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Paperback edition of the best-selling collection of the funniest sketches, anecdotes, interviews, lists of interesting facts, character and actor profiles, and personal recollections from the timeless comedy series. This brilliantly funny little book includes lists of interesting and little-known facts about the series, Sir Humphrey s finest obfuscations, Jim Hacker s speeches, the service s best acronyms, famous fans and their reflections, profiles and obituaries of the characters and the actors who played them, the Department for Administrative Affairs guide to using creative inertia , important dates, classic scenes, the entire legendary Margaret Thatcher sketch, and interviews with those in the know . This is the perfect Christmas gift for fans of British comedy.
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Jonathan Lynn s prolific career spans more than four decades as a director, screenwriter, producer, actor and novelist. Sir Antony Jay has enjoyed a distinguished career as a writer, broadcaster and producer.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For any fan of the 5 series, this book is a little gem - the perfect book to dip into frequently. It picks up some of the programme's most brilliant writing (eg Sir Humphrey's extended speeches or Bernard's excessive pedantry or tactics for stalling ministers).
It can never replace the DVDs (The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - Collector's Box Set [DVD]) of course, because the programmes form a unique synergy between writers, actors and directors - eg you can't read Sir Humphrey without hearing the wonderfully smooth and unruffled (mostly) intonation of Nigel Hawthorne. And it is a simple way in to the wonderful printed 'diaries' (The Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon.James Hacker).
But it is a treat nevertheless - not least because of the retrospective introduction written in 2009 by original writers, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
It can never replace the DVDs (The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister - Collector's Box Set [DVD]) of course, because the programmes form a unique synergy between writers, actors and directors - eg you can't read Sir Humphrey without hearing the wonderfully smooth and unruffled (mostly) intonation of Nigel Hawthorne. And it is a simple way in to the wonderful printed 'diaries' (The Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon.James Hacker).
But it is a treat nevertheless - not least because of the retrospective introduction written in 2009 by original writers, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great little book full of humour of the corridors of power - but then I'm a fan of the series.
Format:Paperback
Good postal service, book includes interesting facts from series, full script of Mrs T's sketch, and lot of quotes from all the programes, still relevant today!
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