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Yes Minister

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Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, broadcast on BBC2 across three series of seven episodes from 1980 to 1984, followed by a sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, which ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988. Set mainly in the private office of a British cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs, it follows minister Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington, in his struggles to formulate and enact policy against the resistance of the civil service, embodied chiefly by his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. Several episodes were adapted for BBC Radio, and the series later spawned a 2010 stage play and a further television revival in 2013. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Release Year
1980 2
Country
United Kingdom 2
Classification
Original Language
English 1
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Television, Media Forms
Source Yes Minister (Wikipedia)
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, originated there.
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1. Yes Minister (Wikipedia)
  • Yes Minister, Introduction section
    Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
  • Yes Minister, Description, original language
    Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, broadcast on BBC2 across three series of seven episodes from 1980 to 1984, followed by a sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, which ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988. Set mainly in the private office of a British cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs, it follows minister Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington, in his struggles to formulate and enact policy against the resistance of the civil service, embodied chiefly by his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister, broadcast-dates sentence
    It comprises three series of seven episodes each, first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister, opening sentence
    Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
  • In Medium: Television, Article lead sentence
    Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
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