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Fictional General Assistance Department was created to help other ministries with often trivial problems. Incompetent civil servants that are running it get into trouble everytime they try to do their job. But most of the time they just try to look like they are doing any job.
1962 | 1st Series | 14 episodes |
Roland Hamilton-Jones and his "number two" Richard Lamb are running the General Assistance Department with a little help (literally little) from their secretary Mildred.... | ||
1965 | 2nd Series | 13 episodes |
Hamilton-Jones and Lamb are doing their best for General Assistance Department, which is not much really.... | ||
1966 | 3rd Series | 14 episodes |
Richard Lamb and his new "number one" Deryck Lennox-Brown are tackling the problems put in front of them with usual lack of skills.... | ||
1968 | 4th Series | 13 episodes |
Sir Gregory Pitkin in charge of General Assistance Department is using all the skills that he has to guide Lennox-Brown and Lamb through difficult tasks. He uses shouting, shouting... | ||
1969 | 5th Series | 6 episodes |
Lennox-Brown and Lamb are taking care of new problem dropped on them by Sir Gregory.... | ||
1970 | 6th Series | 14 episodes |
Next season of misadventures of Lennox-Brown and Lamb starts with the departure of their secretary Mildred. Luckily for them only temporary departure.... | ||
1971 | 7th Series | 10 episodes |
This series starts with rather unusual problem for Civil Servants - General Assistance Department has surplus money to spend...... | ||
1972 | 8th Series | 8 episodes |
This time Lennox-Brown and Lamb are sent to Venus... Well, conference about Venus.... | ||
1973 | 9th Series | 13 episodes |
Lennox-Brown and Lamb again are keeping the Britain together with their unusual talent for getting in trouble.... | ||
1974 | 10th Series | 13 episodes |
Another day, another success... Well, not with Lennox-Brown and Lamb, but they are doing what they can to cope with the problems that Sir Gregory keeps dropping on them.... | ||
1975 | 11th Series | 13 episodes |
Lennox-Brown and Lamb are having problems coping with their jobs, so what would happen if suddenly a baby would turn up in their office?... | ||
1976 | 12th Series | 9 episodes |
This time Lennox-Brown and Lamb are taking care with London parks, disused railways and... a seal.... | ||
1977 | 13th Series | 8 episodes |
Sir Gregory trusts Lennox-Brown and Lamb with his new racing horse, which worked with usual result.... | ||
1980 | 14th Series | 12 episodes |
Series consisting of remakes of the first and second series, this time with Lennox-Brown instead of Hamilton-Jones.... | ||