Yes, Minister

Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms that were transmitted by the BBC between 1980 and 1988. The setting was, at first, the private office of a government minister and, in the sequel, 10 Downing Street. All 38 episodes were written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn and all but one are 30 minutes in length.

Episode list

Thirty-eight episodes were made in total, running from 1980 to 1988. The dates listed are when a particular episode first aired on the BBC.

Related Topics:
1980 - 1988 - BBC

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Yes, Minister

Series One

• Open Government (February 25, 1980)
• The Official Visit (March 3, 1980)
• The Economy Drive (March 10, 1980)
• Big Brother (March 17, 1980)
• The Writing on the Wall (March 24, 1980)
• The Right to Know (March 31, 1980)
• Jobs For the Boys (April 7, 1980)

Series Two

• The Compassionate Society (February 23, 1981)
• Doing the Honours (March 2, 1981)
• The Death List (March 9, 1981)
• The Greasy Pole (March 16, 1981)
• The Devil You Know (March 23, 1981)
• The Quality of Life (March 30, 1981)
• A Question of Loyalty (April 6, 1981)

Series Three

• Equal Opportunities (November 11, 1982)
• The Challenge (November 18, 1982)
• The Skeleton in the Cupboard (November 25, 1982)
• The Moral Dimension (December 2, 1982)
• The Bed of Nails (December 9, 1982)
• The Whisky Priest (December 16, 1982)
• The Middle-Class Rip-Off (December 23, 1982)

Special

• Party Games (December 17, 1984)

:A one-hour Christmas Special, dealing with Hacker's transition to being Prime Minister

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Yes, Prime Minister

Series One

• The Grand Design (January 9, 1986)
• The Ministerial Broadcast (January 16, 1986)
• The Smokescreen (January 23, 1986)
• The Key (January 30, 1986)
• A Real Partnership (February 6, 1986)
• A Victory for Democracy (February 13, 1986)
• The Bishop's Gambit (February 20, 1986)
• One of Us (February 27, 1986)

Series Two

• Man Overboard (December 3, 1987)
• Official Secrets (December 10, 1987)
• A Diplomatic Incident (December 17, 1987)
• A Conflict of Interest (December 31, 1987)
• Power to the People (January 7, 1988)
• The Patron to the Arts (January 14, 1988)
• The National Education Service (January 21, 1988)
• The Tangled Web (January 28, 1988)