Yes Minister Miscellany - Hardcover

Anthony Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849540101 ISBN 13: 9781849540100

Publisher: Biteback Limited, 2009

Synopsis

Yes Minister is one of the most popular and critically successful British sit-coms of all time, partly due to its fascinatingly accurate observations of the eternal sparring between Paul Eddington's naive senior minister, Jim Hacker, and Nigel Hawthorne's infernally cunning Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Originally broadcast in three series from 1980 to 1984, Yes Minister won an unprecedented three BAFTA awards in a row, as well as an enduring appeal that has lived far beyond the series or its sequel Yes Prime Minister. Tracing the careers of Hacker, Sir Humphrey and his loyal sidekick Bernard, this amusing and brilliantly illustrated book will appeal to everyone who remembers the series with affection and can't resist watching the repeats. Containing obituaries of the three leading characters, written specially by Sir Anthony Jay, and the sketch written by Bernard Ingham for Margaret Thatcher to perform with Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne, the book contains many surprises as well as reflections on the series and its importance by politicians and journalists of the day.

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About the Author

Sir Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn are the writers and creators of the hugely popular British political comedies, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, which ran from 1980 to 1988 on British Television.

Edition details

• Publisher: Biteback Limited
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849540101
• ISBN 13: 9781849540100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200