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Yes Minister

This is the story of the endless battles between the Government in the form of Jim Hacker, a brand new Cabinet Minister and the Civil Service of his department run by Sir Humphrey Appleby. Stuck in the middle of it all is civil servant Bernard Whooley.

 

Yes Minister (1980)

After years in opposition a new party is in power. The new Minister thinks he is the government. Sir Humphrey Appleby, Permanent Secretary, knows that it is he and his civil service colleagues who run the country. An inexperienced and gullible Minister puts forward plans in English, and is frustrated by his chief civil servant, who speaks Red Tape. With help from Bernard Woolley, stuck between his political boss and the master of his career, the Minister gradually learns to master the situation ... or does he?

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Running Time : 30 minutes
Premiered : February 25, 1980
Number of Episodes : 23
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Language : English
TV Station : BBC-2
Country : United Kingdom
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Genre : Comedy

Tags : Sitcom, Family Relationships, Satire, Title Spoken By Character, Politics, Parody, Office, Politician, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Strategy, British Civil Service, Career, Political Issue, State Employee, Trick