Yes Minister 1980
Created by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
- Comedy, War & Politics
- 30 min episodes
- 3 seasons
- 21 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
ComedyWar & Politicsenglandministerpoliticspoliticiansatirebritish politicssitcompolitical humorworkplace comedyBBC Two
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Character
Comic, cool, intimate and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Paul EddingtonJim Hacker
- Nigel HawthorneSir Humphrey Appleby
- Derek FowldsBernard Woolley
Crew
- Jonathan LynnCreator
- Antony JayCreator
- Sydney LotterbyProducer
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Seasons
- Series 17 eps · 1980
- Series 27 eps · 1981
- Series 37 eps · 1982
Pairings
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Similar in taste
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A Bit of Fry & Laurie 198969% alikeBoth comic, cool, intimate.
Absolutely Fabulous 199268% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
NewsRadio 199567% alikeBoth comic, intimate, cool.
I'm Alan Partridge 199766% alikeBoth comic, cool, intimate.
Seinfeld 198964% alikeBoth comic, cool, warm.
The Larry Sanders Show 199264% alikeBoth comic, cool, intimate; this one is more formally daring.
The Addams Family 196464% alikeBoth comic, cool, intimate.
Spaced 199963% alikeBoth comic, cool, intimate.
The Philadelphia Story 194067% alikeFilm · Both comic, classical in form, cool.
Office Space 199963% alikeFilm · Both comic, cool, classical in form.
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