Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Jonathan Lynn to hear the story of how he and his co-writer Sir Anthony Jay created Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Jonathan Lynn to hear the story of how he and his co-writer Sir Anthony Jay created their sitcom masterpiece Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Jonathan explains the challenges of writing a comedy about the on-the-face-of-it-not-entirely-hilarious subject of politicians and civil servants, and how he and Tony found such a rich vein of humour in the world of Jim Hacker and Sit Humphrey. He reveals the politicians who inspired the character of Jim, and the unlikely role that John Cleese鈥檚 corporate training video company played in the creation of the series.
Producer: Owen Braben
An Expectation Entertainment production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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- Sat 1 Feb 2025 10:30麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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