Yes, Minister

Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British comedies that were broadcast by the BBC between 1980 and 1988. The place of action is initially the Office of a Minister and in the sequel series 10 Downing Street, the workplace of the Prime Minister. All 38 episodes are written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn and last from 30 minutes per episode.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The central theme of the series is the battle between (Dr) James "Jim" Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the newly appointed Minister in the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs and its officers and ministerial colleagues.
 * 2 Episodes
 * 2.1 Yes, Minister
 * 2.1.1 Series 1
 * 2.1.2 Series 2
 * 2.1.3 heat 3
 * 2.1.4 Special
 * 2.2 Yes, Prime Minister
 * 2.2.1 Series 1
 * 2.2.2 Series 2
 * 3 Quotes
 * 4 external links

Nigel Hawthorne plays Sir Humphrey Appleby, KCB, MVO, MA (Oxon), a senior official, Secretary General of the Ministry of Administrative Affairs, with Derek Fowlds in an important supporting role as Hackers personal Secretary, Bernard Woolley. Woolley is becoming the ' man in the middle ', torn by his personal loyalty to Hacker and his working relationship with Sir Humphrey, who his boss is.

When Hacker is, after 1984 Prime Minister is Sir Humphrey also promoted to Secretary-General on ' no.10 ' and Hacker appoints Bernard Woolley as his first personal Secretary on his new post.

The humor of the series is mainly decided in the conflict between the Minister (who thinks he's the power) and the civil service, which in reality controls the country. Jim Hacker tries again and again to reach a particular political goal, which he is opposed by Sir Humphrey, who tries to maintain the status quo and reject any kind of ambition by definition.

Other solid parts are Sir Humphreys complicated sentences and cynicism and Hackers tend to ludicrous Churchillian speeches to speak out when he is politically inspired and the plane after proclaiming a view under pressure move to the opposite.

Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister are submitted by political scientists renowned for their accurate portrait of the country's administration. [source?]

Every episode ends as sir Humphrey says: "Yes Minister!" or "Yes prime minister!"

It was also in 2009 a Dutch variant of the comedy broadcast by the VPRO named Sorry Minister. ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are 38 episodes made, from 1980 to 1988. ===Yes, Minister<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Heat 1<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Series 2<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Series 3<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Special<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
 * Open Government
 * The Official Visit
 * The Economy Drive
 * Big Brother
 * The Writing on the Wall
 * The Right to Know
 * Jobs For the Boys
 * The Compassionate Society
 * Doing the Honours
 * The Death List
 * The Greasy Pole
 * The Devil You Know
 * The Quality of Life
 * A Question of Loyalty
 * Equal Opportunities
 * The Challenge
 * The Skeleton in the Cupboard
 * The Moral Dimension
 * The Bed of Nails
 * The Whisky Priest (
 * The Middle-Class Rip-off
 * Party Games
 * Special of an hour, around Hackers designation as Prime Minister.

===Yes, Prime Minister<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Heat 1<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Series 2<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
 * The Grand Design
 * The Ministerial Broadcast
 * The Smokescreen
 * The Key
 * A Real Partnership
 * A Victory for Democracy
 * The Bishop's Gambit
 * One of Us
 * Man Overboard
 * Official Secrets
 * A Diplomatic Incident
 * A Conflict of Interest
 * Power to the People
 * The Patron to the Arts
 * The National Education Service
 * The Tangled Web