Scripted series · BBC Two
Yes Minister
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
21 eps
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
21 eps
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
21 eps
Diana Hoddinott
Annie Hacker
9 eps
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
7 eps
John Savident
4 eps
Frederick Jaeger
1 eps
Richard Vernon
2 eps
Ivor Roberts
1 eps
John Barron
3 eps
Jerome Willis
1 eps
Nigel Stock
2 eps
Eleanor Bron
1 eps
Ian Lavender
2 eps
Neil Fitzwiliam
Frank Weisel
5 eps
Tenniel Evans
2 eps
Graeme Garden
1 eps
Stephen Tate
1 eps
Frank Middlemass
1 eps
Brenda Blethyn
1 eps
Judy Parfitt
1 eps
Peter Cellier
2 eps
Antony Carrick
1 eps
John Fortune
1 eps
Gerry Cowper
1 eps
Richard Davies
1 eps
Norman Bird
1 eps
William Fox
1 eps
Geoffrey Toone
1 eps
Moray Watson
1 eps
Robert East
1 eps
Clive Merrison
1 eps
John D. Collins
1 eps
Freddie Earlle
1 eps
Doug Fisher
1 eps
Robert McKenzie
1 eps
Matthew Roberton
Topic Crewman
1 eps
Edward Jewesbury
Vic Gould
1 eps
Norman Mitchell
The Mayor
1 eps
David Moran
Nigel Lloyd-Pritchard
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Yes Minister actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Yes Minister reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 21 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
19823 episodes
Best episode · S00E02 Party Games (Christmas Special)
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
19807 episodes
7.3IMDbThe newly appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs, the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP, finds even the corridors of power congested by the machinations of his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey and his Civil Service cohorts.
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
19817 episodes
The Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey step out again for the second series of the Whitehall waltz.
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
19827 episodes
Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, the Minister for Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02 · Signature episode
Party Games (Christmas Special)
S00E03
Yes, Real Prime Minister (AKA The Thatcher Sketch)
S00E01
Christmas at the Ministry
- Directed by Peter Whitmore
- Written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
S03E07
The Middle-Class Rip-Off
- Directed by Peter Whitmore
- Written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
S03E06
The Whisky Priest
- Directed by Peter Whitmore
- Written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
S03E05
The Bed of Nails
- Directed by Peter Whitmore
- Written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Peter WhitmoreProducer
- Sydney LotterbyProducer
Writing
- Jonathan LynnWriter
- Antony JayWriter
Direction
- Peter WhitmoreDirector
- Sydney LotterbyDirector
- Stuart AllenDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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