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.
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
3 eps
Specials
1982
7 eps
Series 1
1980
7 eps
Series 2
1981
7 eps
Series 3
1982
Status
Ended
Original Language
EN
Network
BBC Two
Created By
Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
Production
BBC
CinemaSerf
February 23, 2022
Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay have created what has to be one of the sharpest, wittiest comedies ever written. The hugely entertaining characterisations alongside the masterly manipulation of the English language make for a terrifyingly worrying observation on the true nature of "democratic" government and of the chronic ineptitude and incompetence of some/many of our elected representatives. Paul Ed...
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