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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.
- Jim Hacker
James George Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington, KG, PC, BSc...
- Derek Fowlds
Derek James Fowlds [1] (2 September 1937 – 17 January 2020)...
- Ronnie Hazlehurst
Ronald Hazlehurst was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire in 1928...
- Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Adam Lynn (born 3 April 1943) is an English stage...
- Jim Hacker
Thirty-eight episodes of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were made in total, running from 1980 to 1988. A one-hour special aired in 1984; all other episodes were a half-hour in length. The dates listed below are when a particular episode was first transmitted on BBC2.
No. OverallNo. In SeriesTitleOriginal Air Date11"Open Government"25 February 1980 (1980-02-25)22"The Official Visit"3 March 1980 (1980-03-03)33"The Economy Drive"10 March 1980 (1980-03-10)44"Big Brother"17 March 1980 (1980-03-17)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
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S1.E5 ∙ The Writing on the Wall. Mon, Mar 24, 1980. The Minister's frustrations with the civil service continue when Sir Humphrey, at his bureaucratic best, doesn't quite deliver the policy paper the Minister is seeking. Hacker wants to announce a cut of 200,000 civil servants and so decides to write the paper himself.
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Jun 1, 2022 · 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.
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Open Government: Directed by Stuart Allen. With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, John Nettleton. With his party now ready to form the government, Jim Hacker anxiously awaits a call from the Prime Minister offering him a Cabinet post.
