Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - The Complete Audio Collection

By: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

Narrated by: Paul Eddington, full cast, Nigel Hawthorn

Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

For the first time in one audio collection, all 16 Yes Minister radio episodes plus six further TV episodes, 14 Yes Prime Minister episodes and two bonus sketches.

Between 1980 and 1988 on BBC television and radio, the exploits of the Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP (Paul Eddington) - later Prime Minister - kept the British nation enthralled. Helped - and hampered - by his diligent Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne) and his Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), Hacker and his department became synonymous with government bureaucracy and administrative double dealing. Presented here, for the first time in one collection, are the complete radio series of Yes Minister and the complete BBC television soundtracks of Yes Prime Minister. Also included are six TV soundtracks of Yes Minister and two special bonus mini-episodes: "The PM’s Plan", recorded in 1984 with Margaret Thatcher as herself, and a special segment created for "The Funny Side of Christmas" in 1982.

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Just as funny as when on the telly

Slight adjustments for radio. I remember watching it on PBS during the Eighties. Back then it was a farce on democratic government. Today it’s a foreshadowing of the farce that passes for government. The Hackers and the Humphreys of those times seem rather benign by current standards.

Does this work as an audiobook? Yes, Minister ...

This wonderfully witty, clever and beguilingly cynical look at British politics made perfect television when originally made, and it works just as well as an audiobook. Those familiar with the series will be very pleased by the chance to re-encounter Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Bernard Woolley, and those unfamiliar are in store for a real treat.

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister will reward multiple listenings, and there are two bonuses among the episodes: The Yes Minister sketch involving Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and a Christmas Greeting from Sir Humphrey Appleby to Jim.

Download it as soon as you can - you certainly won't regret it!

Yes Minister is wonderful

the only thing I didn't like was the as that the book had to end

The Greatest TV Comedy Ever Aired

There are a few things one might miss during this audio-only performance of a TV program, but the material is so funny, and the performances so perfect, that you will love the audio as much as the video. If I were ever to give a course on political science, this would be my primary text. The students might actually learn something while laughing! Purchase immediately!!

Order Incorrect

Great show but the order of episodes seems almost random and mixed across seasons, which really should be corrected.

Classic

The best comedy series ever. Can't get enough of it after all these years. Masterpiece in all aspects :script , performance, screenplay.

It's funny because it's true.

Regardless of the original production date, this series remains funny because it is still relevant. This is one that I can listen to repeatedly. The characters are interesting, funny, and knowable. The topics are real, the situations all too familiar, and you just know this is what really goes on in government, doubtless no matter the country. Yes Minister and the follow-up Yes Prime Minister are just funny- plain and simple.

Absolutely wonderful

Hilarious and engaging!! I Loved every minute of it both times I listened to it.

Brilliant and still relevant

Wonderful series.
Definitely in the category of they don't make them like this anymore, and more the shame.
Brilliant actors at the top of there game.
The speeches by Sir Humprey still bring a smile to me every time I hear them

Awesome

I grew up watching the dvds of this show. I was so excited to find it on Audible and joyfully binged it for the week. I’m so pleased to able to listen to it whenever I need a good laugh.