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	Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm\|title=Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut\|work=BBC News \|date=18 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> which ran from 13 May to 5 June 2010, at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. This production revived at the [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010 until 15 January 2011. The principal cast was [[David Haig]] as Jim Hacker, [[Henry Goodman]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Jonathan Slinger]] as Bernard Woolley and [[Emily Joyce]] as Claire Sutton, Hacker's special policy advisor.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html \|work=Whats on Stage website \|date=11 June 2010 \|access-date=12 June 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html \|archive-date=13 October 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> This production, while following the spirit and tone of the original series in many respects, was set contemporaneously at [[Chequers]], the Prime Minister's country residence, with [[BlackBerry]]s frequently in evidence,<ref>Remarkably, Sir Humphrey was able to show Bernard Woolley how to disable the Prime Minister's BlackBerry.</ref> and even included a topical reference to a coalition agreement which Sir Humphrey had drafted (the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats having formed a [[coalition government]] in Britain in May 2010).<ref>Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn (2010) ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (the play) (Faber & Faber). In reality, during the negotiations that led to the coalition government in 2010, the two parties appear largely to have shunned support available to them from the civil service: see [[David Laws]] (2010) ''22 Days in May'' and Rob Wilson (2010) ''5 Days To Power'', who concluded that, "probably the influence of the civil service, including the Cabinet Secretary, in pushing the [parties] together to avoid a financial crisis has been overplayed".</ref> The plot was a little more provocative and ''risqué'' than most of those seen previously (including a debate about the ethics of procuring a twelve-year-old as a sexual partner for a visiting dignitary,<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 1, scene 2 (pages 36–40)</ref> a proposition which it is suggested might be [[Spin (public relations)\|spun]] in the national interest as a "euro-job")<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 2, scene 1 (page 61). The suggestion of "euro-job" was prompted by Hacker's objection to "Anglo-Kumranistan Liaison Project" as "a bit of a mouthful": ''ibid.''</ref> and included some stronger [[profanity\|expletives]] (reflecting perhaps their widely reported use among [[New Labour]]'s hierarchy between 1997 and 2010).<ref>See, for example, Alastair Campbell (2007) ''The Blair Years''; Andrew Rawnsley (2010) ''The End of the Party''; Anthony Seldon & Guy Lodge (2010) ''Brown at 10''.</ref> There was also a higher element of traditional [[farce]].<ref>David Haig interviewed in ''Country Life'', 8 September 2010</ref>		Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm\|title=Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut\|work=BBC News \|date=18 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> which ran from 13 May to 5 June 2010, at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. This production revived at the [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010 until 15 January 2011. The principal cast was [[David Haig]] as Jim Hacker, [[Henry Goodman]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Jonathan Slinger]] as Bernard Woolley and [[Emily Joyce]] as Claire Sutton, Hacker's special policy advisor.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html \|work=Whats on Stage website \|date=11 June 2010 \|access-date=12 June 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html \|archive-date=13 October 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> This production, while following the spirit and tone of the original series in many respects, was set contemporaneously at [[Chequers]], the Prime Minister's country residence, with [[BlackBerry]]s frequently in evidence,<ref>Remarkably, Sir Humphrey was able to show Bernard Woolley how to disable the Prime Minister's BlackBerry.</ref> and even included a topical reference to a coalition agreement which Sir Humphrey had drafted (the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats having formed a [[coalition government]] in Britain in May 2010).<ref>Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn (2010) ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (the play) (Faber & Faber). In reality, during the negotiations that led to the coalition government in 2010, the two parties appear largely to have shunned support available to them from the civil service: see [[David Laws]] (2010) ''22 Days in May'' and Rob Wilson (2010) ''5 Days To Power'', who concluded that, "probably the influence of the civil service, including the Cabinet Secretary, in pushing the [parties] together to avoid a financial crisis has been overplayed".</ref> The plot was a little more provocative and ''risqué'' than most of those seen previously (including a debate about the ethics of procuring a twelve-year-old as a sexual partner for a visiting dignitary,<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 1, scene 2 (pages 36–40)</ref> a proposition which it is suggested might be [[Spin (public relations)\|spun]] in the national interest as a "euro-job")<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 2, scene 1 (page 61). The suggestion of "euro-job" was prompted by Hacker's objection to "Anglo-Kumranistan Liaison Project" as "a bit of a mouthful": ''ibid.''</ref> and included some stronger [[profanity\|expletives]] (reflecting perhaps their widely reported use among [[New Labour]]'s hierarchy between 1997 and 2010).<ref>See, for example, Alastair Campbell (2007) ''The Blair Years''; Andrew Rawnsley (2010) ''The End of the Party''; Anthony Seldon & Guy Lodge (2010) ''Brown at 10''.</ref> There was also a higher element of traditional [[farce]].<ref>David Haig interviewed in ''Country Life'', 8 September 2010</ref>

	The play began a tour of the United Kingdom in February 2011, with [[Simon Williams (actor)\|Simon Williams]] as Sir Humphrey,~~{{citation needed\|date=August 2021}}~~ [[Richard McCabe]] as Jim Hacker,<ref>{{cite web\|title=- YPM TOUR West End and Tour casting release FINAL.pdf\|url=http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130220940/http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|archive-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> [[Chris Larkin]] as Bernard and [[Charlotte Lucas]] as Claire Sutton. It returned to the West End in July 2011 for a 10-week run at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, with Williams and McCabe reprising their roles. The play then went back on a tour of the United Kingdom before returning to the West End with a revised script. Further rewrites took place before the 2012 UK tour and subsequent Trafalgar Studios run, the crucial change having replaced references from underage to multiple partner sex.		The play began a tour of the United Kingdom in February 2011, with [[Simon Williams (actor)\|Simon Williams]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Richard McCabe]] as Jim Hacker,<ref>{{cite web\|title=- YPM TOUR West End and Tour casting release FINAL.pdf\|url=http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130220940/http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|archive-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> [[Chris Larkin]] as Bernard and [[Charlotte Lucas]] as Claire Sutton. It returned to the West End in July 2011 for a 10-week run at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, with Williams and McCabe reprising their roles. The play then went back on a tour of the United Kingdom before returning to the West End with a revised script. Further rewrites took place before the 2012 UK tour and subsequent Trafalgar Studios run, the crucial change having replaced references from underage to multiple partner sex.

	Reflecting in 2011 on the sustained topicality of ''Yes, Minister/Prime Minister'', Jonathan Lynn noted that, since the opening of the stage show in Chichester, "all we've added is a couple of jokes about [telephone] [[News International phone hacking scandal\|hacking]] and an extra joke about the [[European sovereign debt crisis\|Greeks]] [subject at the time to a debt crisis]." He added that the original episodes were written about a year before transmission – "satirical comedy doesn't change" – and that "writing in 1986, we found the same headlines in 1956".<ref>''Sunday Times Culture'', 14 August 2011</ref>		Reflecting in 2011 on the sustained topicality of ''Yes, Minister/Prime Minister'', Jonathan Lynn noted that, since the opening of the stage show in Chichester, "all we've added is a couple of jokes about [telephone] [[News International phone hacking scandal\|hacking]] and an extra joke about the [[European sovereign debt crisis\|Greeks]] [subject at the time to a debt crisis]." He added that the original episodes were written about a year before transmission – "satirical comedy doesn't change" – and that "writing in 1986, we found the same headlines in 1956".<ref>''Sunday Times Culture'', 14 August 2011</ref>

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	~~{{short description\|British political satire sitcom television and radio series}}~~
	~~{{Use British English\|date=November 2011}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2021}}~~
	{{Infobox television		{{Infobox television
	\| alt_name = Yes, Prime Minister		\| alt_name = Yes, Prime Minister
	\| image = Yes_Minister.jpg		\| image = Yes_Minister.jpg
	\| caption = Yes Minister main cast members		\| caption = Yes Minister main cast members
	\| genre = [[~~w:Political satire\|~~Political satire]]<br />[[~~w:British sitcom\|~~British sitcom]]		\| genre = [[Political satire]]<br />[[British sitcom]]
	\| camera = [[w:Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]		\| camera = [[Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes (with a one-hour-long Christmas episode and several short specials)<ref name="ymBBC"/>		\| runtime = 30 minutes (with a one-hour-long Christmas episode and several short specials)<ref name="ymBBC"/>
	\| creator = [[Antony Jay]]<br />[[Jonathan Lynn]]		\| creator = [[Antony Jay]]<br />[[Jonathan Lynn]]
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	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| language = English		\| language = English
	\| network = BBC2<br />[[w:Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]] (revival)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/7451\|title=Yes, Prime Minister – Gold\|work=uktv.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived">{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17552335 \| work=BBC News \| title=Yes, Prime Minister to be revived \| date=29 March 2012}}</ref>		\| network = BBC2<br />[[Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]] (revival)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/7451\|title=Yes, Prime Minister – Gold\|work=uktv.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived">{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17552335 \| work=BBC News \| title=Yes, Prime Minister to be revived \| date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1980\|02\|25\|df=y}}<ref name="ymBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821133827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-date=21 August 2007 \|title=Yes Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref>		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1980\|02\|25\|df=y}}<ref name="ymBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821133827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-date=21 August 2007 \|title=Yes Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref>
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1988\|01\|28\|df=yes}}<ref name="ypmBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317115227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|title=Yes, Prime Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref><br />2013 revived series: 15 January – 19 February 2013		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1988\|01\|28\|df=yes}}<ref name="ypmBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317115227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|title=Yes, Prime Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref><br />2013 revived series: 15 January – 19 February 2013
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	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	In 2005, [[BBC Four]] launched ''[[The Thick of It]]'', described by director [[Armando Iannucci]] as "''Yes Minister'' meets ''[[The Larry Sanders Show\|Larry Sanders]]''{{-"}},<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Thick of It: ~~Interview:~~ Armando Iannucci, Chris Langham & Peter Capaldi \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/thickofit/armando-iannucci.shtml \| publisher=[[BBC Four]] \|date=19 April 2005 \|access-date=7 September 2006}}</ref> and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called it "a ''Yes, Minister'' for the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] years."<ref>{{Cite news\|first=Rachel \|last=Sylvester \|title=New TV satire puts Labour in the thick of it \|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489020/New-TV-satire-puts-Labour-in-the-thick-of-it.html \|format=Reprint on telegraph.co.uk \|work=The Daily Telegraph \|location=London \|date=30 April 2005 \|access-date=7 September 2006 }}</ref> The style shows many identifiable hallmarks of ''Yes Minister'', namely the blundering politician virtually entirely dependent on those whose presentational and political [[nous]] greatly eclipse his own limited abilities.		In 2005, [[BBC Four]] launched ''[[The Thick of It]]'', described by director [[Armando Iannucci]] as "''Yes Minister'' meets ''[[The Larry Sanders Show\|Larry Sanders]]''{{-"}},<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Thick of It: Intervie Armando Iannucci, Chris Langham & Peter Capaldi \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/thickofit/armando-iannucci.shtml \| publisher=[[BBC Four]] \|date=19 April 2005 \|access-date=7 September 2006}}</ref> and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' called it "a ''Yes, Minister'' for the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] years."<ref>{{Cite news\|first=Rachel \|last=Sylvester \|title=New TV satire puts Labour in the thick of it \|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489020/New-TV-satire-puts-Labour-in-the-thick-of-it.html \|format=Reprint on telegraph.co.uk \|work=The Daily Telegraph \|location=London \|date=30 April 2005 \|access-date=7 September 2006 }}</ref> The style shows many identifiable hallmarks of ''Yes Minister'', namely the blundering politician virtually entirely dependent on those whose presentational and political [[nous]] greatly eclipse his own limited abilities.

	As an adaptation of ''The Thick of It'', Armando Iannucci also created and directed ''[[Veep]]'', an American political satire comedy television series.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/04/armando-ianucci-hbos-veep.html \|title=Armando Iannucci talks political satire and new HBO series 'Veep' \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=April 20, 2012 \|access-date=May 11, 2016 \|archive-date=June 4, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604144049/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/04/armando-ianucci-hbos-veep.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> As the United States [[Presidential system\|has a different political system]] from United Kingdom's [[parliamentary system]], the show instead focuses on a fictional female [[Vice President of the United States]] and her staff. Both ''Yes, Minister'' and ''Veep'' feature a Prime Minister/President that is never depicted on-screen, but nevertheless highly influential in the plot; and in both series, the unseen Prime Minister/President eventually resigns, resulted in both protagonists later becoming the Prime Minister/President themselves.		As an adaptation of ''The Thick of It'', Armando Iannucci also created and directed ''[[Veep]]'', an American political satire comedy television series.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/04/armando-ianucci-hbos-veep.html \|title=Armando Iannucci talks political satire and new HBO series 'Veep' \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=April 20, 2012 \|access-date=May 11, 2016 \|archive-date=June 4, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604144049/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/04/armando-ianucci-hbos-veep.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> As the United States [[Presidential system\|has a different political system]] from United Kingdom's [[parliamentary system]], the show instead focuses on a fictional female [[Vice President of the United States]] and her staff. Both ''Yes, Minister'' and ''Veep'' feature a Prime Minister/President that is never depicted on-screen, but nevertheless highly influential in the plot; and in both series, the unseen Prime Minister/President eventually resigns, resulted in both protagonists later becoming the Prime Minister/President themselves.

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	==External links==		==External links==
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	~~{{BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) 1981–1999}}~~

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	\| image = Yes_Minister.jpg		\| image = Yes_Minister.jpg
	\| caption = Yes Minister main cast members		\| caption = Yes Minister main cast members
	\| genre = [[Political satire]]<br />[[British sitcom]]		\| genre = [[w:Political satire\|Political satire]]<br />[[w:British sitcom\|British sitcom]]
	\| camera = [[Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]		\| camera = [[w:Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes (with a one-hour-long Christmas episode and several short specials)<ref name="ymBBC"/>		\| runtime = 30 minutes (with a one-hour-long Christmas episode and several short specials)<ref name="ymBBC"/>
	\| creator = [[Antony Jay]]<br />[[Jonathan Lynn]]		\| creator = [[Antony Jay]]<br />[[Jonathan Lynn]]
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	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| language = English		\| language = English
	\| network = BBC2<br />[[Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]] (revival)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/7451\|title=Yes, Prime Minister – Gold\|work=uktv.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived">{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17552335 \| work=BBC News \| title=Yes, Prime Minister to be revived \| date=29 March 2012}}</ref>		\| network = BBC2<br />[[w:Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]] (revival)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/7451\|title=Yes, Prime Minister – Gold\|work=uktv.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived">{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17552335 \| work=BBC News \| title=Yes, Prime Minister to be revived \| date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1980\|02\|25\|df=y}}<ref name="ymBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821133827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-date=21 August 2007 \|title=Yes Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref>		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1980\|02\|25\|df=y}}<ref name="ymBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821133827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml \|archive-date=21 August 2007 \|title=Yes Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref>
	\| last_aired = {{End date\|1988\|01\|28\|df=yes}}<ref name="ypmBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317115227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|title=Yes, Prime Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref><br />2013 revived series: 15 January – 19 February 2013		\| last_aired = {{End date\|1988\|01\|28\|df=yes}}<ref name="ypmBBC">{{cite web\|first=Mark \|last=Lewisohn \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317115227/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesprimeminister_1299003453.shtml \|archive-date=17 March 2007 \|title=Yes, Prime Minister \|work=BBC Comedy Guide \|access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref><br />2013 revived series: 15 January – 19 February 2013

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	\| image = ~~Yes Minister opening titles~~.~~gif~~		\| image = Yes_Minister.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Title card~~		\| caption = Yes Minister main cast members
	\| genre = [[Political satire]]<br />[[British sitcom]]		\| genre = [[Political satire]]<br />[[British sitcom]]
	\| camera = [[Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]		\| camera = [[Multicamera setup\|Multi-camera]]

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	Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm\|title=Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut\|work=BBC News \|date=18 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> which ran from 13 May to 5 June 2010, at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. This production revived at the [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010 until 15 January 2011. The principal cast was [[David Haig]] as Jim Hacker, [[Henry Goodman]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Jonathan Slinger]] as Bernard Woolley and [[Emily Joyce]] as Claire Sutton, Hacker's special policy advisor.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html \|work=Whats on Stage website \|date=11 June 2010 \|access-date=12 June 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html \|archive-date=13 October 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> This production, while following the spirit and tone of the original series in many respects, was set contemporaneously at [[Chequers]], the Prime Minister's country residence, with [[BlackBerry]]s frequently in evidence,<ref>Remarkably, Sir Humphrey was able to show Bernard Woolley how to disable the Prime Minister's BlackBerry.</ref> and even included a topical reference to a coalition agreement which Sir Humphrey had drafted (the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats having formed a [[coalition government]] in Britain in May 2010).<ref>Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn (2010) ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (the play) (Faber & Faber). In reality, during the negotiations that led to the coalition government in 2010, the two parties appear largely to have shunned support available to them from the civil service: see [[David Laws]] (2010) ''22 Days in May'' and Rob Wilson (2010) ''5 Days To Power'', who concluded that, "probably the influence of the civil service, including the Cabinet Secretary, in pushing the [parties] together to avoid a financial crisis has been overplayed".</ref> The plot was a little more provocative and ''risqué'' than most of those seen previously (including a debate about the ethics of procuring a twelve-year-old as a sexual partner for a visiting dignitary,<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 1, scene 2 (pages 36–40)</ref> a proposition which it is suggested might be [[Spin (public relations)\|spun]] in the national interest as a "euro-job")<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 2, scene 1 (page 61). The suggestion of "euro-job" was prompted by Hacker's objection to "Anglo-Kumranistan Liaison Project" as "a bit of a mouthful": ''ibid.''</ref> and included some stronger [[profanity\|expletives]] (reflecting perhaps their widely reported use among [[New Labour]]'s hierarchy between 1997 and 2010).<ref>See, for example, Alastair Campbell (2007) ''The Blair Years''; Andrew Rawnsley (2010) ''The End of the Party''; Anthony Seldon & Guy Lodge (2010) ''Brown at 10''.</ref> There was also a higher element of traditional [[farce]].<ref>David Haig interviewed in ''Country Life'', 8 September 2010</ref>		Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm\|title=Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut\|work=BBC News \|date=18 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> which ran from 13 May to 5 June 2010, at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. This production revived at the [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010 until 15 January 2011. The principal cast was [[David Haig]] as Jim Hacker, [[Henry Goodman]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Jonathan Slinger]] as Bernard Woolley and [[Emily Joyce]] as Claire Sutton, Hacker's special policy advisor.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep \|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html \|work=Whats on Stage website \|date=11 June 2010 \|access-date=12 June 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html \|archive-date=13 October 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> This production, while following the spirit and tone of the original series in many respects, was set contemporaneously at [[Chequers]], the Prime Minister's country residence, with [[BlackBerry]]s frequently in evidence,<ref>Remarkably, Sir Humphrey was able to show Bernard Woolley how to disable the Prime Minister's BlackBerry.</ref> and even included a topical reference to a coalition agreement which Sir Humphrey had drafted (the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats having formed a [[coalition government]] in Britain in May 2010).<ref>Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn (2010) ''Yes, Prime Minister'' (the play) (Faber & Faber). In reality, during the negotiations that led to the coalition government in 2010, the two parties appear largely to have shunned support available to them from the civil service: see [[David Laws]] (2010) ''22 Days in May'' and Rob Wilson (2010) ''5 Days To Power'', who concluded that, "probably the influence of the civil service, including the Cabinet Secretary, in pushing the [parties] together to avoid a financial crisis has been overplayed".</ref> The plot was a little more provocative and ''risqué'' than most of those seen previously (including a debate about the ethics of procuring a twelve-year-old as a sexual partner for a visiting dignitary,<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 1, scene 2 (pages 36–40)</ref> a proposition which it is suggested might be [[Spin (public relations)\|spun]] in the national interest as a "euro-job")<ref>''Yes, Prime Minister'', act 2, scene 1 (page 61). The suggestion of "euro-job" was prompted by Hacker's objection to "Anglo-Kumranistan Liaison Project" as "a bit of a mouthful": ''ibid.''</ref> and included some stronger [[profanity\|expletives]] (reflecting perhaps their widely reported use among [[New Labour]]'s hierarchy between 1997 and 2010).<ref>See, for example, Alastair Campbell (2007) ''The Blair Years''; Andrew Rawnsley (2010) ''The End of the Party''; Anthony Seldon & Guy Lodge (2010) ''Brown at 10''.</ref> There was also a higher element of traditional [[farce]].<ref>David Haig interviewed in ''Country Life'', 8 September 2010</ref>

	The play began a tour of the United Kingdom in February 2011, with [[Simon Williams (actor)\|Simon Williams]] as Sir Humphrey,~~{{citation needed\|date=August 2021}}~~ [[Richard McCabe]] as Jim Hacker,<ref>{{cite web\|title=- YPM TOUR West End and Tour casting release FINAL.pdf\|url=http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130220940/http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|archive-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> [[Chris Larkin]] as Bernard and [[Charlotte Lucas]] as Claire Sutton. It returned to the West End in July 2011 for a 10-week run at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, with Williams and McCabe reprising their roles. The play then went back on a tour of the United Kingdom before returning to the West End with a revised script. Further rewrites took place before the 2012 UK tour and subsequent Trafalgar Studios run, the crucial change having replaced references from underage to multiple partner sex.		The play began a tour of the United Kingdom in February 2011, with [[Simon Williams (actor)\|Simon Williams]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Richard McCabe]] as Jim Hacker,<ref>{{cite web\|title=- YPM TOUR West End and Tour casting release FINAL.pdf\|url=http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130220940/http://www.thecornershoppr.com/userfiles/files/YPM%20TOUR%20West%20End%20and%20Tour%20casting%20release%20FINAL.pdf\|archive-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> [[Chris Larkin]] as Bernard and [[Charlotte Lucas]] as Claire Sutton. It returned to the West End in July 2011 for a 10-week run at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, with Williams and McCabe reprising their roles. The play then went back on a tour of the United Kingdom before returning to the West End with a revised script. Further rewrites took place before the 2012 UK tour and subsequent Trafalgar Studios run, the crucial change having replaced references from underage to multiple partner sex.

	Reflecting in 2011 on the sustained topicality of ''Yes, Minister/Prime Minister'', Jonathan Lynn noted that, since the opening of the stage show in Chichester, "all we've added is a couple of jokes about [telephone] [[News International phone hacking scandal\|hacking]] and an extra joke about the [[European sovereign debt crisis\|Greeks]] [subject at the time to a debt crisis]." He added that the original episodes were written about a year before transmission – "satirical comedy doesn't change" – and that "writing in 1986, we found the same headlines in 1956".<ref>''Sunday Times Culture'', 14 August 2011</ref>		Reflecting in 2011 on the sustained topicality of ''Yes, Minister/Prime Minister'', Jonathan Lynn noted that, since the opening of the stage show in Chichester, "all we've added is a couple of jokes about [telephone] [[News International phone hacking scandal\|hacking]] and an extra joke about the [[European sovereign debt crisis\|Greeks]] [subject at the time to a debt crisis]." He added that the original episodes were written about a year before transmission – "satirical comedy doesn't change" – and that "writing in 1986, we found the same headlines in 1956".<ref>''Sunday Times Culture'', 14 August 2011</ref>