Named one of the Top Ten TV programs of all time by th British Film Institute, this brilliantly observed comedy of manners pits the well-meaning Jim Hacker, a newly appointed Cabinet Minister, against the machinations of a career civil servant, Sir Humphrey Appleby, in the ultimate political marriage of inconvenience.
General Note
Program content : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980-1982, 1999, 2002.
DVD Extras: Sir Nigel Hawthorne remembered - 47-minute profile ; a short history of Yes, Minister ; Jonathan Lynn interview.
Content Note
Disc 1. Ep. 1. Open government ; Ep. 2. The official visit ; Ep. 3. The economy drive ; Ep. 4. Big brother ; Ep. 5. The writing on the wall ; Ep. 6. The right to know -- Disc 2. Ep. 7. Jobs for the boys ; Ep. 8. The compassionate society ; Ep. 9. Doing the honours ; Ep. 10. The death list ; Ep. 11. The greasy pole ; Ep. 12. The devil you know -- Disc 3. Ep. 13. The quality of life ; Ep. 14. The question of loyalty ; Ep. 15. Equal opportunities ; Ep. 16. The challenge ; Ep. 17. The skeleton in the cupboard ; Ep. 18. The moral dimension -- Disc 4. Ep. 19. The bed of nails ; Ep. 20. The whisky priest ; Ep. 21. The middle-class rip-off.