In this series, Leslie Phillips played 'a self-employed businessman struggling in the bureaucratic bonds of red tape - VAT, Income Tax, Sex Discrimination Act, Industrial Tribunals, all the apparatus of the modern British State'. There were two series, and although only 7 editions have been retained in the BBC archive, a further edition is known to exist in private hands and will be offered in due course. Alongside Leslie Phillips were Hugh Paddick, Neil Brennan, Kenneth Connor, and Sue Holderness (series 1), Jonathan Adams, John Graham, John Baddeley, Lolly Cockerell, and Jon Glover. Both series were written by Andrew Palmer and produced by Edward Taylor, and were first broadcast on Radio 2 of a Sunday evening at 10.00pm.
:: Series 1
Tx. date | Rec. date | Tape No. | Title |
12.2.78 | 8.1.78 | T54676 | Clocking On |
19.2.78 | 8.7.78 | T54677 | To Russia With Love |
26.2.78 | 15.1.78 | T54678 | See You Later Decorator |
4.3.78 | | T54679 | It'll Only get Worse if you Picket |
11.3.78 | | | The Man of Property |
18.3.78 | 29.1.79 | T54680 | French Dressing |
:: Series 2
Tx. date | Rec. date | Tape No. | Title |
22.4.79 | | Privately Held | Fringe Benefits |
29.4.79 | 26.11.78 | T54681 | The Trouble With Evelyn |
6.5.79 | | | The Fountain of Youth |
13.5.79 | 26.11.78 | T54682 | Wedding Bells |
20.5.79 | | | Flashman's Revenge |
27.5.79 | | | Surpise Package |