Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Sir Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 to 1988. In total there were 38 episodes—of which all but one lasted half an hour.
Set principally in the private office of a British government cabinet minister in the (fictional) Department for Administrative Affairs in Whitehall (the sequel was set in the Prime Minister’s offices at 10 Downing Street), the series follows the senior ministerial career of The Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact legislation or effect departmental changes are opposed by the will of the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary (head of each government department’s bureaucrats), Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, played by Derek Fowlds, is usually caught between the two. Almost every episode ends with the line “Yes, Minister” (or “Yes, Prime Minister”), uttered (usually) by Sir Humphrey as he relishes his victory over his “political master” or acknowledges defeat.
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July 24th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Hi,
I just downloaded the first two parts, only to find the third one missing from Hotfile. The first can be succesfully unpacked, but the series is not there in it’s entirety. A shame.
KC
July 24th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Hey KimotoCat, link 3 has been fixed, uploading link only
July 26th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Hello,
The new link didn’t work yesterday – for some reason – but now it does. Thank you.
Cheers – KC