Men of Affairs

About this book

Men of Affairs is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV between 3 October 1973 and 23 January 1974. It was an adaption of the on the 1971 play Don't Just Lie There, Say Something, in the tradition of the Whitehall farces. It takes place in a government department in London where the cabinet minister Sir William Mainwaring-Brown is a frantic womaniser, leading his hard-pressed private secretary Barry Ovis to try and cover up for him. Joan Sims plays Lady Mainwaring-Brown, while other actors to appear in the series included Derek Royle, Kate O'Mara, Margaret Nolan, Alexandra Bastedo, Hilary Pritchard, Moira Foot, Jacki Piper, Fred Emney, Talfryn Thomas, Richard Hearne, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Francis De Wolff, Ferdy Mayne, Victor Maddern, Lynda Baron, Mollie Sugden, Alfie Bass and Bernard Bresslaw.