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Yes, Minister

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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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Derek Fowlds

Nigel Hawthorne

Paul Eddington

John Savident

Diana Hoddinott

Gerry Cowper

Sydney Lotterby

Jonathan Lynn

Antony Jay

Yes, Minister: Series 1: Episode 6: The Right to Know

Episode 6

Episode 6: The Right to Know

The Right to Know

BBC Two - Yes, Minister, Series 1, The Right to Know

Should ministers ever be kept in the dark? Jim Hacker is not so sure.

Political sitcom. Are there occasions when the minister should be kept in the dark? Jim Hacker is not so sure.

Sir Humphrey prevents Jim from getting to know too much about how the Department of Administrative Affairs operates and uses badgers in Hayward's Spinney to show him there are things it is better not to know.

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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