Advantages: Intelligently funny, brilliant acting and still relevant. Disadvantages: None.
...last of three series of Yes Minister. The DVD contains all seven episodes of the series, originally broadcast in early 1982, as well as Party Games, an hour long 1984 Christmas Special.
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 ... ...into the story 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 ...
paulrob 02.10.2005 (03.10.2005)
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The complete third series of Jim Hacker's ascent up Westminster's greasy pole and the ... more
civil service scheming of his Whitehall aide Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Also includes the 1984 Christmas Special 'Party Games'. Episodes comprise: Equa...
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Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon James Hacker, the Minister for ... more
Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.Equal OpportunitiesThe ChallengeThe Skeleton in The CupboardThe Moral DimensionThe ...
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst