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Yes Minister (TV Series 1980–1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988.
Apr 29, 2021 · Diana Hoddinott. There was a fearsome female in the corridors of power, too (Image: BBC) Playing Annie Hacker, the wife of bossy Jim Hacker, she was always outnumbered by the politicians. She stayed with him all the way to the top, continuing her role in the show's sequel Yes, Prime Minister.
Yes Minister: With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott. The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
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- 1980-02-25
- Comedy
- 30
With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Eleanor Bron. With his wife's encouragement, Minister Hacker decides he should focus on accomplishing 1 or 2 significant achievements while in office. He decides the time has come to promote more women into the senior ranks of the civil service.
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- Comedy
- Peter Whitmore
- 1982-11-11
Yes Minister is a British political satire television series that aired from 1980 to 1984, starring Paul Eddington as the well-meaning but naive Minister, Nigel Hawthorne as his manipulative Permanent Secretary, and Derek Fowlds as his loyal Principal Private Secretary.
Derek James Fowlds[1] (2 September 1937 – 17 January 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his appearances as "Mr Derek" in The Basil Brush Show (1969–1973), as Bernard Woolley in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988), and as Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat (1992–2010).
