Talk:The Greasy Pole

Title card
Are the titles for this episode supposed to be black or white or is it the age of the material; or me having a faulty Yes Minister Series Two DVD?


 * The series was made in colour, but the age of the material has given the titles a blue tint. Chris 42 20:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Dioxin?
I'm not a biochemist, but I think the page about Dioxin isn't really appropriate to this article. As I understand it, the compounds Dioxin and Metadioxin are both fictional, though the meaning of the "meta-" prefix is perfectly valid. Does anyone know if there really was any sort of truth to the original Italian-factory-explosion story? (Personally, I doubt it - the BBC wouldn't publish comedy that's that close to the truth).

For the time being I'm delinking that, as it's only a distraction. If someone who knows what compound was REALLY released, or supposedly released, a link to a more precise page than just Dioxin would be useful.

Rosuav (talk) 15:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, the accident at the Italian factory really happened - see Seveso disaster. I've added this info to the article. Slowspace (talk) 14:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

"some useless nonentity or some American geriatric"
The latter of these might reasonably be taken to be Ian McGregor, but why is the former John Moore? This broadcast in 1981 when Moore was PUSS at Energy, long before he was discredited. Is there anything to say either were intended? 92.2.32.108 (talk) 20:16, 2 March 2018 (UTC)