Trailers and Videos. Defence policy, civil service pay and a spy scandal mark Jim Hacker's first term in office 9. Plot Summary. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks. 38 episodes were made in total, running from 1980 to 1988. Season: ... Rate. A bedrock programme in the UK comedy structure, Yes Minister embodied the early 1980s attitude to authority and politics as a gently hypocritical world filled with doubletalk. 44 photos. Rate. With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott. Refine All Photos By. After his party wins a General Election, Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington) is appointed to the Cabinet as Minister For Administrative Affairs. A page for describing Quotes: Yes, Minister. James Hacker> have achieved great success, many viewers hope to know more about the background of this sitcom and book. To the end, I obtained the consent of Sir Bernard Woolley’s family and selected several related journals for collation and publication. The New Prime Minister, Jim Hacker gets a frightening briefing on Britain's inability to defend itself. In 1963 he was made the Head of Television Talk Features. Yes, Minister Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between James "Jim" Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) and his civil servants and ministerial colleagues. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks. Bernard Woolley: It used to be said there were two kinds of chairs to go with two kinds of Minister: one sort folds up instantly; the other sort goes round and round in circles. 6.

Rate. Editor note: Ever since the sitcom Yes, Minister& Yes, Prime Minister with the book < The Diaries of the Right Hon. 7. See 1 video » Storyline. Rate. 8. James Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10. All other episodes were a half-hour in length.

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Yes Minister (1980–1984) Photo Gallery. 5. All episodes of Yes, Prime Minister. Sir Humphrey: Bernard, I have served eleven governments in the past thirty years.If I had believed in all their policies, I would have been passionately committed to keeping out of the Common Market, and passionately committed to going into it. The Civil Servants in his department are headed by Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks. The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. Rate. 0. Yes, Minister was a critical and ratings success; the popularity of the show reached as high as the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who described it as her favorite television show. This includes a one-hour special that aired in 1984. Yes, Minister completed 21 episodes before going off the air in 1984; the show was voted the sixth best sitcom in British history in a nationwide poll and won several awards for the production, writing and acting.