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Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK government Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business

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Paul Eddington

Nigel Hawthorne

Derek Fowlds

Tenniel Evans

Thomas Baptiste

Anthony Carrick

Stuart Allen

Sydney Lotterby

Antony Jay

Jonathan Lynn

Yes, Minister: Series 1: Episode 2: The Official Visit

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Episode 2: The Official Visit

The Official Visit

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Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as an old friend.

Political sitcom. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as a school friend, he does his best to offload some oil rigging gear on him.

Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as someone he knew from his student days, he does his best to offload some British-made oil rigging gear on him.

Yes, Minister: Series 1

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Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations. With Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne

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