a fulltime job of it. The government officials

(00:30):
know the need for practical experience ofthe matters they deal with. Those working
for the Ministry of Agriculture, forinstance, must learn about farming and animals.
Well, let's got all the cowsin the milky sheds. Now,
let's get the tractor out now,are though we might design a bad these
geese? Next, move them outof the field back into the farm.
Now, let's get the tractor outthere. Design I'm going to move the
geese. Would you excuse me?Please? All now look what you've done

(00:54):
with your fault. Knock the wholefarm onto the floor. I heard things
break. The only one that's brokenis the giraffe. And he looked out
of place on a farm anyway,Perhaps he did, but he was only
ninepence, and I thought he lookedrather nice. Oh well, I suppose
we better get on with some worknow. Anyway, since we've been that
the min of egg. It's beenall go, hasn't it. There's a

(01:14):
vital job to be done. Youknow, these farmer chaps are very headstrong.
There's no knowing what colossal amounts offood they'd grow if we didn't keep
them in check. Quite apart fromthese independent types who won't conform to ministry.
What happened to that fellow's giving troublewith his vegetable marrows growing on with
less than the requisite number of pips? Wasn't he? That's right? When
we pointed out his marrows didn't meetgovernment specifications, he turned very last.

(01:37):
Yes, I remember hit back bybreeding a marrow with the stripes going round
and round and wretched business. Whatdid we do? Oh? Heavy fine
stopped his fertilizer. Ago course,God, only thing we could do.
And Miss Adams said we'd had someproblem from the egg marketing board. What
was that? Yes, there's aconsignment of eggs they've overlooked, been in
the warehouse for eight weeks. Theywere wondering if they could stamp them with

(02:00):
little lion. I said it'd beall right if the little lion was holding
its nose very good. I don'tthink they were very pleased. I'm not
surprised. You know, you mustn'tjoke about ministry matters. How about the
milk Marketing Board, any reaction onthat bunch of new slogans we submitted.
I had their reply today. I'mafraid they're still obsessed by that drinker pint
of milker stuff. Why what's theirnote say? Well, talking about the

(02:23):
new slogans we sent them, Itsays, got your letter yesterday. What
a lot of wasted ink, nota bitter good at all? Better heaven,
not a think and that's not verynice. Often after all the hard
work we put in. Well,now I've solved all these problems. I
think I'll stroll down to Saint James'sPark and feed the ducks. Pass me

(02:44):
that file from the in tray.Would you say this run marked United Kingdom?
Wheat progress one. Yes, gotall those old crusts and bread crumbs
in it. Thank you? Haveyou forgotten the man from the Rhubarb Marketing
Board. He's coming to see usat twelve fifteen. Good gracious, Yes,
a rubub marketing body. What anNWS. He's been sent by the
minister, so he must be,Yes, he must be I suppose you

(03:05):
better look business like. Have wepop that butter in the cupboard? Would
you please it? And put thisfile away? Oh dear, oh dear,
all the breads dropped on the floor. All right, I'll gather it
up and put it somewhere. Don'tput it in a wasteba basket so it
looks tacky, all right, I'llput it in his box for the moment.
Wretched time really one to call excuseme, sacrifice that I have come?

(03:25):
Of course, of course, comestraight and you're the rubbarb man.
Right is my name? Will write, Secretary of the Roobarb Marketing Board.
Of course, of course the lightedto see to mister Wright has come along.
I'm Hamilton Jones. This is myassistant, Richard Lamb. We're both

(03:46):
keen rubarbiaters. Yes, indeed,nothing to touched room for nothing to touch
it. I can't stand the stuffmyself. Course, visible as things agree
with you, I think so myselfaddo sit down, my dear fellow,
and tell us how we can help. Oh, thank you, thank you,
I expect you know. The RhubarbMarketing Board exists primarily to supervise the

(04:09):
marketing of rubab and in particular courtsto maintain the highest standard for the British
higher standard. For nothing else,will we have to ensure that anyone buying
British rhubarb knows what they're buying.They hardly buy rubib by accident, would
they? Quite light and and andspecial invital at this time when British rhubarb

(04:29):
has to compete with rhubarb from IronCurtain Company, thought that what I might
call it is a special invital thatall British rhubarb is the standard length and
thickness. Now on the whole thefarmers cooperate very well, but at the
moment where we are having a spotof trouble. That's why the minister asked
me to come along and and putyou in the pict of the ministry.

(04:51):
Yes quite right. Why we don'thave a cigarette mister, right right,
thank you, thank you. Ohoh the box seems to be full of
bread stale bread stale braid. Ohyes, stale brainier samples you know,
yes for analysis. Just push itaside you'll find a cigarettes underneath summer.
There is one fellow who won't cooperate. A tall, yes chap called birds

(05:14):
lotanuel bird bird. He has afarm down in West Comer gives trouble.
Indeed he does. He persistently floutsone of our principal rules, like which
is that all rubarbs should be cutunmarketed at not more than fourteen inches long.
He grows You scarcely believe this.He actually grows his anything up to
sixteen inches. Oh, that won'tdo at all. Nasty business the swine

(05:38):
yet, because I knew the shockedthis idea. Courses to get more rubarb,
I see. But anyway, wewrote him several letters to which he
didn't reply. Then six weeks agowe sent one of our chaps from Bristol
down to see him. What happensthough we don't know. He hasn't come
back yet, hasn't come back toGreater As. You don't mean there's been
violence. Nothing is simple that theBristol office simply got a letter from there.

(06:01):
Man said he was resigning to starta small holding and plan to grow
rhubarb twenty inches long. Government servantgoing over to the enemy. Of course,
he was a provincial man, aprovincial man. Now you see that
this thing must be dealt with ata higher level. And that's why we
want you too to go down andsee bird. Could you tell us something

(06:23):
more about him? Well, hefancies himself with a bit of a rebel,
you know, old chap about Yeah, you did say he wasn't that
sure does like to better? Well, I think you'd find me to get
this chap in the line for youtell you what, We'll take a book
of regulations down and see what elsewe can catch him on. That'll be

(06:44):
that game. You only have totell him. But if he doesn't overlives.
The board confined him heavily and cutoff his substances as good as in
the West Country. And look marvelousat this time here, and we had
chance to get a bit of sunshine. I've not seen a arrangements of flags

(07:13):
in nineteen or eight. They certainlypicked the right old day. But I
present the name Rebecca. Oh whopicked the right old day for a visiting
the than them fancy fet from London? Did the men from the ministry gained
impudence? You saw their letters andyou coming today? They are inspitmind crap,
they said, with a beauty disciplineand nervy measures. Oh what time

(07:38):
you reckon? They'll be here.There's only one training, the grinding out
today, and that's a travel clock. So I reckon they'll be here about
five. I suppose I'll be takingno Georgie's taxi for miss day now.
Now I don't think, oh Georgewill be running this taxi today, Rebecca,
think you be so sure of that? Then? Well, I happen

(08:01):
to slip old George a little somethingto stay in bed today, only if
something to do? Slip in thenthe sannel two times of sweets, Yeah,
slip them off the back of me. Lurry, Well, oh George
was looking at me. Begin Oh, they enable the gentlemen from London get
here from the station, Well,Sanky's pony. I expect all you mean

(08:22):
walk, But it's all a fourmile or a mile ten mile if you'll
come by way a worsel bottom.Oh, but no one had come by
way a worsel bottom. The tannel. Ah, they would have signed post
a crossroads, been moved around inthe night, they would. Well,
I suppose they'll get here in theair. Oh, they'll get here right

(08:43):
now. It's getting away. They'llfind a bit more difficult, won't they
tell you what? Rebecca? Whenthe rain stops, do you go down
the village to the chemist get anew role of film for my daddy's camera.
Yeah, Gert lubies from London Oil. Teach them. It's no use,
man, I can't walk another steppull it up together when nearly there,

(09:05):
So we must have come ten miles. Well, it's given our clothes
down to dry after that storm anyway, must have gone the bright side,
you know. Oh my, almost, just come on, show a bit
of spirit. Wait, it's allvery well for you sitting in the wheelbarrow,
but I've got to do the pushingnow, don't fast. We were
lucky to find this wheel barrow seemsthe only thing with wheels in Old County,

(09:28):
and it's most important at least oneof us who keep fresh to give
this roague Wafall that may be,but I think it's the most undignified way
for the ministry official to arrive.Quite right, soon as we get withinside
of the farm, I'll get out. I don't mind a bit of walking
and see, well that's Sunnybrook Farmaround the course, is it? Is
it? Then if you just restthe wheelbarrow a moment, ah, oh,

(09:48):
give me a bit of a brushdown. Would you must remember that
of these simple people we represent allthe prestige and dignity of London. Where
the voice of the government, Andwe'll get this muck your house are you
talking about? I don't know whatwas in the wheelbarrow before. Now there's
the gate. I'll lead the way. Then they'll know we mean business.

(10:11):
I should say it was a shotgun. But the fella's not violent, according
to Radwell right well, rud willright could be ruddy well wrong. I'll
be very cross if he is.Now you go in thirst. But if
he's got a shotdown, I don'tmiscin it to. Would never dare shoot
at the ministry man. He'd gettwenty years. Yes, I know that,
and you know that, but Iwonder if he knows it. I

(10:37):
heard you do well. I expectyou'll be the men's in the ministry.
Yes, I mean we're the menfrom the ministry. Yes, you can
get twenty years for shooting at asenior official or thirteen for shooting a male's
system. Don't you worry about ishierold gunzer. I've been shooting rocks,
have you rub Perhaps I should remindyou that under the Firearms and Flint Locked

(10:58):
Act of sixty forty eight, Paragraphfive, it's illegal to discharge fire arms
near the public highway. I youbeg your partner, sur I must have
missed that bit when I read it. When you better read it again.
Now I'll just put this gun away, sir. I wouldn't want to go
breaking the law. Sir. Now, if you're just both step inside the
yard here you are to see.What you gotta do is just take a

(11:20):
strong line with these people. Mustput your foot down, yes, I
mean mind what you put your footdown into. I take it that you're
the owner of this property, mister, and your full name is Nathaniel Bird.
I'm like, yes, yeah,quite like chir, Yes, Nathaniel
Albert Saint Pancras Burge. That's right, sir. Yes, Well my old

(11:41):
dad, you see, he wenton one of these year new fangled steam
trains once he saw a name andtook a fancy to it. Now,
if you you don't want to standaround here piddle fedlin, do you come
on and try to have a cupof TEA Very kind of mister Burge,
But I think you should know thatwe're here on a mission of some gravity.
Yes, and we want to gostraight out and inspect the rubarb before
you it's still no no, no, now it gets struck very late in

(12:03):
these parts. Oh very late.Yes, what's on account the church clock?
You see it? Slow? Comealong in, will you? The
never mind about the ta We'll havea little drink the moment. Then come
along to look out the front doors. A bit low? What was that?
One? Doesn't matter now, niceway, gentlemen. Now then shut

(12:24):
you down. That's right, Rebecca, bring in some of your rude barb
wine for the gentleman. Look,mister bed we really shouldn't trouble your good
lady. And we've got a lotof questions. No, no, no,
no, no trouble now, Rebecca, Rebecca man, he said that,
gentleman. From now, how doyou do? I'm sure, mister

(12:45):
birds, we're here on behalf ofthe rubarb marketing ball. Yes, of
course you are. Well, don'tworry, Rebecca, give you the recipe
before you go. Now, thennice dropping here shall see you? All
right? Eh, there we are. Now that shall drink up to us
a good old ministry. Oh well, I suppose we have to drink to
that. Thank you. Might aswell try this stuff anyway. This is

(13:09):
really rather good, a little roughand unpretentious, of course, of course,
Yes, I'll have some more,of course, well bless you with
it. What don't you do siran here you know? Yes, Rebecca
puts down twenty gallons of the year. Are you really then we really must
be getting down to business, andmister Birds, the ministry has been given

(13:31):
to understand that you're growing rhubarb,but longer than statuary length. You'll see,
the fact is that we're simple countryfolk. You see. We don't
know about is your measuring things?Now? I left school at LEVNOI did,
of course, I only started whenI was ten and a half.
No wonder I get confused with allthis talk and measuring things. Rebecca Philer

(13:52):
Jetman's blacks getting not a few bottles? Will you, old girl? This
one are empty? Oh well,very well, it's not only the link
of your roobarb, mister Birds.There seemed to be other irregularities that as
we came in the house, Icouldn't help noticing a large black bull looking
out of one of the upstairs windows. Yeah that's quite right, sir,

(14:13):
that's all rufous. He's a beautyand mean positively, but you must realized
it's quite against Ministry regulations for abull of that size to have no ring
through its nose. That's quite right. You can't just plount the rules,
mister bird. That's why we're hereto see you, and very kind you
to come on this way, sure, I say, and let me pour
you out. Of course you won'tfind us unreasonable. If you play ball

(14:33):
with the Ministry, the ministry willplayed ball with you. And in that
way we can we can all playball together. We can all play ball
together. Exactly exactly this rulebarb wineren is excellent, very subtle flavor.
So wh fred shed and why youtry to turn the old growdy on the

(14:56):
way? Very your fighter wreck on? By the way, did I tell
you that story I heard on thebus? Yeah? No, I don't
believe. Well, I hope she'llhave the pleasure tell it to last now
and we'll hear it now. Fornot the glasses rebecta. No really,

(15:18):
it's a third bottle. I don'tworry. Sure, Oh no worried,
is very gentlest rub Barbara. Oh, yes, the birch you're down in
the village. He dranked twelve bottleslast New Year's Eve. Didn't he wake
up with a hangover? No?No, no, no anger. Tall
as a matter of fact, hedidn't wake up a tall And then of
course he's been pooring for a longwhile, you see, with the crumbles,
you know, well, good help. What about the story going?

(15:43):
Oh, yes, well I thoughtall the music affect in front of me
in the bus was telling it tohis friend. Oh, it was about
an Englishman irishman, and he's gonnabe very good a minute now. It
seems that the England Scotland all stayinga hotel, and then the tamber maid.
There was a tamber maid, ratherattective girl maid. She was going

(16:04):
around the rooms, turned down thepitch, and well she went to the
scotsman's room, and he said,I won't attempt to a Scott's accent,
though the fellow on the buses ratherwell anyway, Scotsman said, I shan'n't
want tea in the morning. Sothen she went into the Scotsman's room.
And she's been in the Scotsman's room. This must have been the englishman's all

(16:25):
the irissmon, oh I say,did I say she was in the scots
room? Well quite, I thinkmuch. Then she must have gone into
the irishman's room, you see,And the Irishman said I shall want you
in them. And after that thegirl went into the which room had been
in before she went into the Englishman'sroom. Yeah, yeah, that's rightly
went in the englishman's room. Wellwhat happened then? I don't know.

(16:47):
The bus beside park corner and thefellow got off. Rather a pity,
I thought, Oh, never mind, chair, never mind. It was
quite funny enough as it were,went a very good chair. My goodness,
I haven't enjoy for thou since feedJane night, Or was it be

(17:08):
I'd always get a model to drinkup to your legging behind. I was
just thinking, what a marvel's timepeople have in the cont We Londoners have
lost touch with life, simple places, simple, quite right. I don't
know how you put up with thatthere in London. From what I hear
of it. You don't have nofresh air, don't wake up near the
bird singing. No, you sometimeswake up and hear the birds coughing,

(17:30):
And there's all that traffic and thenoise. Not the way we were meant
to live, you know, quiteright there. Of course, I'm a
countryman. A's path actually descended fromfarming stock, you know, gentlemen,
farmers of course, I thought youtoo, looks if you know something about
that, know something about it.It's my keenest interest often thought of buying
middle place, when I, asa matter of fact, me too.

(17:52):
Well, you're a very wise gentleman. But why wait for a ti now?
Fundy enough, I happen to knowa nice little small old in going
cheap right now? Because I mean, I don't know about that. I
hardly think one could travel up tothe Ministry every day from here. No,
no, no, I brought upa bit too soon. And well
I have a few more glasses,and then we're talking about it later.
I hate to mention it one,but I suppose it really is time we

(18:15):
went out to look at the park. Yes, I suppose it is quite
right, mister birds. We rarelymust go out and look at the park.
Oh, gets you sure you can'tgo out there now? It's dark?
Dark, So it's best myself.You realize it's eleven o'clock. Oh,
dear, well, it looks asif we'll have to go away and
come back tomorrow morning. Yes,no, we can go away. No
never, No, we're near abit. We can put you up to
night, can't we, Rebecca?But we've got rooms at the village in

(18:36):
though they'll have lapped up by now. Now you stay here. That's all
settles, very very kind of misterBirds. Well what do you think too?
We could get an eilist start inthe morning and see you over the
whole farm. Well, I'm happyif you all want as well, as
long as it's not the room withthe bullet. Don't you worry about that,
sir. That's Rebecca's who have Nowwe'll fix you up all nice's not
we'll fix you up anyway. Thatparty can go out for a bit,

(18:57):
can it a pull of glasses,Rebecca and find up the grammy phone?
You know where should dance? There'sno getting away from it too. They
certainly know how to enjoy themselves inthe country. Be quiet, that's better.

(19:30):
What's that? Oh? My head? Where am I too? What
do you think you're doing? Lyingon the mantelpiece to wake up? Wake
up? Oh? Where am I? You're in the fireplace? Now what
are we doing here? By anything? Oh? It's coming back to me

(19:52):
the farm. The part of thatchat birds puts us up? Oh my
goodness, how do you feel?One terrible? Was the time seven o'clock
do you think it's worth going tosleep again? Not unless you can be
sure you wouldn't wake up again.What were we drinking last night? Sheep
dip? Missus Burgie's rubarb rhubarb?Why no, dear that what it was?
Rhubarb rhubarb? That rings a bit? Oh? Yes, we got

(20:14):
to give this chat bird what forabout his rubarb? Because that's right.
It's obvious the old devil's been breakingthe rules. Remember how he kept holding
us back last night when we wantedto go out and inspect the crop.
I don't remember a great deal aboutlast night, but I do remember that
passed me my socks. Would yoube yeah, thank you, and my
briefcase if you would just check theessential papers there are one. The way
I feel this morning, mister Birchwon't know what hit him. Let me

(20:36):
see now, Form one one outputquestionnaire. Hello, what's this? What's
what it looks like? A billof sale? By this deed, we
the undersigned, do here with purchasefrom Nathaniel Bird that thirty acres of desirable
farming land known as arid pastures.In consideration, where are we shall pay
the seventh hand Bird the sum often thousand pounds sign Rodan Hamon does Richard

(21:00):
left? Oh my goodness, butthat's us. Well, of course it's
us. How did it happen?Oh dear, I think it must have
been somewhere after the bit where youstopped remembering? Do you remember it?
I'm beginning to get a ghastly thisis all right, it's monstrous, monstrous,
tear it up. Oh god,no, we're doing that. Bird
is sure to have a coffee.It looks like a legal document too,
don't you see? This is howhe tapped that poor devil from the Bristol
office. It's fantastic anyone who's afterhim. He fills with rhubarb wine and

(21:25):
sells a small piece of land forthe large piece of money, changes him
overnight from avenging angel into then archer. Yes, well he may have fooled
the Bristol chap, but he won'tfool me. There are a dozen reasons
why no court would uphold his contract. Now let's find that crumbling rustic and
tell him so reck Now I couldmanage another three of them. There poached

(21:48):
eggs, Oh weird. I justhave a couple more steaks. That's it.
A busy day to day. Igot to shoot them wood pigeons in
the top field, and then Igot to shoot them rocks Amo the men
from the ministry. Then well,I may not need to shoot them after
all. I think they'll shoot themselveswhen they see how the land lies.

(22:11):
We'll have no more brother from they. Oh they were birds. You want
the word with you? Yeah,morning, gentlemen. When I hope you
set well about that? What aboutthis? And a pastor h you common
forces agreement and you know it.And furthermore, you sure I wouldn't dream
of forcing it. If you don'twant the place, you just cheer it
up. Mind you. Now yourjobs at the ministry are finished, you

(22:33):
would be a nice place to retire. What do you mean? Why not
due to retire jobs at the ministryon finish when they will be, won't
they when the newspapers get all thephotographs? So I took last night,
Yeah, our little party. Youknow, you two gentlemen, you were
so merry and friendly with all herdrinking and laughing in there. I thought
you should have a few pictures.Eh, I don't like the sound of

(22:56):
this, which I could remember whathappened last night? Well, for instance,
us I got a good one ofyou riding up and down and shouting
forward the light brigade and waving yourumbrella. Did I do that? Well?
It sounds a bit flamboyant perhaps,but there's nothing basically wrong with riding
up and down. Yeah, butlooks a bit daft and are all black

(23:17):
cells. I think I better sitdown for a minute. You really were
rather in discreet one. It's allcoming back to me. You kept shouting
Kelly ho and trying to make himjump over his track. I remember it
now, or you should do?You resign in the track, bail it
out? You were with your bowlrat and sing and eating boat in song.

(23:38):
Yeah. I got two or threecopies of that one, didn't I
here? Well, I'd rather notsee them, thank you. Well.
I doubt that the newspapers will feelthe same way. I think they'll be
very interested. Just a minute.You mean we get quiet about your rubbob
or you published the pictures. Thisis blackmail, mister burn Well, I
guess leave you're talking over amongst yourselfnow, coming out with a beggar brown

(24:03):
low. Have we heard from HamiltonJones and Lamb on their thirds business?
No, mister right, not aword. It's strange. But a week
since they went down there, Isuppose they're back in their offices, are
they? No? I rang theirdepartment this morning. Nothing's been heard of
them at all. They're rather worried. What died? Are they? Yes?
It seems mister Lamb has taken theirteaspoon with him. They've disappeared like

(24:23):
their Bristol chap. I shall haveto go down there myself. Order my
car for for two fifteen. Willyou? Haven't you forgotten this afternoon's meeting
of the marketing board. That arethose new proposals from the research department?
Yes? Is because I can't leavetill tomorrow. Then you'd better have the
car here in the morning, firstthing, eleven thirty. Look, we've

(24:48):
got to try something, man.We've been stuck in this terrible country pub
for a week, and the truceexpirs tomorrow. If Birds doesn't get written
permission to grow rhubarb at any length, he'll send these pictures to the Daily
Mirror. Yes, well I knowthe terms of the truth, Sanguary.
Much I negotiate him myself will giveme time to think, time to get
things in perspective and work out arejust and sensible solutional and have you thought

(25:08):
about No? No, Well,I wish you'd give more talk to our
problem and less to that American magazineyou found in the bar. Two.
If anything can help us, thisbook can see this article. Well,
persuasion pays people wise? What doesthat mean? It's by a top American
psychiatrist, Julius J. Snyder.He says, you can get anybody to
do anything if you put it theright way. Try and make them and

(25:30):
they won't. But ask them nicelyand they will. Hm. We should
introduce mister Snyder to mister Burd that, my dear fellow is exactly what I'm
proposed to do. His methods anyway, I see now he tackled birds wrongly
from the first You adopted a hostilemaster of al attitude, so he reacted.
Now tonight, I'll talk to birdsthe sniderway, showing the rules of
his benefit. Explain that by breakingthem, he lets the country down.

(25:52):
Well, if you persuade him todestroy those photographs and Catty's rhubarb, I
eat the first forced mix myself raw. Well, friends, that'd be the

(26:15):
last of the rudbrab cut all pinkand pretty and regulation. Well done.
Nathaniel, that country is proud ofyou. Well it does my art,
good dear that we passed this way. But once I say, and in
the case of this place, Isay so too, And thank you Nathaniel
for the photographs. They're all inthis in blue part. That's right,
sir. Now, one you bothhave a good look round a farm before
you go. See if I'm breakingany other rules without knowing like must have

(26:37):
everything out of the government wants it. You showed me that last night,
eh time. I'm sure we bothlearned a lot from No, No,
it was you who made me seethe light. I'll not forget that little
rhyme. You taught me what sortof case we're England be if every chap
behave like I have to be abit early for George's tax in it.

(27:02):
Yeah, well I better go andsee Rebecca's at the back. I don't
know what you were telling him tillfour o'clock this morning, but it certainly
worked well. I feel to hisspirit of fair place, common sense and
finally his patriotic feelings. And ofcourse my mention of a possible spread of
Robinson's rhubarb rot may have helped.Was that why I spent the night painting
white spots on the larger leagues.Not so loud anyway. The main thing

(27:23):
is is whole crops tacked in neatfourteen inch lengths, ready for market.
Our job's done and everybody is happy. There I've found you at last.
Now London's been very worried about you. We've been guests of our good friend
mister Bird. Yesterday's meeting of theRhubarb Marketing Board. We made some important

(27:45):
decision, did you. Our researchchemists have made a major breakthrough. They've
now discovered the longer rubarb has morevitamins. Guess what, Guess what you
tell us, mister Wright, fromthis morning, no rubarb can been arted
less than sixteen inches long. Foryou, mister lah Giant still in Nathaniel's

(28:10):
teady. Don't it be crude aboutthis, mister Wright. I'm sure you
must be very thirsty after your longjourney. Why don't you try a little
of this excellent rhue barb? Why? Oh, very well, then and
later on you can put me inthe picture. In the picture. Don't
worry, mister Wright, We'll putyou in the picture. Muddling through is

(28:41):
The men from the Ministry were WilfridHyde White and Richard Murdoch, with Roy
Detrees, Brian Elton and Patricia Hayes. The Men from the Ministry is written
and produced by Edward Taylor. WilfridHyde White is now appearing in miss Pell
is missing at the Criterion Theater,London,