Plot
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.
Cast
Paul Eddington
as Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
as Bernard Woolley
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
February 25, 1980
Last Aired Date
December 23, 1982
Production Companies
BBC
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
3
Number of Episodes
21
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Reviews
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 E…