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493:(the chief inspiration for the DAA). In "Open Government", the Department was referred to as a 'political graveyard', with Hacker's appointment as Minister of Administrative Affairs likely being punishment for managing the leadership campaign against the new Prime Minister. In "Big Brother", Hacker reaches out to his predecessor in the previous government Tom Sargant, for help to overcome Civil Service resistance to the introduction of safeguards for the National Integrated Database, to which Sargent outlined the Civil Service's five step stalling technique and reveals the existence of a White Paper. Being responsible for overseeing the administration of other government departments, government archives, the purchase of office equipment and the enactment of
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determining which adversary triumphs ultimately. Initially, he naively sees his job as the disinterested implementation of the
Minister's policies, but he gradually finds that this conflicts with his institutional duty to the department, and sometimes (since Sir Humphrey is responsible for formally assessing Woolley's performance) his own potential career development. Consequently, another recurring scenario is one where Bernard must "walk the tightrope" — that is, balance his two conflicting duties by resorting to elaborate verbosity (much like Sir Humphrey) so that he can avoid the appearance of being disloyal to one, in favour of the other. For example, in "
2753:. The actors, who were starring in separate West End plays at the time, were not enthusiastic at the idea and asked Lynn to "get them out" of it. The writer, however, was not in a position to help. Hawthorne says he and Eddington resented Thatcher's attempts to "make capital" from their popularity. Ingham says that it "went down a bomb", while Lynn brands it a "dreadful sketch" that was only funny because Thatcher was doing it. Accepting the award from the NVLA, Lynn thanked Thatcher "for taking her rightful place in the field of situation comedy." Everyone, except the Prime Minister, laughed.
501:, international trade, local government, and national security. In "The Death List", the DAA is mentioned as being responsible for the government's surveillance equipment. The DAA has gained other responsibilities through departmental reshuffles, namely the arts (albeit to prevent Hacker from closing down an art gallery in his constituency to save a local football team from bankruptcy). The DAA has also been given responsibility for enacting policies or programmes which no other department would want to deal with due to their unpopularity or any other fallout, such as in "
1295:, graduating with a First in Classics). His early character is that of a gung-ho, but naïve, politician, bringing sweeping changes to his department. Before long, Hacker begins to notice that Civil Service tactics are preventing his planned changes being put into practice. As he learns, he becomes more sly and cynical, using some of the Civil Service ruses himself. While Sir Humphrey initially held all the aces, Hacker now and again plays a trump card of his own and thus scores the occasional victory over Sir Humphrey.
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success. Accordingly, he must appear to the voters to be effective and responsive to the public will. To his party (and, in the first incarnation of the series, the Prime
Minister) he must act as a loyal and effective party member. Sir Humphrey, on the other hand, genuinely believes that the Civil Service, being politically impartial, has the most realistic idea of what "good governance" means, and therefore knows what is best for the country – a belief shared by his bureaucratic colleagues.
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pressure. Lynn, however, says that the studio audience on the soundtrack was necessary because laughter is a "communal affair." The laughter also acted as a kind of insurance: Jay observes that politicians would be unable to put pressure on the BBC not to "run this kind of nonsense" if "200–250 people were falling about with laughter." There were occasionally film inserts of location sequences, and some shots of Hacker travelling in his car were achieved by means of
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1555:. Wainwright is rather more down-to-earth than Weisel, and tends to give more practical advice. She knows Sir Humphrey's tricks and is able to give the Prime Minister instant advice how to get past his manipulations. Sir Humphrey is aware of this and sees her as a threat. He usually condescendingly addresses her as "Dear Lady", rather than using her name. Earlier Prime Ministerial advisors had appeared from time to time in episodes of
1487:. His loyalties are often split between his Minister and his Civil Service boss, Sir Humphrey. Whilst in theory he is personally responsible to Hacker, in practice it is Sir Humphrey who writes his performance reviews and influences his Civil Service career. He usually handles these situations well, and maintains his reputation in the Civil Service as a "high flier" as opposed to a "low flier supported by occasional gusts of wind."
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question. They would usually give us extra information which, because it was true, was usually funnier than anything we might have thought up." Designers
Valerie Warrender and Gloria Clayton were given access to the Cabinet Rooms and the State Drawing Rooms. For security purposes, the arrangements of the rooms were altered, and the views from the windows were never shown, to conceal the layout of the buildings.
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1750:. Gould was initially intended to be a more prominent character in the series, as the writers thought he would continually force Hacker to pursue policies unappealing to Sir Humphrey, and thus lead to greater conflict. They quickly found that Gould's character was largely unnecessary, and that the Hacker/Sir Humphrey conflicts worked just as well without him. In "Party Games", a later Chief Whip, played by
2411:(Quasi-Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation) tasked with investigating the appointment of other quangos, the government's honours system, and "jobs for the boys". The character was dropped because Jay and Lynn thought that the interjection of a character concerned with party political matters distracted from the focus on the tension between the government and the civil service.
2125:, we showed that almost everything that the government has to decide is a conflict between two lots of private interest – that of the politicians and that of the civil servants trying to advance their own careers and improve their own lives. And that's why public choice economics, which explains why all this was going on, was at the root of almost every episode of
1602:. In many ways, Sir Arnold acts as a mentor to Sir Humphrey, especially as the two men are evidently of the same social class and share many of the same political views and support the idea that it is really the Civil Service running the government, rather than the Ministers themselves. Like Sir Humphrey, he is also seen wearing the tie of Balliol College, Oxford.
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was involved; all I can tell you is that we knew that it had actually happened. That's why it was so funny. We couldn't think up things as funny as the real things that had happened." Media historian Andrew
Crisell suggests that the show was "enriched by the viewers' suspicion that what they were watching was unhealthily close to real life."
3033:, they were broadcast across two series, each with eight episodes. The first series aired 18 October to 6 December 1983, with the second originally transmitted 9 October to 27 November 1984. The complete set was released on cassette in February 2000, and on compact disc in October 2002. The series was repeated on the digital radio station
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2247:, including a different title card for each episode. Derek Fowlds wanted to buy an original drawing but was unable to afford it. The series' performance credits typically only featured those of the actors who appeared in the particular episode, not the names of characters. The typeface used in the credits is
2768:, Derek Fowlds said that "both political sides believe that it satirises their opponents, and civil servants love it because it depicts them as being more powerful than either. And of course, they love it because it's all so authentic." The series was well received in the United States, running on the
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The different ideals and self-interested motives of the characters are frequently contrasted. Whilst Hacker occasionally approaches an issue from a sense of idealism and a desire to be seen to improve things, he ultimately sees his re-election and elevation to higher office as the key measures of his
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commented that Fowlds had a difficult task because he had to "spend most of his time saying nothing but looking interested in everyone else's total and utter guff" but "his one line frequently had to be the funniest of the lot." Iannucci suggests that
Woolley is essential to the structure of the show
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Many of the episodes revolve around proposals backed by Hacker but frustrated by
Appleby, who uses a range of clever stratagems to defeat ministerial proposals while seeming to support them. Other episodes revolve around proposals promoted by Appleby but rejected by Hacker, which Appleby attempts by
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The series spawned several books. The scripts were edited and transformed into prose, and published by BBC Books in the form of diaries. Scenes that did not involve Hacker took the form of private memos between civil servants, or 'interviews' and written correspondence from other characters. In some
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on a trade mission to the fictional
Islamic state of Qumran, was based on a real incident that took place in Pakistan, involving Callaghan and Donoughue, the latter of whom informed Jay and Lynn about the incident. Jay says that "I can't tell you where, I can't tell you when and I can't tell you who
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Jay, however, has elsewhere emphasized that he and Lynn were interested first and foremost in the comical possibilities present in government and bureaucracy and that they were not seeking to promote any agenda: "Our only firm belief on the subject was that the underlying conflicts between ministers
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at all costs. Hacker and his party's policies of reducing bureaucracy are diametrically opposed to the Civil
Service's interests, in which staff numbers and budgets are viewed as merits of success (i.e. the more funding or staffing a department gets, the more successful it is considered). Woolley is
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Commons. Some politics and much theatre takes place there. Government happens in private. As in all public performances, the real work is done in rehearsal, behind closed doors. Then the public and the House are shown what the government wishes
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Germany, thus no German overdub and no German episode titles exist for it. The German DVD release (December 2013) reflects these alterations; it contains the full length episodes, but during the edited portions it throws the German sound back to the English one, and it omits the
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and Armando Iannucci, have noted that the show had high expectations of its audience. Lynn posits that the public are more intelligent than most situation comedies, often patronisingly, give them credit for. Jay believes that the viewers were just as intelligent as the writers, but that there were
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ministers (who believe they are in charge) and the members of the British Civil Service (who believe they really run the country). A typical episode centres on Hacker's suggesting and pursuing a reform and Sir Humphrey's blocking of all Hacker's lines of approach. More often than not, Sir Humphrey
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of Eddington, Hawthorne and Fowlds in their respective roles to represent distortion. He animated them as 'self-drawing' by positioning the camera above his paper, adding parts of lines, and then photographing two frames at a time. The sequence ended with the title of the episode superimposed on a
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Fusing inspiration and invention, Lynn and Jay worked on the story "for anything from three days to two weeks," and only took "four mornings to write all the dialogue. After we wrote the episode, we would show it to some secret sources, always including somebody who was an expert on the subject in
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in the first series. The less scrupulous Hacker finds him rather tiresome after a time, while Sir Humphrey finds him positively loathsome from the outset. In the final scene of the last episode of the first series, Weisel is sent on a deliberately lengthy worldwide fact-finding assignment to learn
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A total of 38 episodes were made, and all but one are of 30 minutes duration. They were videotaped in front of a studio audience, which was standard BBC practice for situation comedies at the time. The actors did not enjoy filming as they felt that the studio audience placed them under additional
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Almost all the episodes (the exceptions chiefly being the earlier ones of the first series) end with one of the characters (usually Sir Humphrey) saying "Yes, Minister" or once, "Mais oui, Prime Minister," in "A Diplomatic Incident" which centred on negotiations with the President of France. Each
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in his first year at the University of Cambridge because he thought that he might like to enter politics. "All of the main debaters there, aged 20, were the most pompous, self-satisfied, self-important bunch of clowns that I've ever clapped eyes on. They were all behaving as if they were on the
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instances, the novelizations added extra details, while padding-out some existing details. For example, in the novelization for 'The Official Visit', Sir Humphrey manages to confuse Hacker, by reeling-off a plethora of acronyms—without explaining them, leaving Hacker with nonsense to fathom.
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him into adopting his stance. Sir Humphrey occasionally resorts to tactics such as calling a policy "courageous" to remind Hacker to contemplate the view that "a controversial policy will lose votes, whilst a courageous one will lose the election", and thus to hinder the implementation of a
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claimed they immediately recognised the quality of writing of the series, but Jay and Lynn said that both actors asked for a second episode script (and a third script), after having read the pilot script, before committing to the series. When casting the role of Bernard, Jonathan Lynn met
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sympathetic towards Hacker but as Appleby reminds him, Woolley's civil service superiors, including Appleby, will have much to say about the course of his future career, while ministers do not usually stay long in one department and have no say in civil service staffing recommendations.
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feature a Prime Minister/President that is never depicted on-screen, but nevertheless highly influential in the plot; and in both series, the unseen Prime Minister/President eventually resigns, with the result that both protagonists later become the Prime Minister/President themselves.
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is retained through successive governments, using different arguments according to which party is in power. Even there, Humphrey does not reveal which party Jim Hacker represents. Despite this, the overall thrust was towards government reduction rather than expansion. The episode
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was short-listed for Best Comedy Series for both 1986 and 1987. Nigel Hawthorne's portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby won the BAFTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance four times (in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987). Eddington was also nominated on all four occasions.
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and reduction of staff numbers in the Civil Service. To do so, or to at least look as if he is doing so, is what he considers to be a vote-winner. Conversely, Sir Humphrey sees his role as ensuring that politics is kept out of government as much as possible and that the
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under his minister, Jim Hacker at the Department of Administrative Affairs. He is appointed Cabinet Secretary just as Hacker's party enters a leadership crisis, and is instrumental in Hacker's elevation to Prime Minister. He is committed to maintaining the
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Hacker sees the job of government as one of "doing good", or more specifically reforming the country according to his own party's policies: which, more often than not, means the initiation of departmental reforms and economies, a reduction of the level of
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However, although presenting an outward appearance of supreme confidence and competence, Sir Humphrey is not immune to making miscalculations or outright blunders. When such blunders occur, he relies on the Civil Service bureaucracy to save him.
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Sir Humphrey's personal characteristics include his complicated sentences, his cynical views of government, and his snobbery and superciliousness. Hacker's attributes include occasional indecisiveness, and a tendency to launch into ludicrous
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cite the series for its accurate and sophisticated portrayal of the relationships between civil servants and politicians, and are quoted in some textbooks on British politics. Some political scientists considered it a reflection of the
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notably including the prestige, power and influence of the Civil Service, Sir Humphrey attempts to block any move that seeks either to prevent the further expansion of the civil service or to reduce the complexity of its bureaucracy.
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in the radio series). The first syllable of his surname is pronounced "Wise", but Sir Humphrey and Bernard persistently call him "Weasel". Weisel does not appear after the first series, following his acceptance of a position on a
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was cancelled after 14 episodes. Although there were rumours that the show was scrapped because of a warning from the government, the producer of the show denied this. Instead, he explained that the reason was low ratings.
2799:. The names of characters, locations and institutions were changed to reflect Portuguese reality, but the plot of the episodes follow the originals. A total of 26 episodes were produced and screened between 1996 and 1997.
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considered its "ideas were at the center of the Thatcher and Ronald Reagan administrations in Britain and the United States, which favored cutting government and shifting its functions to the private sector".
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case to wonder about an "inverted alchemy" operating in Whitehall, capable of frustrating the most impassioned campaigner. The writers also met several leading senior civil servants under the auspices of the
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all means necessary to persuade Hacker to accept. They do occasionally join forces in order to achieve a common goal, such as preventing the closure of their department or dealing with a diplomatic incident.
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Hacker, at his worst, is portrayed as a publicity-seeking bungler who is incapable of making a firm decision. He is prone to potentially embarrassing blunders, and is a frequent target of criticism from the
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before going into politics. He spent a good deal of time in Parliament on the Opposition benches before his party won a general election, including serving as the Shadow Secretary for Agriculture. In
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relating to Hacker's attempts to reform the United Kingdom's armed forces, while the second was mostly devoted to concluding storylines and character arcs that had been seen over the course of
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get his way, often by thwarting other arrangements or deals that Sir Humphrey has been making behind the scenes elsewhere with other ministers or civil servants. In the case of the episodes "
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for the public service sector, which led to the development of some plot lines. Some situations were conceived as fiction, but were later revealed to have real-life counterparts. The episode "
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Hacker becomes more statesmanlike. He practises more grandiose speeches, dreams up his "Grand Design" and hones his diplomatic skills. Nearly all of these efforts land him in trouble. In a
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In a programme screened by the BBC in early 2004, paying tribute to the series, it was revealed that Jay and Lynn had drawn on information provided by two insiders from the governments of
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as Sir Mark Spencer in "Bed of Nails" (1982). In the later stage play and 2013 television revival, Hacker's young advisor, Claire Sutton, had a larger role than any of her predecessors.
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Both series aired in the United States on some PBS stations during the 1980s, usually in the Sunday night British Comedy Block, and have aired on PBS stations as recently as 2021.
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Sir Humphrey often discusses matters with other Permanent Secretaries, who appear similarly sardonic and jaded, and the Cabinet Secretary (whom he eventually succeeds in
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prevents him from achieving his goal while mollifying Hacker with some positive publicity, or at least a means to cover up his failure. Occasionally, however, Hacker
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to ensure a set of politically face-saving quango appointments and to prevent his publication of a quango reform white paper. He is not mentioned in any later series.
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is read by the people who run the country" patter, which has been attributed to an anonymous advertising copywriter: see, for example, J. M. & M.J. Cohen,
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particular policy. Sir Humphrey, on the other hand, believes that from the Civil Service's perspective "it makes very little difference who the Minister is".
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speeches. Bernard is prone to linguistic pedantry. All characters are able to switch to a completely opposite opinion in seconds when convenient.
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Graham McCann's 'A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister,' was published by Aurum Books in October 2014 (
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Borins, Sandford F. (1988). "Public choice: "Yes Minister" made it popular, but does winning the Nobel Prize make it true?".
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and identified as "Jeffrey", conspires with Sir Humphrey to ensure that Hacker becomes Prime Minister. In 2 episodes of
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that "its clearly-observed portrayal of what goes on in the corridors of power has given me hours of pure joy."
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as a "gatekeeper" to the unseen Prime Minister. The first Chief Whip, Vic Gould, was played by
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in which Hacker speaks in the House of Commons, and other episodes include scenes in the
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Hacker's home life is shown occasionally throughout the series. His wife Annie (
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The Trap: What Happened To Our Dreams of Freedom, Part 1 – "F&#k You Buddy"
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Politipedia: A Compendium of Useful and Curious Facts about British Politics
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training they undergo to help them deal with interviews and reading from
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and ministries were better brought out into the open than kept secret".
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How to Beat Sir Humphrey: Every Citizen's Guide to Fighting Officialdom
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The Trap: What Happened To Our Dreams of Freedom, Part 1 – F. You Buddy
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Live from Number 10: The Inside Story of Prime Ministers and Television
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How to Beat Sir Humphrey: Every Citizen's Guide to Fighting Officialdom
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was awarded Best Actor in Light Entertainment Programme at the 1981
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3885:, Producer Peter Whitmore (16 December 1982). "The Whisky Priest".
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as Surya Prakash Singh, the Minister of Administrative Affairs and
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Much of the show's humour thus derives from the antagonism between
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minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in
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Roadshow Entertainment Australia / New Zealand – Search DVD Index
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The series gained high audience figures, and 90+ on the audience
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5114:"New DVD titles for rent and retail from Roadshow Entertainment"
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Yes Minister & Yes, Prime Minister - The Complete Collection
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region coding to the individual release of the second series of
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Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play, titled
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intrigue and its insights into the machinations of government."
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Yes, Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker
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2844:(literally "Yes Minister" in Hindi) is an Indian adaptation of
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on Region 1 DVD in October 2003. Warner appears to have added
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takes some inspiration from the show in its plots and themes.
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performing the sketch with Margaret Thatcher in January 1984.
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television channel. Jim Hacker is now portrayed as heading a
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A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister
4782:"atv; Haluk Bilginer, Kenan Işık ve Ali Sunal'ın rol aldığı"
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The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister
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poll. It was the favourite television programme of the then-
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is read by people who think the country ought to be run by
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effectively. This is particularly evident in the episode "
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government front bench, and 20 years later they all were:
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can be heard reporting on Hacker's visit to a school in "
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List of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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years." The style shows many identifiable hallmarks of
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Well-known broadcasters who played themselves included
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BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
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The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations
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were both placed ninth. They were also placed 14th in
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Jay, Antony; Scarfe, Gerald; Williams, Shaun (1997).
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that ran in 2004. The show featured acclaimed actors
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List of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister episodes
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The series featured a cast of recurring characters.
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British television series revived after cancellation
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A Dutch remake had been made by S&V Fiction for
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at a dinner, and subsequently offered him the role.
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readers don't care who runs the country, as long as
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The Complete Yes Minister & Yes, Prime Minister
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The Complete Yes Minister & Yes, Prime Minister
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2191:, the first woman in Britain to hold the position.
1689:), who appears in multiple episodes on both series.
4455:"BBC 'missed out' on Yes, Prime Minister comeback"
4131:Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: Selections, 1964–70
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2639:, a poll conducted by people who work in sitcoms.
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6267:Works about prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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4473:"Britain's Best Sitcom: The Final Top 10 Sitcoms"
4292:"Roughly 3,000 Words on Yes Minister Pilot Edits"
3585:, the show instead focuses on a fictional female
3007:I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember
2574:some things that they needed to know but didn't.
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4198:(2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 201.
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3356:Yes Prime Minister: Series One and Two (Box Set)
3041:in November 2013. The series was re-repeated on
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4196:An Introductory History of British Broadcasting
2076:Prime Minister, what about the people who read
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5212:"New TV satire puts Labour in the thick of it"
4848:"Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep"
4386:https://tv24.co.uk/channel/thats-tv/2024-06-09
4375:https://tv24.co.uk/channel/bbc-four/2023-12-12
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3332:Yes Minister: Series Three & "Party Games"
3257:Yes Minister: Series Three & "Party Games"
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4264:"BBC New Talent: Advice for new TV composers"
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3123:Prime Minister of People's Republic of China
3073:National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
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4743:"BBC sitcom proves politics has its laughs"
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1848:is seen on television in the 2013 revival.
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4100:Comedy Connections. Season 6. 2008-07-25.
3916:(7 January 1988). "Power to the People".
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5102:https://www.britbox.com/us/show/b006xtc3
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3253:(BBCDVD1120), released 30 September 2002
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2154:Royal Institute of Public Administration
2117:economics. Jay himself supported this:
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6242:Television series created by Antony Jay
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4351:"Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister"
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3779:"Yes Minister Questions & Answers"
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3289:(BBCDVD4448), released 12 October 2020
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6252:Television shows adapted into novels
5428:Lynn, Jonathan; Jay, Antony (1989).
5409:Lynn, Jonathan; Jay, Antony (1989).
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4909:. Middlesex: Guinness. p. 278.
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4631:The Guinness Television Encyclopedia
4533:"Fiftieth Anniversary Award Winners"
4355:The British Comedy and Drama Website
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3947:(3 December 1987). "Man Overboard".
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2531:Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)
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1281:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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3587:Vice President of the United States
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2103:, in his three-part TV documentary
1596:Campaign for Freedom of Information
441:, and Principal Private Secretary,
395:and in 2004 was voted sixth in the
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6187:1980s British multi-camera sitcoms
5586:Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister
5345:
5085:"Yes Prime Minister [DVD]"
4741:O'Connor, John J. (14 June 1987).
4582:10.1111/j.1754-7121.1988.tb02139.x
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3601:In a 2006 poll, British MPs voted
3139:were aired in 1987 (German title:
1798:Dr. Richard Cartwright (played by
1685:His wife, Annie Hacker (played by
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417:The series opens in the wake of a
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6278:
6197:BAFTA winners (television series)
6118:The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
5928:Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
5447:
5282:: Harriman House. pp. 52–3.
4994:from the original on 4 April 2021
4768:"Hindi makeover for Yes Minister"
4695:"Maggie Stars in Whitehall Farce"
4602:
3277:(BBCDVD1729), released 9 May 2005
3151:) on national public broadcaster
2982:. This production revived at the
2958:
2834:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2535:In January 2013, a new series of
1605:Sir Frederick Stewart (played by
6237:Television series by BBC Studios
6028:The Revolution Will Be Televised
5529:Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
5251:from the original on 4 June 2016
4669:"Comedy Rules, By Jonathan Lynn"
4667:Cook, William (26 August 2011).
4509:. 3 January 2006. Archived from
4290:Hoare, John (28 February 2021).
3998:", broadcast on 25 February 1980
3579:has a different political system
3479:Yes, Prime Minister (video game)
3446:, was published in paperback by
3409:The Complete Yes, Prime Minister
3220:The BBC issued some episodes of
3178:The Complete Yes, Prime Minister
2817:The Governor General's Bunny Hop
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3298:Yes, Prime Minister: Series One
3275:Yes, Prime Minister: Series Two
3269:Yes, Prime Minister: Series One
2760:by the then Australian leader,
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1633:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1627:Sir Richard Wharton (played by
1616:Sir Ian Whitchurch (played by
1611:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1586:Sir Arnold Robinson (played by
1511:The Complete Yes Prime Minister
27:British political satire sitcom
6262:Television shows set in London
5064:The Yes (Prime) Minister Files
4854:. 11 June 2010. Archived from
4802:. Chortle.co.uk. 23 March 2009
4570:Canadian Public Administration
3897:
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3783:Jonathan Lynn Official Website
3439:was released in October 2009.
3350:Yes Prime Minister: Series Two
3344:Yes Prime Minister: Series One
3210:
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2856:with permission from the BBC.
1909:The National Education Service
1842:The National Education Service
1692:His daughter, Lucy (played by
1646:as Permanent Secretary to the
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4057:. BBC. Quoted text at 0:36:07
4044:. BBC. Quoted text at 0:35:34
3867:28 November – 4 December 1987
3647:
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3437:The "Yes Minister" Miscellany
3098:Israel Broadcasting Authority
2697:described it as "The Rt Hon.
2291:is a more up-tempo piece for
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1389:"Sir Humphrey's big speeches"
1226:
987:Field Marshal Sir Guy Howard
508:
308:from 1980 to 1984. A sequel,
6018:Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
5215:(Reprint on telegraph.co.uk)
4907:The Guinness Book of Sitcoms
4416:"Yes, Prime Minister – Gold"
4242:. Guinness. pp. 113–6.
2807:took joint inspiration from
2570:Times Educational Supplement
2558:
2353:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
2336:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
2262:and is largely based on the
2237:Weekly Information Bulletin.
2066:is read by people who think
2014:is read by people who think
1808:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
1765:Hacker's chauffeur, George (
1307:and stern lectures from the
478:'s House of Commons office (
391:The series received several
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6202:BBC Radio comedy programmes
6068:Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe
5968:That Mitchell and Webb Look
4327:The Yes Minister Miscellany
4070:Jay, Antony (22 May 1980).
3608:
3346:, released 12 February 2004
3328:, released 11 February 2002
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2980:Chichester Festival Theatre
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371:Principal Private Secretary
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3364:, released 3 October 2007
3338:The Complete Yes Minister
3263:The Complete Yes Minister
3174:The Complete Yes Minister
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3326:Yes Minister: Series Two
3320:Yes Minister: Series One
3251:Yes Minister: Series Two
3245:Yes Minister: Series One
3157:public regional channels
3016:
3005:Lynn wrote another play
2599:Broadcasting Press Guild
2492:1979 UK General Election
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1994:about the press. I know
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1494:, with almost obsessive
386:prime ministerial office
6058:Have I Got News for You
5898:The League of Gentlemen
5371:Lynn, Jonathan (2010).
5352:McCann, Graham (2014).
4985:Bates Technical College
4503:is The Ultimate Sitcom"
4181:: Laughter in the House
3340:, released 10 July 2004
3322:, released 2 April 2002
3147:in 1988 (German title:
2998:as Bernard Woolley and
1939:In a 2004 documentary,
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968:Sir Desmond Glazebrook
472:Yesterday in Parliament
412:
6222:Bureaucracy in fiction
6207:BBC television sitcoms
6078:Murder in Successville
6048:The Graham Norton Show
5641:Politician's syllogism
4852:Whats on Stage website
4076:London Review of Books
3581:from United Kingdom's
3352:, released 7 July 2005
3307:in the United States.
3135:, all three series of
2912:were also inspired by
2900:The Australian series
2795:by Portuguese channel
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2239:Curiously, the legend
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1671:A Conflict of Interest
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900:Dr Richard Cartwright
798:Sir Frederick Stewart
6088:A League of Their Own
6038:A League of Their Own
5868:Only Fools and Horses
5818:One Foot in the Grave
5798:Blackadder Goes Forth
5788:Only Fools and Horses
5758:Only Fools and Horses
5319:"Yes Minister is top"
5155:"Yes, Prime Minister"
5153:Scott, Steve (1987).
4475:. BBC. Archived from
3852:Britain's Best Sitcom
3707:"Yes, Prime Minister"
3334:, released 5 May 2003
3037:in early 2007 and on
2922:Servant of the People
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2848:. It was telecast on
2780:International remakes
2739:Britain's Best Sitcom
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1430:Britain's Best Sitcom
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398:Britain's Best Sitcom
324:new television series
6108:The Big Narstie Show
5838:Drop the Dead Donkey
5778:Blackadder the Third
5606:Sir Humphrey Appleby
5521:British Comedy Guide
5490:British Comedy Guide
5270:Inman, Nick (2007).
5165:on 30 September 2007
4905:Taylor, Rod (1994).
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4422:. 27 September 2023.
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2264:Westminster Quarters
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5498:Yes, Prime Minister
5469:at the BBC 7—Comedy
5394:. Long Barn Books.
5375:. Faber and Faber.
5219:The Daily Telegraph
5091:. 25 February 2013.
5026:Yes Premierminister
4972:"KBTC Viewer Guide"
4609:The Washington Post
4507:paramountcomedy.com
3949:Yes, Prime Minister
3918:Yes, Prime Minister
3813:: 4–10 January 1986
3789:on 19 November 2014
3629:Politics in fiction
3545:The Daily Telegraph
3485:Yes, Prime Minister
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3226:Yes, Prime Minister
3216:Home video releases
3194:Yes Premierminister
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5878:I'm Alan Partridge
5373:Yes Prime Minister
5329:. 11 December 2006
4945:The New York Times
4858:on 13 October 2012
4828:. 18 February 2010
4747:The New York Times
4655:Yes Prime Minister
4157:Comedy Connections
4072:"Informed Sources"
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3740:Cockerell, Michael
3511:In popular culture
3170:Yes Prime Minister
3165:Yes Prime Minister
3087:during the 1980s.
3079:In other countries
2772:and repeatedly on
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2586:Best Comedy Series
2565:Appreciation Index
2500:Christmas specials
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2094:she's got big tits
2044:is read by people
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1873:John Selwyn Gummer
1793:The Devil You Know
1775:Cabinet reshuffles
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3686:on 21 August 2007
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3404:978-0-563-20665-1
3230:Warner Home Video
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2181:Bernard Donoughue
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1918:Jobs for the Boys
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