Advantages: very well written Disadvantages: won't be to every ones taste
...of the three series of Yes Minister which were made. Also this was probably one of the best written comidies ever. Yes minister was the first programme to win the BAFTA for best comedy series for three years running. The battle between the political will and the administartive won't continues. Jim Hacker is still in his job as 'Minister for Adminastrative Affairs' and his plans and ideas are still constantly being blocked (or 'redrafted' to use the ... ...is a bit of a yes man to the PM. Hacker is obsesed with being a popular MP and will produce any policy that may win votes, much to Sir Humphery's disgust. Hacker's main aim as always is sliming down the civil service - not if Sir Humphery can help it. Sir Humphery - The Oxford graduate is of the oppinion that it is he who runs the department and will use every trick in the book to stop the Minister doing as he wishes, telling him his policy is 'corageous' ...
mjc121 04.07.2007 (19.02.2009)
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Advantages: Intelligent writing, excellent acting and still relevant Disadvantages: None.
...second of three series of Yes Minister. The DVD contains all seven episodes of the series, originally broadcast in early 1981.
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)
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