Yes Minister
British political comedy
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. In reality, of course, it and the Minister were run by the senior civil servants in the Department, namely the Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby. Sir Humphrey of course had his own agenda and Hacker was forever trying to find ways of fighting a way through Sir Humphrey's ever "helpful" input.The programme was said to be Margaret Thatcher's favourite TV show.
The writing is first class and my brother in law, himself a former senior civil servant, tells me the scenarios are only too true.
The radio shows are selected adaptations of the TV originals.
- Yes Minister 101 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 102 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 103 (8.1Mb)
- Yes Minister 104 (9.4Mb)
- Yes Minister 105 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 106 (9.1Mb)
- Yes Minister 107 (9.2Mb)
- Yes Minister 108 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 201 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 202 (9.4Mb)
- Yes Minister 203 (9.4Mb)
- Yes Minister 204 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 205 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 206 (9.3Mb)
- Yes Minister 207 (8.9Mb)
- Yes Minister 208 (9.1Mb)
MP3 files hosted by archive.org.