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More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. He tries to do something and cut government waste, but he is continually held back by the smart and wily Permanent Secretary of the Department, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Private secretary Bernard Woolley is caught in the middle, between his political master, and his civil service boss. Did you know Edit. Trivia The writers had advisors who worked within the government and many of the stories were based on real situations. For example, in season three, episode four, "The Moral Dimension", they go to an Arab country where alcohol is not allowed, and so they set up a "communications room" in the embassy where they keep a stash of booze so they could slip out and have a drink.

This really happened. Goofs During the train sequence in "The Official Visit", a close-up shows that the warning notice on the wall is written in gibberish. Quotes Bernard Woolley : It makes me feel rather downcast. It differs from the broadcast version in having different, cheaper-looking titles and different theme music composed by Max Harris with Sidney Margo.

Connections Featured in Zomergasten: Episode 8. User reviews 45 Review. Top review. This series is simply the best political comedy ever. The comedy The Thick of It is a direct descendant and the term 'Sir Humphrey' is understood to mean a career civil servant. Yes Minister 25 February February anniversaries.

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News editor johnstonlc missouri. Thank you for reading! Sign Up. Log In. Purchase a Subscription. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. Edit Close. Sign Up Log In. Dashboard Logout. Share this. His forte having been journalism with some polytechnic lecturing tossed in, with only a B. Nothing is what he is supposed to do, according to the secretaries, who often quote the statistic that there is a new minister of DAA every 11 months. Once, after taking a particularly courageous stand on an ecological issue, he has to repudiate it almost immediately for political reasons.

Francis and St. Classical though much of this rollicking comedy is, and situated in a book that is supposed to be published in AD , detailing events that took place three decades earlier, it has definite reference points in contemporary British government.