Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister (DVD)

Starring: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Neil Fitzwiliam, Deborah Norton, John Nettleton, John Savident, Diana Hoddinott, Gerry Cowper, Peter Cartwright
Contributors: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
Studio: 2 Entertain
Genre: Television
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 16 Oct 2006
Originally Issued: 1988
No of Discs: 8
BBFC Cert: (PG) Parental Guidance.
Run Time: 1084 minutes

Description

All 38 episodes of the satirical British sitcom. In 'Yes Minister' (1984) Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington) is the newly appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs. However, as he attempts to make changes in the world of officialdom and administration he finds himself butting heads with the seemingly imperturbable civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne).

In 'Yes, Prime Minister' (1988) Hacker is now resident at No.10 and having come to power he has his work cut out for him as he deals with protests against European plans to eradicate the British sausage, as well as having to deal with the obfuscations of his new Cabinet Secretary Humphrey Appleby. The `Yes Minister' episodes are: 'Open Government', 'The Official Visit', 'The Economy Drive', 'Big Brother', 'The Writing On the Wall', 'The Right to Know', 'Jobs for the Boys', 'The Compassionate Society', 'Doing the Honours', 'The Death List', 'The Greasy Pole', 'The Devil You Know', 'The Quality of Life', 'A Question of Loyalty', 'Equal Opportunities', 'The Challenge', 'The Skeleton in the Cupboard', 'The Moral Dimension', 'The Bed of Nails', 'The Whisky Priest', 'The Middle-Class Rip-Off' and 'Party Games'. The 'Yes, Prime Minister' episodes are: 'The Grand Design', 'The Ministerial Broadcast', 'The Smoke Screen', 'The Key', 'A Real Partnership', 'A Victory for Democracy', 'The Bishop's Gambit', 'One of Us', 'Man Overboard', 'Official Secrets', 'A Diplomatic Incident', 'A Conflict of Interest', 'Power to the People', 'The Patron of the Arts', 'The National Education Service' and 'The Tangled Web'.

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