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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 3 weeks ago

The ten funniest ever Yes Minister moments

...to the day since it began. YES MINISTER: Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne and Paul Eddington Photo: BBC 1 Jim Hacker takes office In the political sitcom's first ever episode, Jim...

Guardian Unlimited | 3 weeks ago

Yes, Minister, that will certainly do on stage

...on stage at the Chichester festival this summer. Gentle, handsome Chichester seems the right place for Jim Hacker to return after an absence of 22 years. If the Telegraph's account...

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BBC News | 1 month ago

Full house - Yes Prime Minister set for stage revival

...really play it while they were around." A BBC film was also planned, but by then Eddington - who played Jim Hacker - was suffering from cancer. He died in 1995. Jay said they agreed...

Playbill.com | 1 month ago

Details Announced for U.K.'s Chichester Season; Enron to Return Prior to Tour

...will direct, with designs by Simon Higlett and lighting by Tim Mitchell. In the new play, Prime Minister Jim Hacker (to be played by David Haig, originally played on television by the...

Hacker notices that it is handwritten, and asks Sir Humphrey if he knows the value of such a letter, to which Sir Humphrey replies, "I believe the going rate is thirty pieces of silver."

A Question of Loyalty Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | 1 month ago

Yes, Prime Minister on stage

...the comedy formerly known as Yes Minister, graced our screens. You might have supposed that the Rt Hon Jim Hacker had long since chosen to spend more time with his family and pen...

Guardian | 1 month ago

My heart refuses to race to this cross-Channel love-in Martin Kettle

...knot and face the world as one? Because of the world-view expressed by Sir Humphrey Appleby to Jim Hacker in Yes Minister long ago, that's why. Britain's nuclear deterrent, Sir...

Guardian | 2 months ago

Ryan Sidebottom huffs and puffs but fails to get into the swing

..."brave" when in the mouth of Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister. It was a word that terrified the life out of Jim Hacker. Strauss may understand that. It would suit the England captain if...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Jim Hacker

...as a member of the House of Lords. After his death, a college is named after him (Hacker College, Oxford). Jim Hacker first appears in Yes Minister having been recently re-elected as...

Daily Mail | 2 months ago

The Mail's City reporters reveal their share tips for 2009

...a wonderful TV series called Yes Minister (and its follow-up Yes Prime Minister). It starred Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker, the bungling minister in the title role. Many will also...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Big Brother (Yes Minister)

...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...

Guardian | 3 months ago

Return of 'Yes minister' etiquette marks end of era in Whitehall

Should a minister ask to be called by their first name, they can expect an echo of the response the fictional Jim Hacker received from his permanent secretary in the BBC comedy series.

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

The Ministerial Broadcast

...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...