Yes Minister

 

Yes Minister was a long-running series on the BBC that followed governemnt minister Jack Hacker and his civil servant team of Sir Humphrey (Nigel Hawthorne) and Bernard (Ian Fowles) and was followed up by Yes Prime Minister with Hacker as Prime Minister.   There were three series of Yes Minister and two of Yes Prime Minister - all of them excellent. The first episode was transmitted on February 25th 1980, and the final episode went out in January 1988.

Yes Minister: News, Notes, Trivia and Quotes

 

Daily Telegraph: Obituary of Sir Nigel Hawthorne

BBC7: Interview with Sir Antony Jay: On the 25th anniversary of the first episode of Yes Minister, the BBC interviewed Sir Antony Jay about the series. 

Yes Minister: Cast and Crew

 

Cast

Paul Eddington - James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne - Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds - Bernard Wooley
John Nettleton - Sir Arnold Robinson
Diana Hoddinott - Annie Hacker
Neil Fitzwilliam - Frank Weisel
Arthur Cox - George
John Savident - Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart

Crew

Sir Antony Jay - Writer
Jonathan Lynn - Writer