Yes Minister - Series 1 (DVD)

...comedies from the 1980's was Yes Minister with the equally brilliant follow up Yes Prime Minister. Written by Antony Jay and Jonathon Lynn the show followed the fortunes of Right Honourable Jim Hacker played by Paul Eddington (of the Good Life) who was appointed to the job of Minister of Administrative Affairs. He was initially placed in this job to keep him out of trouble as he is more than a little idealistic and really believes that he can make ...
...series has a U certificate meaning that it is suitable viewing for all. I have always worked in Local Government and so the humour of Yes Minister is something that I associate with, in fact I could see a lot of things in the series that were fairly true! ...

SusanLesley 14.02.2008 · Read full review
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In 2004 Yes Minister, came sixth in Britain's Best Sitcom's of all time. The 6 series which were made by the BBC has went down as probably the best comedy ever produced by the BBC. Yes Minister and its sequel Yes Prime Minister revolves round the plot of a minister who is frustrated at every move by the Civil Service. The series was inspired by the diaries of Richard Crossman circa 1964. These were dominated by Crossman's constant struggle with Dame ...
...and Local Government. Jim Hacker [Paul Eddington], the very unlikely Minister of Administrative Affairs, ablely assisted and hindered at every turn my his two primary officials Sir Humphrey Applegate [Nigel Hawthorne] and Bernard Wooley [Derek Fowlds]. Sir Humphrey, uses his unique and flamboyant turn of language to stonewall his incompetent minister and dissuade him from achieving anything other than what is the pre-decided civil service policy ...

bigfatdogs 06.04.2007 · Read full review
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...first of three series of Yes Minister. The DVD contains all seven episodes of the series, originally broadcast in early 1980. In their weekends, Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn used to drive down to London with a case of something in the boot, and talk to Government ministers. These ministers, who stayed secret until recently, were able to tell Jay and Lynn what politics is really like on the inside. They told stories which were at the time still ...
...lines of Yes Minister. To someone who has never seen Yes Minister, the idea of a programme containing three middle-aged men in suits talking about politics would probably suggest boredom in the extreme. Ask someone who has, and the reply would be very different. Jim Hacker (Eddington) is a new and eager minister of the fictitious Department of Administrative Affairs, determined to leave his mark. He wants nothing more than to rise in government, ...

paulrob 02.10.2005 (03.10.2005) · Read full review
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