British MP Jim Hacker, The Minister for Administrative Affairs, intends to fight for his party's manifesto of commitment to Open Government and reduction of government waste. He faces a few obstacles, however: his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby; his Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley; and his own party's Prime Minister.
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- Peter Whitmore (15 episodes)
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- Antony Jay (23 episodes)
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- Only three episodes in the series - {The Economy Drive (#1.3)}; {Big Brother (#1.4)}; and {The Right to Know (#1.6)} - did not end with the phrase "Yes Minister."
- A great fan of the series, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (as she then was) wrote a sketch for the show with press secretary Bernard Ingham which was recorded and aired as part of the 1984…
[show]A great fan of the series, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (as she then was) wrote a sketch for the show with press secretary Bernard Ingham which was recorded and aired as part of the 1984 National Viewers and Listeners Awards. The sketch featured Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne, both of whom are talking to the Prime Minister (played by Thatcher herself) about her notion to abolish economists.
[hide] - Ronnie Hazlehurst's theme-tune is composed around the chimes of Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster.
