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Yes, Minister: The Complete Collection

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September 27, 2005
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Genre Classics, Comedy
Format Multiple Formats, Box set, NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned
Contributor Derek Fowlds, Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne
Language English
Number Of Discs 4

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Yes Minister: The Complete Collection (DVD)

In an unlikely chain of events, Jim Hacker emerges as the most viable candidate for his party's next Prime Minister. Now that he gets his own car and driver, a nice house in London, a place in the country, endless publicity and a pension for life, what more does he want? Bernard: I think he wants to govern Britain. Sir Humphrey: Well, stop him, Bernard! Named o of the Top Ten TV programs of all time by the British Film Institute, this brilliantly observed comedy of manners pits the well-meaning Prime Minister Jim Hacker against the machinations of the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, in the ultimate political marriage of inconvenience. Paul Eddington (Good Neighbors) stars as Jim Hacker and Academy Award nominee Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George) first drew wide notice in the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby.

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The elegant sitcom-cum-farce-cum-sophisticated political satire Yes, Minister sets off Paul Eddington's Jim Hacker, Minister for Administrative Affairs, against Nigel Hawthorne's discreetly obstructive civil servant Sir Humphrey. The pilot episode, "Open Government," is curious in that it contains opening and closing credits different from and distinctly inferior to the rest of the series. You also sense that Mrs. Hacker was originally intended to have a larger role, with comedy focusing on the clash between political and domestic commitments, until the writers wisely decided to focus on the stand-off between Jim and Sir Humphrey, with Derek Fowlds's mousy private secretary Bernard making occasional interjections.

While Sir Humphrey is at times a little too sinister for sitcom consumption, all the series' classic features quickly show up: Hacker's occasional Churchillian bombast, followed by panicky double takes when flummoxed, and Sir Humphrey's unflappable verbosity as he brings the dead weight of civil service bureaucracy to bear against Hacker's naively optimistic schemes for open government and slashing red tape in episodes like "The Economy Drive." It's ironic that when Yes, Minister was first screened in the '80s, it was during the rampages of early Thatcherism in which government had never been less like the ineffectual politicking satirized here. --David Stubbs

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4.16 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3Videos
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Box set, NTSC, Color, Closed-captioned
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 10 hours and 13 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ BBC Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00008DP4B
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 4
  • Customer Reviews:
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