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Corridors of Power

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When it comes to fictionalising their governments for television the Americans and the British produce very different results. Compare the slick reverence of The West Wing to the satire of Yes Minister, which portrayed ministers as shambolic idiots. Former Ambassador to the USA Sir Christopher Meyer talks o writers from both programmes, to fans and political junkies such as Shami Chakrabati , and to Ian Hislop to find out why American optimism and British cynicism inevitably create such different worlds. Producer Rachel Hooper

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Talks:
Sir Christopher Meyer
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Shami Chakrabati
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Ian Hislop
Producer:
Rachel Hooper
Source: Radio Times

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