Yes Minister Series 3, Episode 7 - The Middle-Class Rip-Off

Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

TV sitcom
BBC Two
1980 - 1984
22 episodes (3 series)

Political satire in which well-meaning MP Jim Hacker has a fast introduction to the world of Whitehall and must then struggle against the Civil Service. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Neil Fitzwiliam

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Series 3, Episode 7 - The Middle-Class Rip-Off

A constituency matter concerning an expensive and unused art gallery and a near-bankrupt football club threatens to gouge a deep divide between Hacker and Sir Humphrey. Should art and culture for the middle classes be subsidised?

Broadcast details

Date: Thursday 23^rd December 1982
Time: 9pm
Channel: BBC Two
Length: 30 minutes

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Date	Time	Channel
Monday 31st October 2011	10:55am	Gold
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Tuesday 4th September 2012	1:00pm	Gold
Tuesday 4th September 2012	7:00pm	Gold
Wednesday 30th January 2013	8:20pm	Gold
Wednesday 30th January 2013	11:40pm	Gold
Sunday 28th July 2013	10:20am	Gold
Monday 30th September 2013	6:20pm	Gold
Tuesday 1st October 2013	12:30pm	Gold
Friday 29th November 2013	8:20am	Gold
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Saturday 8th March 2014	10:55pm	Gold
Sunday 9th March 2014	2:00am	Gold
Friday 2nd May 2014	6:30am	Gold
Friday 2nd May 2014	1:40pm	Gold
Monday 13th April 2015	3:20pm	Gold
Monday 10th August 2015	1:45pm	BBC2
Friday 6th November 2015	3:20pm	Gold
Friday 25th December 2015	2:00am	Gold
Thursday 14th April 2016	10:40pm	Yesterday
Tuesday 20th September 2016	9:55pm	Yesterday
Wednesday 21st September 2016	8:00pm	Yesterday
Monday 26th September 2016	3:00pm	BBC2
Thursday 23rd February 2017	3:40pm	Yesterday
Thursday 23rd February 2017	9:40pm	Yesterday
Sunday 7th May 2017	11:20pm	Yesterday
Monday 8th May 2017	4:20pm	Yesterday
Monday 6th November 2017	7:30am	Gold
Monday 19th February 2018	7:25am	Gold
Tuesday 10th August 2021	8:00pm	BBC4
Tuesday 19th December 2023	8:30pm	BBC4

Cast & crew

Cast
Paul Eddington	James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne	Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds	Bernard Woolley

Guest cast
John Nettleton	Sir Arnold Robinson (Cabinet Secretary)
John Barron	Sir Ian Whitworth
Patrick O'Connell	Brian Wilkinson (Local Councillor)
Derek Benfield	Aston Wanderers Chairman
Joanna Henderson	Curator

Writing team
Antony Jay	Writer
Jonathan Lynn	Writer

Production team
Peter Whitmore	Director
Peter Whitmore	Producer
John Dunstan	Editor
Chris Booth	Editor
Gary Pritchard	Production Designer
Ronnie Hazlehurst	Composer

Press

The Henderson Report

I want to look at the Radio Times capsule for the episode [the final episode of Series 3 of Yes Minister]. Which features something rather unusual. Take a look at those names. Eddington, Hawthorne, Fowlds: check. But what about Joanna Henderson, playing the Curator? She's not in the episode at all. Nor is she in the end credits. What gives?

Dirty Feed, 8th October 2023

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