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Set principally in the private office of a british cabinet minister in the department of administrative affairs in whitehall, yes minister follows the ministerial career of the rt. Yes minister was a tv series running on the bbc between 1980 and 1988, set in the fictional department of administrative affairs and nominally run by the minister jim hacker. The minister is appalled when, on the advice of his civil servants, he cant make a modest 5% to his departments budget. Wonderful acting by paul eddington minister jim hacker, nigel hawthorne humphrey appleby, derek fowlds bernard woolley 2.
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Pruning the civil service is a great political platform for the minister but the idea is deeply upsetting to sir humphrey appleby. The dates listed are when a particular episode was first transmitted on bbc2. This single episode, performed as a christmas special episode in 1984, serves as the connection between the highly acclaimed show yes, minister and the subsequent series, yes, prime minister. The satirical british tv series yes minister season 1, 2, 3 has gain huge popularity and love of the audience. When the call does come, he is named minister of administrative affairs.
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