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482:(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 "
2742:. 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.
490:, 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 "
1284:, 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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1544:. 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
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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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1739:. 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
2400:(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.
2114:, 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
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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."
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2236:, 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
2757:, 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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was never aired in
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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was set almost entirely among public servants, with the Minister for Regional Incentive Targets only making occasional appearances by video tape—often because he was hoping to evade the latest scandal by taking protracted tours of the regions.
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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.
2788:. 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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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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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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1896:, with other candidates sporting the red and blue rosettes associated with the two leading British parties. The one exception to this neutrality occurs very briefly 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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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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were the favourite programme of then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. She told
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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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The Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker
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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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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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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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5103:"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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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
4771:"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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The Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom
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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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2180:, the first woman in Britain to hold the position.
1678:), who appears in multiple episodes on both series.
4444:"BBC 'missed out' on Yes, Prime Minister comeback"
4120:Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: Selections, 1964–70
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6256:Works about prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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4462:"Britain's Best Sitcom: The Final Top 10 Sitcoms"
4281:"Roughly 3,000 Words on Yes Minister Pilot Edits"
3574:, the show instead focuses on a fictional female
2996:I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember
2563:some things that they needed to know but didn't.
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4187:(2nd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 201.
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3345:Yes Prime Minister: Series One and Two (Box Set)
3030:in November 2013. The series was re-repeated on
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4185:An Introductory History of British Broadcasting
2065:Prime Minister, what about the people who read
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5201:"New TV satire puts Labour in the thick of it"
4837:"Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep"
4375:https://tv24.co.uk/channel/thats-tv/2024-06-09
4364:https://tv24.co.uk/channel/bbc-four/2023-12-12
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3321:Yes Minister: Series Three & "Party Games"
3246:Yes Minister: Series Three & "Party Games"
3014:were adapted and re-recorded for broadcast by
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4253:"BBC New Talent: Advice for new TV composers"
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3112:Prime Minister of People's Republic of China
3062:National Viewers' and Listeners' Association
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4732:"BBC sitcom proves politics has its laughs"
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6166:1980s British political television series
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5013:Original broadcast dates and channels of
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4089:Comedy Connections. Season 6. 2008-07-25.
3905:(7 January 1988). "Power to the People".
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4811:"Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut"
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2143:Royal Institute of Public Administration
2106:economics. Jay himself supported this:
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6231:Television series created by Antony Jay
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6161:1988 British television series endings
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3768:"Yes Minister Questions & Answers"
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3278:(BBCDVD4448), released 12 October 2020
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6241:Television shows adapted into novels
5417:Lynn, Jonathan; Jay, Antony (1989).
5398:Lynn, Jonathan; Jay, Antony (1989).
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4898:. Middlesex: Guinness. p. 278.
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4620:The Guinness Television Encyclopedia
4522:"Fiftieth Anniversary Award Winners"
4344:The British Comedy and Drama Website
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3936:(3 December 1987). "Man Overboard".
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3476:video game was released in 1987 for
3169:were also translated into German as
2959:Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)
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2520:Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)
1528:, is Hacker's crusading, idealistic
1270:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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392:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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5199:Sylvester, Rachel (30 April 2005).
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4426:"Yes, Prime Minister to be revived"
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3576:Vice President of the United States
3079:Both series were also aired in the
2092:, in his three-part TV documentary
1585:Campaign for Freedom of Information
430:, and Principal Private Secretary,
384:and in 2004 was voted sixth in the
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6176:1980s British multi-camera sitcoms
5575:Yes Minister / Yes, Prime Minister
5334:
5074:"Yes Prime Minister [DVD]"
4730:O'Connor, John J. (14 June 1987).
4571:10.1111/j.1754-7121.1988.tb02139.x
3805:
3590:In a 2006 poll, British MPs voted
3128:were aired in 1987 (German title:
1787:Dr. Richard Cartwright (played by
1674:His wife, Annie Hacker (played by
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406:The series opens in the wake of a
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6267:
6186:BAFTA winners (television series)
6107:The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
5917:Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
5436:
5271:: Harriman House. pp. 52–3.
4983:from the original on 4 April 2021
4757:"Hindi makeover for Yes Minister"
4684:"Maggie Stars in Whitehall Farce"
4591:
3266:(BBCDVD1729), released 9 May 2005
3140:) on national public broadcaster
2971:. This production revived at the
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2823:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2524:In January 2013, a new series of
1594:Sir Frederick Stewart (played by
6226:Television series by BBC Studios
6017:The Revolution Will Be Televised
5518:Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
5240:from the original on 4 June 2016
4658:"Comedy Rules, By Jonathan Lynn"
4656:Cook, William (26 August 2011).
4498:. 3 January 2006. Archived from
4279:Hoare, John (28 February 2021).
3987:", broadcast on 25 February 1980
3568:has a different political system
3468:Yes, Prime Minister (video game)
3435:, was published in paperback by
3398:The Complete Yes, Prime Minister
3209:The BBC issued some episodes of
3167:The Complete Yes, Prime Minister
2806:The Governor General's Bunny Hop
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3287:Yes, Prime Minister: Series One
3264:Yes, Prime Minister: Series Two
3258:Yes, Prime Minister: Series One
2749:by the then Australian leader,
2130:
1622:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1616:Sir Richard Wharton (played by
1605:Sir Ian Whitchurch (played by
1600:Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1575:Sir Arnold Robinson (played by
1500:The Complete Yes Prime Minister
16:British political satire sitcom
6251:Television shows set in London
5053:The Yes (Prime) Minister Files
4843:. 11 June 2010. Archived from
4791:. Chortle.co.uk. 23 March 2009
4559:Canadian Public Administration
3886:
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3772:Jonathan Lynn Official Website
3428:was released in October 2009.
3339:Yes Prime Minister: Series Two
3333:Yes Prime Minister: Series One
3199:
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2936:, lasting 11 episodes, called
2845:with permission from the BBC.
1898:The National Education Service
1831:The National Education Service
1681:His daughter, Lucy (played by
1635:as Permanent Secretary to the
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3856:28 November – 4 December 1987
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3426:The "Yes Minister" Miscellany
3087:Israel Broadcasting Authority
2686:described it as "The Rt Hon.
2280:is a more up-tempo piece for
1841:
1378:"Sir Humphrey's big speeches"
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976:Field Marshal Sir Guy Howard
497:
297:from 1980 to 1984. A sequel,
6007:Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
5204:(Reprint on telegraph.co.uk)
4896:The Guinness Book of Sitcoms
4405:"Yes, Prime Minister – Gold"
4231:. Guinness. pp. 113–6.
2796:took joint inspiration from
2559:Times Educational Supplement
2547:
2342:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
2325:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
2251:and is largely based on the
2226:Weekly Information Bulletin.
2055:is read by people who think
2003:is read by people who think
1797:The Skeleton in the Cupboard
1754:Hacker's chauffeur, George (
1296:and stern lectures from the
467:'s House of Commons office (
380:The series received several
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6191:BBC Radio comedy programmes
6057:Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe
5957:That Mitchell and Webb Look
4316:The Yes Minister Miscellany
4059:Jay, Antony (22 May 1980).
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3317:, released 11 February 2002
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2969:Chichester Festival Theatre
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360:Principal Private Secretary
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3353:, released 3 October 2007
3327:The Complete Yes Minister
3252:The Complete Yes Minister
3163:The Complete Yes Minister
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3094:The Complete Yes Minister
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3514:, described by director
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3347:, released 11 March 2005
3315:Yes Minister: Series Two
3309:Yes Minister: Series One
3240:Yes Minister: Series Two
3234:Yes Minister: Series One
3146:public regional channels
3005:
2994:Lynn wrote another play
2588:Broadcasting Press Guild
2481:1979 UK General Election
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2017:do run the country; the
1983:about the press. I know
1579:), Cabinet Secretary in
1483:, with almost obsessive
375:prime ministerial office
6047:Have I Got News for You
5887:The League of Gentlemen
5360:Lynn, Jonathan (2010).
5341:McCann, Graham (2014).
4974:Bates Technical College
4492:is The Ultimate Sitcom"
4170:: Laughter in the House
3329:, released 10 July 2004
3311:, released 2 April 2002
3136:in 1988 (German title:
2987:as Bernard Woolley and
1928:In a 2004 documentary,
1902:comprehensive education
957:Sir Desmond Glazebrook
461:Yesterday in Parliament
401:
6211:Bureaucracy in fiction
6196:BBC television sitcoms
6067:Murder in Successville
6037:The Graham Norton Show
5630:Politician's syllogism
4841:Whats on Stage website
4065:London Review of Books
3570:from United Kingdom's
3341:, released 7 July 2005
3296:in the United States.
3124:, all three series of
2901:were also inspired by
2889:The Australian series
2784:by Portuguese channel
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2610:British Film Institute
2228:Curiously, the legend
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1997:they run the country;
1964:A Conflict of Interest
1660:A Conflict of Interest
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889:Dr Richard Cartwright
787:Sir Frederick Stewart
6077:A League of Their Own
6027:A League of Their Own
5857:Only Fools and Horses
5807:One Foot in the Grave
5787:Blackadder Goes Forth
5777:Only Fools and Horses
5747:Only Fools and Horses
5308:"Yes Minister is top"
5144:"Yes, Prime Minister"
5142:Scott, Steve (1987).
4464:. BBC. Archived from
3841:Britain's Best Sitcom
3696:"Yes, Prime Minister"
3323:, released 5 May 2003
3026:in early 2007 and on
2911:Servant of the People
2908:The Ukrainian series
2837:. It was telecast on
2769:International remakes
2728:Britain's Best Sitcom
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2596:came sixth in a 2004
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387:Britain's Best Sitcom
313:new television series
6097:The Big Narstie Show
5827:Drop the Dead Donkey
5767:Blackadder the Third
5595:Sir Humphrey Appleby
5510:British Comedy Guide
5479:British Comedy Guide
5259:Inman, Nick (2007).
5154:on 30 September 2007
4894:Taylor, Rod (1994).
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4411:. 27 September 2023.
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3578:and her staff. Both
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2007:to run the country;
1943:Nineteen Eighty-Four
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1695:University of Sussex
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1246:The Right Honourable
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107:Theme music composer
6127:Rob & Romesh Vs
5817:Absolutely Fabulous
5505:Yes, Prime Minister
5494:Yes, Prime Minister
5487:Yes, Prime Minister
5458:at the BBC 7—Comedy
5383:. Long Barn Books.
5364:. Faber and Faber.
5208:The Daily Telegraph
5080:. 25 February 2013.
5015:Yes Premierminister
4961:"KBTC Viewer Guide"
4598:The Washington Post
4496:paramountcomedy.com
3938:Yes, Prime Minister
3907:Yes, Prime Minister
3802:: 4–10 January 1986
3778:on 19 November 2014
3618:Politics in fiction
3534:The Daily Telegraph
3474:Yes, Prime Minister
3433:Yes, Prime Minister
3215:Yes, Prime Minister
3205:Home video releases
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2965:Yes, Prime Minister
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2921:The Israeli sitcom
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1047:George, the driver
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900:Political Advisors
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371:Yes, Prime Minister
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166:Yes, Prime Minister
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5867:I'm Alan Partridge
5362:Yes Prime Minister
5318:. 11 December 2006
4934:The New York Times
4847:on 13 October 2012
4817:. 18 February 2010
4736:The New York Times
4644:Yes Prime Minister
4146:Comedy Connections
4061:"Informed Sources"
3983:Opening episode, "
3729:Cockerell, Michael
3500:In popular culture
3159:Yes Prime Minister
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3076:during the 1980s.
3068:In other countries
2761:and repeatedly on
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2575:Best Comedy Series
2554:Appreciation Index
2489:Christmas specials
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2083:she's got big tits
2033:is read by people
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1862:John Selwyn Gummer
1782:The Devil You Know
1764:Cabinet reshuffles
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3219:Warner Home Video
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3110:later became the
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3028:BBC Radio 4 Extra
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2819:Not My Department
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2793:Not My Department
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2346:Cabinet Secretary
2266:To The Manor Born
2249:Ronnie Hazlehurst
2170:Bernard Donoughue
2037:the country; the
1923:Margaret Thatcher
1907:Jobs for the Boys
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1687:The Right to Know
1670:Hacker's family:
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