Yes Minister

Comedy 1980

Available on BritBox

The Right Honourable James Hacker MP is the newly-appointed Minister of Administrative Affairs, who soon finds many of his ideas for reform openly opposed by the civil servants whose job it is to implement them — in particular by his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby.

Comedy 1980

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

EPISODE 1

Open Government

The Newly appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs James Hacker finds his subordinates opposed to his government reforms.

28 min · 25 Feb 1980 S/T
EPISODE 2

The Official Visit

Jim Hacker's scheme to reap political benefits from a visit by an African dignitary backfires.

28 min · 3 Mar 1980 S/T
EPISODE 3

The Economy Drive

Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) tries to prevent his boss from enacting civil service reforms.

28 min · 10 Mar 1980 S/T
EPISODE 4

Big Brother

Hacker and Appleby clash over the right to privacy and a proposed computer file containing information on British subjects.

29 min · 17 Mar 1980 S/T
EPISODE 5

The Writing on the Wall

When Jim and Sir Humphrey discover that civil service cutbacks threaten their jobs, they work together -- for once.

27 min · 24 Mar 1980 S/T
EPISODE 6

The Right to Know

Appleby tries to keep Hacker from finding out his daughter protested against one of his own policies.

29 min · 31 Mar 1980 S/T

Paul Eddington

MP James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds

Bernard Woolley
Stuart Allen

Director
Antony Jay

Writer

About

Yes Minister

COMEDY

The Right Honourable James Hacker MP is the newly-appointed Minister of Administrative Affairs, who soon finds many of his ideas for reform openly opposed by the civil servants whose job it is to implement them — in particular by his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby.

Information

Studio: BritBox
Released: 1980
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.