Box set: The Complete Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister

Yes Minister: Season 1

BBC Worldwide (1980)

Comedy, Satire

/ Color / 201 mins

5014503104726

In Collection
#1099

8.8

Plot

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 Woolley.

Cast

	Paul Eddington	James Hacker
	Nigel Hawthorne	Sir Humphrey Appleby
	Derek Fowlds	Bernard Woolley
	John Nettleton	Sir Arnold Robinson
	John Savident	Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart
	Arthur Cox	George - Jim's Driver
	Neil Fitzwiliam	Frank Weisel
	Diana Hoddinott	Annie Hacker
	Norman Bird

Crew

Director

Sydney Lotterby
Stuart Allen

Producer

Sydney Lotterby

Writer

Antony Jay

Musician

Ronnie Hazlehurst

Episodes

Disc 01

Open Government

30 mins 25/02/1980

Jim Hacker wins a seat in the election and is given a cabinet post in the new government He meets the permanent secretary for his department Sir Humphrey Appleby but Jim decides to change the way things are done in the civil service so Sir Humphrey starts a plan to stop him

Director: Stuart Allen

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

The Official Visit

30 mins 03/03/1980

When the leader of an African country is killed in a coup, his successor, who is an old friend of Jim's, comes in his place. They negotiate a £50 million deal to help buy oil exploration equipment.

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

The Economy Drive

30 mins 10/03/1980

Jim Hacker is determined to reduce the Civil Service, but he is frustrated by Sir Humphrey, and the only numbers he can alter are the numbers of tea ladies.

Big Brother

30 mins 17/03/1980

When the Government is planning to introduce a national database, Jim wants to bring in safe guards, but Sir Humphrey stalls until with some help from the opposition, Jim gets his way.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

The Writing on the Wall

30 mins 24/03/1980

A rumour starts that Jim's department is about to be axed. So with help from Sir Humphrey, they try and defeat the Prime Minister's plans.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

The Right to Know

30 mins 31/03/1980

Jim faces rebellion at home and in the office over the removal of protected status from a badger habitat, while he tries to circumvent Sir Humphrey's efforts to keep him ignorant of things.

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

Jobs for the Boys

30 mins 07/04/1980

Jim goes on radio to support the Solihull project a Government, union and private enterprise building scheme, that he has inherited from the last administration, but unknown to him the project is close to bankruptcy, Sir Humphrey hopes to save the deal by offering a Quango to the director of the bank involved

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Writer: Antony Jay / Jonathan Lynn

Edition Details

Series	Yes Minister
Release Date	01/10/2001
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles	English (Closed Captioned)
Layers	Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

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