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Yes Minister

8.3

TV Series (1980 - 1982)Runtime 30min

Number of seasons 3Total episodes 21

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

Genre

Comedy

War & Politics

Networks

BBC Two

Production Companies

BBC

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Created By

Jonathan Lynn

Antony Jay

Episodes

Seasons

Stream

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Videos

Cast

Paul EddingtonJim Hacker

Nigel HawthorneSir Humphrey Appleby

Derek FowldsBernard Woolley

Crew

Sydney LotterbyProducer

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Reviews

Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay have created what has to be one of the sharpest, wittiest comedies ever written. The hugely entertaining characterisations alongside the masterly manipulation of the English language make for a terrifyingly worrying observation on the true nature of "democratic" governmen...