The Complete Yes Minister

The diaries of Right Hon. James Hacker MP – a must-read for fans of the 1980s hit political comedy Yes Minister

Its closely observed portrayal of what goes on in the 
corridors of power has given me hours of pure joy

We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I 
think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a 
fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle's... and 
although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's, it 
is distinctly funnier

Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly Permanent Secretary at the Home Office)

It has an entertainment and educational value which is 
unique. It is uproariously funny and passes the acid test of 
becoming more amusing at every subsequent reading... I will 
go so far as to claim that in the characters of Jim Hacker and 
Sir Humphrey Appleby, Messrs Lynn and Jay have created 
something as immortal as P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster 
and Jeeves

'We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers, but none I 
think which have been quite so illuminating... It is a 
fascinating diary... It is shorter than Barbara Castle's... and 
although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's, it 
is distinctly funnier' - Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly 
Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times 
 
'It has an entertainment and educational value which is 
unique. It is uproariously funny and passes the acid test of 
becoming more amusing at every subsequent reading... I will 
go so far as to claim that in the characters of Jim Hacker and 
Sir Humphrey Appleby, Messrs Lynn and Jay have created 
something as immortal as P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster 
and Jeeves' - Brian Walden in The Standard

Antony Jay

Jonathan Lynn

Paul Eddington

Nigel Hawthorne

Full Cast

The Classic BBC Comedy Series

For the first time in one audio collection, all sixteen Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes, fourteen Yes Prime Minister episodes and two bonus sketches. 
 
Between 1980 and 1988 on BBC television and radio, the exploits of the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP (Paul Eddington) - later Prime Minister - kept the British nation enthralled. 
 
Helped - and hampered - by his diligent Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) and his Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), Hacker and his department became synonymous with government bureaucracy and administrative double dealing. 
 
Presented here, for the first time in one collection, are the complete radio series of Yes Minister and the complete BBC television soundtracks of Yes Prime Minister. Also included are six TV soundtracks of Yes Minister and two special bonus mini-episodes: The PM’s Plan, recorded in 1984 with Margaret Thatcher as herself, and a special segment created for The Funny Side of Christmas in 1982. 
 
Also featuring; Moira Stewart, Diana Hoddinot, Bill Nighy, Peter Cellier, Tenniel Evans, Richard Vernon, Richard Davies, Arthur Cox, Gerry Cowper, John Nettleton, Graham Crowden, William Fox, Peter Jeffrey, Norman Bird, Ellen McIntosh, Brenda Blethyn, Freddie Earle, Jerome Williams, Ian Lavender, Judy Parfitt, Selina Scott, Anton Rodgers and Graeme Garden.

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