Scripted series · BBC Two
Yes, Prime Minister
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
16 eps
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
16 eps
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
16 eps
Donald Pickering
2 eps
Frederick Treves
2 eps
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
5 eps
Deborah Norton
5 eps
Ludovic Kennedy
1 eps
John Wells
1 eps
Nicholas Courtney
1 eps
Gwen Taylor
1 eps
Denis Lill
1 eps
Myfanwy Talog
1 eps
Antony Carrick
2 eps
Oscar Quitak
1 eps
Frank Middlemass
1 eps
Michael Aldridge
1 eps
Peter Cellier
3 eps
Richard Vernon
1 eps
Christopher Benjamin
1 eps
John Bird
1 eps
Diana Hoddinott
7 eps
Michael Byrne
1 eps
John Normington
1 eps
Robert East
1 eps
Peter Cartwright
2 eps
Jonathan Adams
Professor Marriott
1 eps
Philip Anthony
Cabinet Member
1 eps
Sadie Hamilton
Reporter
1 eps
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TV DNA
How Yes, Prime Minister actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Yes, Prime 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
James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley.
What could possibly go wrong?
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 16 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
5 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
19868 episodes
8.3IMDbVision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...
Best episode · S01E03 The Smoke Screen
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
19878 episodes
7.8IMDbIf Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...
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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
- Sydney LotterbyDirector
Where to watch
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