
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1980 - 1984
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 23 (3 series)
- Starring
- Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Neil Fitzwilliam
- Writers
- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
- Directors
- Sydney Lotterby and Peter Whitmore
- Producers
- Sydney Lotterby and Peter Whitmore
Jim Hacker, Member of Parliament, is appointed to the Cabinet as Minister For Administrative Affairs. There he is introduced to Bernard Woolley, his Principal Private Secretary, and the Civil Service's head of the deparment, Permanent Secretary Humphrey Appleby.
Once ensconced in his ministry, Hacker is forced to fight Appleby, not to mention the Whitehall machine at large, at every turn in order to get his own way - and soon finds that manifesto promises are far harder to keep than anyone might have guessed.
- Part of
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 25th February 1980 on BBC Two at 9pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 17th December 1984 on BBC Two at 8:30pm
- Upcoming repeats
- Series 1 Episode 2: Tuesday at 8pm on BBC4
- Series 1 Episode 3: Tuesday 9th March at 8pm on BBC4
Website links
- Fan Site
A fan site dedicated to both Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. - BBC Comedy Guide
A guide to the show from the BBC. - IMDb
- Wikipedia

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