Yes Minister

Yes Minister1980

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Yes Minister is a political satire British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Split over three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC Two from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, lasted 17 episodes and ran from 1… more »



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James Hacker:
How am I going to explain the missing documents to "The Mail"?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Well, this is what we normally do in circumstnces like these.

James Hacker:
[reads memo] This file contains the complete set of papers, except for a number of secret documents, a few others which are part of still active files, some correspondence lost in the floods of 1967...

James Hacker:
Was 1967 a particularly bad winter?

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
No, a marvellous winter. We lost no end of embarrassing files.

James Hacker:
[reads] Some records which went astray in the move to London and others when the War Office was incorporated in the Ministry of Defence, and the normal withdrawal of papers whose publication could give grounds for an action for libel or breach of confidence or cause embarrassment to friendly governments.

James Hacker:
That's pretty comprehensive. How many does that normally leave for them to look at?

James Hacker:
How many does it actually leave? About a hundred?... Fifty?... Ten?... Five?... Four?... Three?... Two?... One?... *Zero?*

Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Yes, Minister.

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