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You are in: Yes, Prime Minister - The Complete Series 1 [1986]
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: DVD
Brand: BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING
EAN: 5014503136529
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitles For The Hearing ImpairedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: October 04, 2025
Running Time: 240 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's superb sitcom Yes, Prime Minister entered 10 Downing Street with Jim Hacker now Prime Minister of Britain, following a campaign to "Save the British Sausage". Whether tackling defence ("The Grand Design"), local government ("Power to the People") or the National Education Service, all of Jim Hacker's bold plans for reform generally come to nothing, thanks to the machinations of Nigel Hawthorne's complacent Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey (Jeeves to Hacker's Wooster) who opposes any action of any sort on the part of the PM altogether. This is usually achieved by discreet horse-trading. In "One of Us", for instance, Hacker relents from implementing defence cuts when he is presented with the embarrassingly large bill he ran up in a vote-catching mission to rescue a stray dog on an army firing range. Only in "The Tangled Web", the final episode of Series 2, does the PM at last turn the tables on Sir Humphrey. Paul Eddington is a joy as Hacker, whether in mock-Churchillian mode or visibly cowering whenever he is congratulated on a "courageous" idea. Jay and Lynn's script, meanwhile, is a dazzlingly Byzantine exercise in wordplay, wittily reflecting the verbiage-to-substance ratio of politics. Ironically, Yes, Prime Minister is an accurate depiction of practically all political eras except its own, the 1980s, when Thatcher successfully carried out a radical programme regardless of harrumphing senior civil servants. --David Stubbs
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Just human behaviour at its best. To enjoy with friends and pizza. It's true the double sided dvd doesnt make sense and requires extra care to avoid damages, but unless you bought this set at full price, I think the value justifies the problems.
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In this first series we are introduced to the PM who has risen to power by what must have been either accident or by having a mass of conservatives in the back. Hacker has grand plans, which are continously thwarted by the industrious civil servant Humphrey. Some times he wins, other times he has the civil service on the run. This back-and-forth struggle for influence makes for great parody; an image of how we all think politicians are, yet should strive not to be.
The magnificent trio ... Read More
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By this point, the writers Jay and Lynn had concocted a well oiled comedy machine, and the move to number 10 added a new dimension to an already classic sitcom. Eddington, Hawthorne and Fowlds had now perfected their respective roles to a tee, delivering a masterclass of comic timing and making it a joy to watch from first to last. But, the point of interest is again Hackers progession from desperate,inexperienced minister into relatively experienced PM, on a much more equal footing with Sir Humphrey ... Read More
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I'm glad that the DVD is double-sided - since I rented this through Amazon's scheme, I only had to pay for one DVD rather than two. So there are some advantages!
This could not be made today. Political comedy never had it so good - this was before the Thatcher revolution made comedy writers (such as Andy Hamilton and Armando Iannucci) indignant and prey to overt politicisation in sitcoms (e.g. The New Statesman, Drop The Dead Donkey). Thankfully, although the series deals with familiar ... Read More
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Yes Prime Minister is as great and funny as ever it was, but, rather than issue the series on two standard single-sided disks the cheapskate skinflints at the BBC have seen fit to release this as one double-sided disk - just right for getting scratches and finger prints all over it.
The disks themselves cost pennies to make, yet there's no noticeable reduction in price of this DVD compared to other BBC DVDs. I think we're being short-changed (especially since British viewers have already paid for ... Read More