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Yes, Prime Minister
Why this pick
The direct continuation sharpens the same immaculate verbal sparring, institutional absurdity, and Hacker–Sir Humphrey power games on a larger political stage.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES1980 0h 30m / episode GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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The Thick of It
Why this pick
A fiercer, profane modern descendant of Yes Minister: political survival hinges on bureaucratic manoeuvring, spin, and brilliantly escalating dialogue.
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The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Why this pick
Its measured British institutional satire and superbly controlled verbal duels should appeal, though it trades Whitehall comedy for a more serious political-legal drama.
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The Hollowmen
Why this pick
This Australian political comedy shares the pleasure of watching capable public servants turn every apparent policy decision into an exquisitely rationalised stalemate.
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Spin
Why this pick
A sleek French political drama built around strategy, competing loyalties, and the gap between public language and private calculation rather than broad political caricature.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
This is the story of the endless battles between the Government in the form of Jim Hacker, a brand new Cabinet Minister and the Civil Service of his department run by Sir Humphrey Appleby. Stuck in the middle of it all is civil servant Bernard Woolley.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
Paul Eddington
James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
Neil Fitzwiliam
Frank Weisel
Arthur Cox
George - Jim's Driver
John Savident
Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart