"Yes, Minister", and the equally successful sequel "Yes, Prime Minister" captured a niche in the political consciousness of the nation. First broadcast thirty years ago, the original writers of these classic series have reunited to create a bang up to date "Yes, Prime Minister" for the stage. Spin, [...]
Features coverage that ranges from inspiration, collaboration and the Seven Deadly Sins to the perils of unmotivated comic business, pitching screenplays in LA, sexist jokes and lunch with the Inland Revenue. This title offers journey into the world of comedy.[...]
Yes Minister is one of the most popular and critically successful British sit-coms of all time, partly due to its fascinatingly accurate observations of the eternal sparring between Paul Eddington's naive senior minister, Jim Hacker, and Nigel Hawthorne's infernally cunning Permanent Secretary, Sir [...]
This brilliantly funny little book includes lists of interesting and little-known facts about the series, Sir Humphrey's finest obfuscations, Jim Hacker's speeches, the service's best acronyms, famous fans and their reflections, profiles and obituaries of the characters and the actors who played the[...]