Name: Yes, Minister
Released: 1980-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

TV Show · Comedy · Classics

Restored by BritBox, this satirical sitcom turns red tape into high art. Set in the office of unseasoned MP Jim Hacker, he soon learns that politicians come and go, but civil servants are in the Ministry forever.

1980 · 29m

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

Director Stuart Allen

EPISODE 1

Open Government

First episode of the acclaimed sitcom about an apparently clueless British government minister and the advisers who surround him.

23m
EPISODE 2

The Official Visit

When Hacker recognizes a visiting head of an African nation as a school friend, he does his best to offload some oil rigging gear on him.

24m
EPISODE 3

The Economy Drive

Jim Hacker wants to implement some cost-cutting initiatives - but Sir Humphrey does not approve.

23m
EPISODE 4

Big Brother

Jim tries to implement a privacy safeguard for a new national computer database.

23m
EPISODE 5

The Writing on the Wall

Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey learn of a plan which threatens them both.

24m
EPISODE 6

The Right to Know

Are there occasions when the minister should be kept in the dark? Jim Hacker is not so sure.

21m