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A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister: The Inside Story of Yes Minister

A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister: The Inside Story of Yes Minister

          
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The behind-the-scenes storyÃ? of one of the most successful and admired sitcoms of the 1980s

In 1977 the BBC commissionedÃ? a new satiricalÃ? sitcom set in Whitehall. Production ofÃ? its firstÃ? series was stalled, however, by theÃ? death throesÃ? ofÃ? Jim Callaghan's Labour government andÃ? the 'Winter of Discontent';Ã? AuntieÃ? being unwilling to broadcast such an overtly politicalÃ? comedy until after the general electionÃ? of 1979.

That Yes Minister should have been delayed by theÃ? veryÃ? events that helped bring Margaret Thatcher to power is, perhaps, fitting. OverÃ? three series from 1980 - and two more as Yes, Prime Minister until 1988 -Ã? theÃ? showÃ? mercilesslyÃ? lampoonedÃ? theÃ? vanity, self-interest and incompetenceÃ? of our so-called public servants, makingÃ? itsÃ? hapless minister Jim Hacker andÃ? his scheming Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey two of the most memorableÃ? characters British comedy has ever produced. The new prime minister professed it her favouriteÃ? television programme - a 'textbook' on the StateÃ? in inactionÃ? - and millions of British viewers agreed.Ã?

In the years sinceÃ? Yes MinisterÃ? hasÃ? become aÃ? national treasure: SirÃ? Humphrey'sÃ? slippery circumlocutionsÃ? haveÃ? enteredÃ? the lexicon, Ã? regularly quoted by political commentators, andÃ? the series'Ã? cynical vision ofÃ? government seems as credible now as it did thirty years ago.

Much of this success can be credited to its writers, Antony JayÃ? and Jonathan Lynn, whoÃ? drew on their contacts in Westminster toÃ? reworkÃ? genuine political folly as situation comedy. StorylinesÃ? thatÃ? seemed absurdÃ? to theÃ? public were often rooted inÃ? actual events -Ã? so much so that theyÃ? occasionally attracted theÃ? scrutiny of Whitehall mandarins.Ã? Ã?

In A Very Courageous Decision acclaimed entertainment historian Graham McCannÃ? goes in searchÃ? ofÃ? theÃ? real political fiascosÃ? that inspired Yes Minister.Ã? Drawing on fresh interviews with cast, crew, politiciansÃ? andÃ? admirers, heÃ? reveals howÃ? a subversive satire captured theÃ? mood of its time to become one of theÃ? most cherished sitcomsÃ? of Thatcher's Britain.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781781311899
  • Publisher: Aurum Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Aurum Press
  • Depth: 32
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Weight: 702 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1781311897
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 376
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: The Inside Story of Yes Minister
  • Width: 159 mm


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