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Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn (born 3 April 1943, Bath, England) is an actor, comedy writer, and director. He is best known for being the co-writer of Yes Minister.
Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath (1954–1961) after which he studied Law at Pembroke College, Cambridge (where his uncle, Israeli statesman...
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Open Government
"Open Government" is the first episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, first broadcast 25 February 1980. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
The episode begins with a short pre-title sequence...
Original air date:
- Feb 25, 1980
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Episode number:
- 1
The Official Visit
"The Official Visit" is the second episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 2 March 1980. This was the first episode to feature the animated title sequence designed by Gerald Scarfe, and the theme music composed by...
Original air date:
- Mar 2, 1980
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Episode number:
- 2
The Economy Drive
"The Economy Drive" is the third episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 10 March 1980. This episode, unlike many others, does not end with the phrase ' Yes Minister '.
A despondent Jim Hacker listens with Bernard as...
Original air date:
- Mar 10, 1980
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Episode number:
- 3
Big Brother
"Big Brother" is the fourth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 17 March 1980.
Jim Hacker is being interviewed by Robert McKenzie for the TV current affairs programme Topic. The Minister would be happier if the line...
Original air date:
- Mar 17, 1980
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Episode number:
- 4
The Writing on the Wall
"The Writing on the Wall" is the fifth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 24 March 1980. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Jim Hacker is engaged in a verbal battle with...
Original air date:
- Mar 24, 1980
Season:
Episode number:
- 5
The Right to Know
"The Right to Know" is the sixth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 31 March 1980. This was one of a few episodes during the first series which did not end with the trademark phrase "Yes Minister".
Sir Humphrey...
Original air date:
- Mar 31, 1980
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Episode number:
- 6
Jobs for the Boys
"Jobs for the Boys" is the seventh episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 7 April 1980. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby. This is the last episode to feature Hacker’s...
Original air date:
- Apr 7, 1980
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Episode number:
- 7
The Compassionate Society
"The Compassionate Society" is the eighth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 23 February 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Bernard Woolley.
Jim Hacker is en route to work in his...
Original air date:
- Feb 23, 1981
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Episode number:
- 1
Doing the Honours
"Doing the Honours" is the ninth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 2 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Jim Hacker is holding a meeting with his junior...
Original air date:
- Mar 2, 1981
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Episode number:
- 2
The Death List
"The Death List" is the tenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 9 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Jim Hacker is in his office when Bernard enters with an...
Original air date:
- Mar 9, 1981
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Episode number:
- 3
The Greasy Pole
"The Greasy Pole" is the eleventh episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 16 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Bernard Woolley. The episode's title is an allusion to a famous...
Original air date:
- Mar 16, 1981
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Episode number:
- 4
The Devil You Know
"The Devil You Know" is the twelfth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 23 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Jim Hacker is not best pleased. Each government...
Original air date:
- Mar 23, 1981
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Episode number:
- 5
The Quality of Life
"The Quality of Life" is the thirteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 30 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Sir Humphrey Appleby is waiting to see Jim...
Original air date:
- Mar 30, 1981
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Episode number:
- 6
A Question of Loyalty
"A Question of Loyalty" is the fourteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 6 April, 1981.
Sir Humphrey Appleby is in his office, concluding a departmental meeting regarding staffing levels, and instructs one of...
Original air date:
- Apr 6, 1981
Season:
Episode number:
- 7
Equal Opportunities
"Equal Opportunities" is the fifteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 11 November 1982.
Jim Hacker is at home, giving an interview to a young girl named Kathy, who is writing an article for her school magazine....
Original air date:
- Nov 11, 1982
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Episode number:
- 1
The Challenge
"The Challenge" is the sixteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 18 November 1982.
Jim Hacker is on the radio, being interviewed by Ludovic Kennedy. His department, the Ministry for Administrative Affairs, is...
Original air date:
- Nov 18, 1982
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Episode number:
- 2
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
"The Skeleton in the Cupboard" is the seventeenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 25 November 1982.
Jim Hacker is chairing a meeting of his senior officials. One item on the agenda is the disciplinary action to...
Original air date:
- Nov 25, 1982
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Episode number:
- 3
The Moral Dimension
"The Moral Dimension" is the eighteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 2 December 1982.
Jim Hacker, his colleagues Sir Humphrey Appleby and Bernard Woolley, and his wife, Annie, are all on board a plane bound...
Original air date:
- Dec 2, 1982
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Episode number:
- 4
The Bed of Nails
"The Bed of Nails" is the nineteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 9 December 1982.
The Prime Minister's special advisor, Sir Mark Spencer, is meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Arnold Robinson, in 10...
Original air date:
- Dec 9, 1982
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Episode number:
- 5
The Whisky Priest
For an explanation of the term, see "Whiskey priest".
"The Whisky Priest" is the twentieth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 16 December 1982.
Jim Hacker and his wife, Annie, are at their London flat. The Minister...
Original air date:
- Dec 16, 1982
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Episode number:
- 6
The Middle-Class Rip-Off
"The Middle-Class Rip-Off" is the twenty-first episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 23 December 1982.
Jim Hacker is in his constituency watching his local football team, Aston Wanderers. After the match he goes for a...
Original air date:
- Dec 23, 1982
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Episode number:
- 7
Party Games
“Party Games” is the twenty-second and final episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister. A one-hour Christmas special that was first broadcast 17 December 1984, its events lead into the sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. The episode was shown again at...
Original air date:
- Dec 17, 1984
The Grand Design
This article is about the Yes, Prime Minister episode. For the Grand Design in Wicca, see Charmed.
"The Grand Design" is the first episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister, first broadcast 9 January 1986. It follows on directly from the...
Original air date:
- Jan 9, 1986
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Episode number:
- 1
The Ministerial Broadcast
“The Ministerial Broadcast” is the second episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 16 January 1986.
Prime Minister Jim Hacker is in his office and is extremely jet lagged, having just returned from a trip to...
Original air date:
- Jan 16, 1986
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Episode number:
- 2
The Smoke Screen
“The Smoke Screen” is the third episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 23 January 1986.
Sir Humphrey Appleby is meeting with his subordinate Sir Frank Gordon, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Sir Frank is...
Original air date:
- Jan 23, 1986
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Episode number:
- 3
The Key
“The Key” is the fourth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 30 January 1986.
Jim Hacker is in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street and is visited by his political advisor, Dorothy Wainwright. She is unhappy...
Original air date:
- Jan 30, 1986
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Episode number:
- 4
A Real Partnership
“A Real Partnership” is the fifth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 6 February 1986.
Jim Hacker goes back to his apartment above 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting that has not gone well. He explains...
Original air date:
- Feb 6, 1986
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Episode number:
- 5
A Victory for Democracy
“A Victory for Democracy” is the sixth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 13 February 1986.
Jim Hacker has been criticised by the American ambassador over Britain’s proposed defence policy, which involves...
Original air date:
- Feb 13, 1986
Season:
Episode number:
- 6
The Bishop's Gambit
“The Bishop’s Gambit” is the seventh episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 20 February 1986.
Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey Appleby, and Bernard Woolley are watching a news report about a British nurse in the middle...
Original air date:
- Feb 20, 1986
Season:
Episode number:
- 7
One of Us
“One of Us” is the eighth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 27 February 1986.
Jim Hacker gets back to his apartment above 10 Downing Street just in time to sit down with his wife, Annie, and watch the end...
Original air date:
- Feb 27, 1986
Season:
Episode number:
- 8
Man Overboard
“Man Overboard” is the ninth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 3 December 1987. It satirises the Westland affair, which had taken place the previous year.
The Employment Secretary has come up with a plan to...
Original air date:
- Dec 3, 1987
Season:
Episode number:
- 1
Official Secrets
“Official Secrets” is the tenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 10 December 1987.
The controversy over the publication of a former minister's memoirs (in this case, those of Hacker's predecessor as Prime...
Original air date:
- Dec 10, 1987
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Episode number:
- 2
A Diplomatic Incident
“A Diplomatic Incident” is the eleventh episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 17 December 1987.
Jim Hacker is joined by Sir Humphrey Appleby, to discuss the forthcoming public ceremony for the start of work on...
Original air date:
- Dec 17, 1987
Season:
Episode number:
- 3
A Conflict of Interest
"A Conflict of Interest" is the twelfth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 31 December 1987.
Jim Hacker is vexed at his lack of popularity within the press, and particularly at rumours of a scandal in the...
Original air date:
- Dec 31, 1987
Season:
Episode number:
- 4
Power to the People
"Power to the People" is the thirteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 7 January 1988.
Not for the first time, Jim Hacker is experiencing problems with local government. He bemoans the fact that...
Original air date:
- Jan 7, 1988
Season:
Episode number:
- 5
The Patron of the Arts
"The Patron of the Arts" is the fourteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 14 January 1988.
Jim Hacker is in a quandary. Upon the recommendation of his Press Secretary, Bill Pritchard, he has accepted an...
Original air date:
- Jan 14, 1988
Episode number:
- 6
The National Education Service
"The National Education Service" is the fifteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 21 January 1988.
Jim Hacker meets with the government Chief Whip and Party Chairman. They are both concerned at the lack...
Original air date:
- Jan 21, 1988
Season:
Episode number:
- 7
The Tangled Web
"The Tangled Web" is the sixteenth and final episode of the BBC comedy series Yes, Prime Minister and was first broadcast 28 January 1988.
Sir Humphrey Appleby criticises Bernard over an answer given by Jim Hacker during Prime Minister's Questions....
Original air date:
- Jan 28, 1988
Season:
Episode number:
- 8
