Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Specials of Yes Minister premiered on December 27, 1982
Series 1 of Yes Minister premiered on February 25, 1980
The newly appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs, the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP, finds even the corridors of power congested by the machinations of his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey and his Civil Service cohorts.
Series 2 of Yes Minister premiered on February 23, 1981
The Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey step out again for the second series of the Whitehall waltz.
Series 3 of Yes Minister premiered on November 11, 1982
Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, the Minister for Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley