Review of Yes Minister

The funniest "sophisticated" comedy series ever made, and incredibly just two people wrote all fifty of these amazingly intricate & hilariously witty scripts. The show follows Jim Hacker as he takes office in the British government as Cabinet Minister of Administrative Affairs, and the constant battles of will he faces with the wily departmental civil servant Humphrey Appleby. Caught in the middle is personal secretary to the minister Bernard Wooley, who wants to support the minister and his ideas for change, but also must answer to his superior Appleby and his dogma that the civil service keep the status quo. Press leaks, backstabbing, brown envelopes, and every ploy you read about in politics goes on behind the scenes as each side tries to get their way. The carefully constructed complex stories are all flawless, and we laugh at the machinations at work while at the same time realize there are many satirical truths on display about how real governments operate. The follow-up series Yes, Prime Minister where Hacker gets elected as England's top dog is in every way as brilliantly written & acted. If you have any interest in politics, or are a fan of skilled verbal comedy like Gilmore Girls & The Big Bang Theory and stayed awake during one civics/government class, then don't miss out.