Home / Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Year:

1980

Duration:

30 min (21 episodes) | 60 min (1 episode)

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

8.8

Awards:

6 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1980-02-25

Filming Locations: Westminster, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Arthur Cox

Sheila Ferris

Paul Eddington

James Hacker

Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Derek Fowlds

Bernard Woolley

Diana Hoddinott

Annie Hacker

Did you know?

Trivia

Only three episodes in the series - {The Economy Drive (#1.3)}; {Big Brother (#1.4)}; and {The Right to Know (#1.6)} - did not end with the phrase "Yes Minister."

Share this

John Savident and Milton Johns both play minor characters in this series, and both would go on to play characters who own shops on long running TV soap opera, Coronation Street.

Share this

Won the BAFTA award for Best Comedy Series in 1983, beating Only Fools and Horses.... (1981). Everyone went along to represent the show.

Share this

Goofs

During the train sequence in "The Official Visit", a close-up shows that the warning notice on the wall is written in gibberish.

Share this

Quotes

Bernard Woolley: That's one of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential security briefings. You leak. He has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act.

Share this

Sir Humphrey Appleby: [Talking about Government reports] it could be argued that the Sermon on the Mount, were it a government report, would never have been published.

Share this

Faq

What party does Jim Hacker represent?

The programme tries to be as apolitical as possible, but he could well represent a Tory minister. Later on Margaret Thatcher appeared as the Leader of the Opposition, which would suggest that he is Labour. Maybe he is an early form of New Labour?

Share this