"Jim Hacker James George Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington, KG, PC, BSc (Lond.), Hon. DCL (Oxon.) is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom ""Yes Minister"" and its sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". He is the Minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs, and later the Prime Minister. He was portrayed by Paul Eddington in the original show; in the 2013 revival he was portrayed by David Haig. Hacker was an academic political researcher, polytechnic lecturer, and editor of a newspaper, ""Reform"", and entered Parliament circa 1961. He continued with at least some of these jobs while holding the"
"that led to a new television series on Gold in 2013. Set principally in the private office of a British Cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, ""Yes Minister"" follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact policy or effect departmental changes are opposed by the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Sir Nigel Hawthorne. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, played by Derek Fowlds, is usually caught between the two. The sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"", continued with the"
"grew further when he played the title role of Jim Hacker in the comedy series ""Yes Minister"" (first screened in 1980) and ""Yes, Prime Minister"" (1986–88) – said to have been former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's favourite TV programme. He was shortlisted four times for the BAFTA award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for the series, but he lost out to his co-star Nigel Hawthorne on each occasion. During 1987 Eddington appeared as Sir Joseph Porter in ""H.M.S. Pinafore"" in Australia. His last roles included Guy Wheeler, a corrupt property developer in the ""Minder"" episode ""The Wrong Goodbye"" (1989); as"
"Minister in an episode broadcast in 1985 (but according to the book adaptation, set in 1984). ""Yes, Prime Minister"" follows on from this, with Hacker and Sir Humphrey raised to the highest levels in British government: Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary respectively. Bernard remains Hacker's principal private secretary throughout. An obituary for Hacker, written by his creators, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, appears in ""Politico's Book of the Dead"". The entry gives Hacker the same dates of birth and death as Paul Eddington, the actor who portrayed him. (These dates make Hacker 53 at the time of broadcast of the"
"Minister, dovetailing into the sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". This ran originally for two series, each of eight episodes, from 1986 to 1988. There was a further six-part series, with a new cast, in 2013. In January 2013, a new series of ""Yes, Prime Minister"" was launched on the Gold television channel. Jim Hacker is now portrayed as heading a coalition government, while dealing with an economic downturn, his coalition partner having a leadership crisis, and Scottish independence. Like the stage play, on which it was broadly based, it is set at Chequers. Filming took place in September 2012. Both David"
"Paul Eddington Paul Clark Eddington, (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor known for his appearances in the popular television sitcoms ""The Good Life"" and ""Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister"". Eddington was born in St John's Wood in London to Albert Clark Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts). The family were Quakers, and Eddington was brought up by his parents with strict family values. He attended Sibford School, Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire. In 1952, he married Patricia (née Scott). Having registered as a conscientious objector, Eddington began his acting career as a teenager with Entertainments National Service Association"
"McCabe as Jim Hacker 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,"
"Annie Hacker Anne ""Annie"" Hacker, Lady Hacker of Islington is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom ""Yes Minister"" and its sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". She was portrayed by Diana Hoddinott. In ""Yes Minister"" Annie is the wife of Jim Hacker, Minister for Administrative Affairs, a cabinet post. In the last episode, ""Party Games"", her husband is appointed Prime Minister, and also plays the title role throughout ""Yes, Prime Minister"". She is mother to the couple's daughter, Lucy who is mentioned numerously throughout the series but only seen once. Although their daughter is of university age, Annie appears to"
"death eventually, but in the intervening four decades, Eddington and his immediate family kept his condition private. It only became public knowledge in 1994, when Eddington responded to press speculation about his darkening skin and hair loss. Eddington died in Southwark, London, on 4 November 1995. He was survived by Patricia, his wife of 43 years, their three sons and one daughter. Paul Eddington Paul Clark Eddington, (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor known for his appearances in the popular television sitcoms ""The Good Life"" and ""Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister"". Eddington was born in St"
"Bernard Woolley Sir Bernard Woolley, GCB, MA (Oxon) is one of the three main fictional characters of the 1980s British sitcom ""Yes Minister"" and its sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". He was portrayed originally by Derek Fowlds, with Chris Larkin taking on the part for the 2013 revival. He is the Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs (fictional governmental dept.), then Prime Minister, James ""Jim"" Hacker. However, his loyalties are split between his Minister and his Civil Service boss, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Whilst he is theoretically accountable to Hacker personally, it is Sir Humphrey who writes his performance"
"Hacker Ministry The Hacker Ministry is the fictional British governing administration of the Right Honourable James ""Jim"" Hacker, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as portrayed in the British sitcom, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". There is no reason to believe that the broadcast dates of the series (1980–1988) are meant to square with the actual dates Hacker took office as Minister or Prime Minister. There is, in fact, ample evidence to assume that while the two series were broadcast over a period of nine years, that the events the series chronicled took place over a considerably shorter period of time; episodes"
"with her husband's political aspirations is seen in the pilot episode and throughout the series. She also laments the lack of privacy she and her husband experience (especially when Jim assumes the Premiership). Contrastingly, she is also played as a sympathetic character, especially when her husband has been thwarted by the Civil Service apparatus, for example in ""The Whisky Priest"". Annie Hacker Anne ""Annie"" Hacker, Lady Hacker of Islington is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom ""Yes Minister"" and its sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". She was portrayed by Diana Hoddinott. In ""Yes Minister"" Annie is the wife of"
"Power to the People (Yes, Prime Minister) ""Power to the People"" is the thirteenth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 7 January 1988. Not for the first time, Jim Hacker is experiencing problems with local government. He bemoans the fact that councillors are elected by 25% of the population, who base their choice on the performance of the national government, and, once installed, spend four years on a ""subsidised ego trip"". During this time, the Prime Minister argues, everything they do is counterproductive and he gets the blame for it. One such local"
"be a good deal younger than her husband (and actress Diana Hoddinott was almost 20 years younger than Paul Eddington, who portrayed Jim Hacker). Very little is known about Annie and little is divulged about her life, being a secondary character. There are mentions throughout ""Yes, Prime Minister"" of Annie's charity work which is infringed upon when her charity doesn't have the money to host a Christmas event and is told by the members: 'It's not our fault, Mrs Hacker; tell your husband'. Annie is often portrayed as the frustrated wife of a politician, whose exasperation (and often suppressed amusement)"
"the role of Prime Minister Jim Hacker for one week as he navigates through meetings with Sir Humphrey, Bernard Woolley and other government officials, making decisions about seemingly minor government policies which regardless have an effect on the PM's approval rating by the end of the week. The show has been remade several times, albeit sometimes unofficially. The title of the Portuguese remake, ""Sim, Sr. Ministro"" (from 1996), is a direct translation of the original's title. ""Ji, Mantriji"" (2001) was the remake in Hindi (with the BBC's permission) by STAR Plus, Rupert Murdoch's Indian satellite TV channel. Both Sir Humphrey"
"The Grand Design (Yes, Prime Minister) ""The Grand Design"" is the first episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"", first broadcast 9 January 1986. It follows on directly from the ""Yes Minister"" Christmas special, ""Party Games"". It is a classic satire on Cold War era nuclear policy, with quotations from this episode appearing in sources ranging from books on the Cold War and collections of political quotations, to an exhibit in the National Cold War Exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford. Jim Hacker has recently become Prime Minister. With several of his officials, Sir Humphrey Appleby"
"the 2000s and beyond. Power to the People (Yes, Prime Minister) ""Power to the People"" is the thirteenth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 7 January 1988. Not for the first time, Jim Hacker is experiencing problems with local government. He bemoans the fact that councillors are elected by 25% of the population, who base their choice on the performance of the national government, and, once installed, spend four years on a ""subsidised ego trip"". During this time, the Prime Minister argues, everything they do is counterproductive and he gets the blame for"
"Open Government (Yes Minister) ""Open Government"" is the first episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes Minister"", first broadcast 25 February 1980. In this episode, the final """"Yes Minister"""" is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby. The episode begins with a short pre-title sequence showing Jim Hacker being re-elected as MP for his constituency at the general election. However, his party is now no longer in opposition and the next day he is at home with his wife, Annie, awaiting a phone call from the Prime Minister. He eventually learns that, having previously been the Shadow Minister for Agriculture, he has"
"(provided it is not examined too closely). He also recommends that MPs should be graded in line with civil servants, so that every time the latter get an increase, the former would as well. He suggests that Hacker be equivalent to a Permanent Secretary, causing the PM to remark that they are indeed a partnership. A Real Partnership “A Real Partnership” is the fifth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 6 February 1986. Jim Hacker goes back to his apartment above 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting that has not gone well."
"Yes Minister 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 1986 to 1988. All but one of the episodes lasted half an hour, and almost all ended with a variation of the title of the series spoken as the answer to a question posed by Minister (later, Prime Minister) Jim Hacker. Several episodes were adapted for BBC Radio; the series also spawned a 2010 stage play"
"restricted. During the Second Wilson Ministry, on occasions then Cabinet Secretary Sir John Hunt (whose tenure in office was an inspiration for the character of Sir Humphrey Appleby) was periodically refused immediate access to Downing Street by the Prime Minister's adviser Bernard Donoughue, who relished taunting Hunt, who was one of the more powerful cabinet secretaries, with this ability to refuse access. The Key (Yes, Prime Minister) “The Key” is the fourth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 30 January 1986. Jim Hacker is in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street and"
"episodes and includes Ben Hurley, Josh Thomson, Steve Wrigley, Jeremy Elwood, Urzila Carlson, Jesse Grffin, Madeleine Sami, Michele A'Court, Cal Wilson, Claire Hooper, Heath Franklin (as Chopper), James Acaster, Joseph Moore, Jesse Mulligan, Peter Helliar and Jay-jay Feeney. Occasionally a special edition of 7 Days screens, breaking out of the shows traditional format. Examples of such specials are: In addition, there are several ""road"" episodes where the show has been taken outside the Auckland studio to other centres on New Zealand, including Christchurch (2011 and 2012) and Queenstown (2012). Nearly all of these episodes feature the game 'Yes Minister' with"
"criticising Hacker, instead expressing his gratitude for such a grant at a time of ""national stringency"". He then proposes a toast to the Patron of the Arts, the Prime Minister. The Patron of the Arts ""The Patron of the Arts"" is the fourteenth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 14 January 1988. Jim Hacker is in a quandary. Upon the recommendation of his Press Secretary, Bill Pritchard, he has accepted an invitation as guest of honour at the annual British Theatre Awards dinner. However, the size of next year's grant to the Arts"
"as Rudyard Kipling, with Daniel Radcliffe playing Kipling's son, John. In 2008, he appeared in the BBC film ""Dustbin Baby"" and ""The 39 Steps"". He also appeared in the ""Midsomer Murders"" episode ""The Glitch"". In 2009 he appeared as Steve Fleming in BBC TV's ""The Thick of It"" and as Jon, husband to former MP Mo Mowlam in the drama ""Mo"" opposite Julie Walters. Also in 2009, he appeared in two episodes as the headmaster of Portwenn Primary School, Mr Straine on ITV comedy drama Doc Martin. In January 2013 Haig started appearing as Jim Hacker in a re-make of"
"Complete Yes, Prime Minister"" book version, this episode was rearranged to be the last chapter. In the book, the final exchange scene between Humphrey and Hacker was depicted as Hacker's final acknowledgement of defeat and admission that he ultimately could never prevail against the Civil Service despite scoring some victories here and there. The National Education Service ""The National Education Service"" is the fifteenth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes, Prime Minister"" and was first broadcast 21 January 1988. Jim Hacker meets with the government Chief Whip and Party Chairman. They are both concerned at the lack of progress"
"agrees. The phone rings, and Sir Humphrey answers it. Hacker is agitated and wants to know if he has finally climbed the greasy pole. The Cabinet Secretary replies, ""Yes, Prime Minister."" Hacker then places his hand into his suit, imitating Napoleon. Party Games (Yes Minister) ""Party Games"" is the twenty-second and final episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes Minister"". A one-hour Christmas special that was first broadcast 17 December 1984, its events lead into the sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". The episode was shown again at Christmas 1990, shortly after the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Hacker’s denials of interest in"
"Humphrey knew all along), and since this now contradicts Hacker's aspirations for more transparency, his commitment to the policy is quietly forgotten. Open Government (Yes Minister) ""Open Government"" is the first episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes Minister"", first broadcast 25 February 1980. In this episode, the final """"Yes Minister"""" is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby. The episode begins with a short pre-title sequence showing Jim Hacker being re-elected as MP for his constituency at the general election. However, his party is now no longer in opposition and the next day he is at home with his wife, Annie,"
"Party Games (Yes Minister) ""Party Games"" is the twenty-second and final episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes Minister"". A one-hour Christmas special that was first broadcast 17 December 1984, its events lead into the sequel, ""Yes, Prime Minister"". The episode was shown again at Christmas 1990, shortly after the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Hacker’s denials of interest in the party leadership were similar to those made by Michael Heseltine some six years later. Christmas is approaching, and Jim Hacker has two things on his mind. The first is a mountain of Christmas cards, which await various versions of his"
"used by the city farm, which he suggests could be renamed ""The James Hacker Cuddly Animal Sanctuary"". The Quality of Life (Yes Minister) ""The Quality of Life"" is the thirteenth episode of the BBC comedy series ""Yes Minister"" and was first broadcast 30 March 1981. Sir Humphrey Appleby is waiting to see Jim Hacker and is joined by his old friend Sir Desmond Glazebrook, the Chairman of Bartlett's Bank, who also wishes to speak with the Minister. He wants his approval for six floors to be added to the bank's international headquarters, making 44 storeys in total. However, Hacker has"
"Lord Lezham; and ""Ladies in Lavender"" (2004), as BBC Announcer. He played W. S. Gilbert in the 1983 film ""The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan"", in which Gilbert and Sullivan reunite to watch a performance of their greatest songs at the Royal Albert Hall. Peter Cellier Peter Cellier (born 12 July 1928) is an English actor who has appeared in film, stage and television. He is known for his role as Sir Frank Gordon in ""Yes Minister"" and then ""Yes, Prime Minister"" in the 1980s. Cellier was born in Hendon, Middlesex into a family of actors including his father Frank"
"and Jim Hacker are portrayed there by the actors who dubbed them for the original. Not My Department was a Canadian television sitcom, explicitly modelled on ""Yes Minister"", airing on CBC Television in 1987. The Israeli sitcom ""Polishook"", also modelled on ""Yes Minister"", aired for two seasons on Channel 2's Keshet Broadcasting. A Dutch remake had been made by S&V Fiction for VPRO, lasting 11 episodes, called ""Sorry Minister"". In the Dutch version, Sir Humphrey is a woman and Bernard is a Moroccan called Mohammed. In 2005, BBC Four launched ""The Thick of It"", described by director Armando Iannucci as"
"the part of Sir Humphrey in the 2010 stage production of ""Yes, Prime Minister"". Humphrey, a cat employed as the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street from 1989 to 1997, was named after Sir Humphrey. Humphrey Appleby Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon), is a fictional character from the British television series ""Yes Minister"" and ""Yes Prime Minister"". He was played originally by Sir Nigel Hawthorne, both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by Henry Goodman in a new series of ""Yes, Prime Minister"". In ""Yes Minister"", he is"
"Henry Goodman Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained English actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre. He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, in 1969. Goodman has had an extensive acting career that includes a wide range of roles in theatre, on television and radio. He has won numerous awards for his theatre work. In 2013 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the remake of ""Yes, Prime Minister"" which was launched on the Gold television channel. Goodman"