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Yes Minister(TV show/series, 1980-1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 30min per episode | Genres: Comedy, War & Politics

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 21 episodes

Yes MinisterRating: 4.1/5 (with 62 votes)
Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988. All but one of the episodes lasted half an hour, and almost all ended with a variation of the title of the series spoken as the answer to a question posed by Minister (later, Prime Minister) Jim Hacker. Several episodes were adapted for BBC Radio; the series also spawned a 2010 stage play that led to a new television series on Gold in 2013. Set principally in the private office of a British cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact policy or effect departmental changes are opposed by the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, played by ()
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About Yes Minister

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.

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Yes Minister Seasons and Episodes

11/11/1982Series 3 - 7 episodes
#1 | 11/11/1982Equal Opportunities
Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
#2 | 11/18/1982The Challenge
When Jim tackles local council administration and civil defence, he runs afoul of a B.B.C. interviewer.
#3 | 11/25/1982The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
#4 | 12/02/1982The Moral Dimension
Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs Hacker can keep it.
#5 | 12/09/1982The Bed of Nails
Jim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by Number 10, but opposed by everyone else.
#6 | 12/16/1982The Whisky Priest
Jim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he decides to start an inquiry into how it happened.
#7 | 12/23/1982The Middle-Class Rip-off
Jim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an M.P. to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a popular local soccer club.
#8 | 12/17/1984Party Games
Sir Humphrey Appleby receives his just reward when he's told by Sir Arnold Robinson that he is to be his successor as Cabinet Secretary. Jim Hacker has mixed feelings about the whole thing and while he appreciates all of the advice he's received from Sir Humphrey over the years, they have also had their fair share of disagreements. When the Prime Minister suddenly announces his resignation, Hacker decides to take a run at the party leadership. His primary campaign issue is new regulations from Brussels on the content of sausages which point to the demise of the British banger.
02/23/1981Series 2 - 7 episodes
02/25/1980Series 1 - 7 episodes
12/27/1982Specials - 3 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: London
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Yes, Prime Minister" (TV show/series, 2013-)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 02/25/1980
Last episode released on: 12/23/1982
Appearing Characters: Annie Hacker, Bernard Woolley, Humphrey Appleby, Jim Hacker, Arnold Robinson, Dorothy Wainwright, Frank Gordon
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Μάλιστα Kύριε Υπουργέ!"
"כן, אדוני ראש הממשלה"
"Yes, Minister"
Camera Setup: Multiple-camera setup

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