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Title details for Yes Minister by Antony Jay - Available

Yes Minister

Volume 1

by Antony Jay
Jonathan Lynn
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Four episodes of machinations and manipulation from the classic BBC political satire. In 'The Compassionate Society', MP James Hacker visits the best-run hospital in the region. Who needs patients? 'The Greasy Pole' sees Hacker learning the difficulty of keeping one's hands clean while climbing the greasy pole. His problems begin when he must decide whether to approve metadioxin emissions. Toxic waste is such a tricky business! In 'The Skeleton in the Cupboard', the government is due to lose £40 million due to a mistake made thirty years ago. Who could have made such a howler? And in 'A Question of Loyalty', allegations of excessive government waste send the office of MP James Hacker into a frenzy. Sir Humphrey has an answer for everything but, in a clever twist, Hacker decides it's time civil servants were both 'civil' and 'servants'.

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  • Release date

    October 16, 2008

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781408424186
      • File size: 52373 KB
      • Duration: 01:49:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The Rt. Hon. James Hacker, PC, MP, BSc (Econ), and Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby lock horns over who is really the power behind the throne: elected officials who come and go at the whim of the electorate or their tenured and everlasting civil servant staff. A cast of fine actors from London's West End crackle briskly through eight short vignettes of very British political satire. Topical in the extreme, some of the jokes may escape all but the most devoted Anglophiles; weekly study of The Economist would help to fill in the gaps. Still the themes are universal and present highbrow humor at its best. F.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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