SOU
1971
1hr 24mins
Dir: Tom Meehan
Starring: Roger Service and John Simpson
Two hopelessly inept Whitehall civil servants dedicate their careers to mastering the art of doing absolutely nothing
This South African adaptation of the British radio sitcom The Men from the Ministry may be difficult to find, but there is a reason it remains largely unknown. Whereas the radio show was a popular past time for many, this obscure comedy film is painfully hard to watch, and is dreadfully unfunny. The sole railway content appears early on in the film when we get a brief shot of commuters boarding Class 310 EMUs at a station on the West Coast main line.
