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Theater Review: 'Yes, Prime Minister'

hoflerbj wrote 4 days ago: David Mamet’s trifle “November” suddenly looks like a political classic compared to Antony Jay and J … more →

Tags: Reviews, Jonathan Lynn, Prime minister, Yes

“Yes Prime Minister” ,Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

garylongden wrote 1 month ago: “Yes, Minister” is a rarity, a television catchphrase which entered into popular parlance. A code, i … more →

Tags: Behind the Arras Reviews, bernard wooley, crispin redman, Derek Fowlds, Indra Ové, Jim Hacker, Jonathan Lynn, michael fenton stevens, Michael Matus

Satirically Correct

williamstafford wrote 1 month ago: YES, PRIME MINISTER Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Tuesday 7th May, 2013 Writers Antony Jay and Jonat … more →

Tags: Theatre Review, Review, Grand Theatre Wolverhampton, Simon Higlett, Yes Prme Minister, crispin redman, Michael Matus, michael fenton stevens, Jonathan Lynn

Listening to the Question20 comments

Clanmother wrote 3 months ago: “We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.”  Max De Pre … more →

Tags: Bono, Listening, max de pree

Best training for leadership

isdilearning wrote 4 months ago: The only training for leadership is leadership.    Antony Jay … more →

Tags: Training, Quotations, Leadership, Personal, leadership

"The Ship of State is the Only Ship that Leaks from the Top", or Why "Yes (Prime) Minister" is the Greatest Political Show Ever!1 comment

Polevaulter Donkeyman wrote 10 months ago: Thanks to Brian Doherty at Reason, Wired on the US government’s mounting campaign against leak … more →

Tags: BBC, Yes Minister, Jonathan Lynn, Jim Hacker, Humphrey Appleby, Bernard Woolley, Paul Eddington, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne

Why Yes Minister is vastly superior to The West Wing

Polevaulter Donkeyman wrote 10 months ago: From the BBC Radio 4 Documentary of the Week of March 2, 2012 Wikipedia on Yes Minister and The West … more →

Tags: BBC, Yes Minister, yes prime minister, Comedy, The West Wing, Jonathan Lynn, Public Choice, Jim Hacker, Humphrey Appleby

Yes, Prime Minister - January 2012

sheilajtheatre wrote 1 year ago: 7/10 By Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn Directed by Jonathan Lynn and Tim Hoare Venue: Chichester Festi … more →

Tags: theatre, Comedy, 7/10, CFT, Jonathan Lynn, Tim Hoare

The Yes Minister Miscellany

Douglas wrote 1 year ago: I have been on a relative roll recently in terms of book reading. My third book of the year was fini … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, the yes minister miscellany, Jonathan Lynn, Television Series, Political satire

The view from the window.

Paul Handover wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps ancient man is still alive and well in all of us. Two delightful events have provided the fu … more →

Tags: Core thought, musings, dog lessons, Politics, History, technology, People, Science, Environment

Review - Yes, Prime Minister, Gielgud Theatre7 comments

Phil (a west end whinger) wrote 1 year ago: The Whingers can be notoriously fickle. After initial flickers of interest in seeing the Chichester … more →

Tags: West End Whingers, theatre, Review, West End, Entertainment, Gielgud Theatre, Comedy, Simon Higlett, Jonathan Lynn

Yes, Prime Minister, Richmond Theatre, June 2011

markronan wrote 2 years ago: In an interesting essay in the programme, based on his experience in government and the civil servic … more →

Tags: theatre, 2011, May-Aug, Review, richmond theatre, Theatre Review, Richard McCabe, Jonathan Lynn, Charlotte Lucas

Review: Yes, Prime Minister

theatrejunki wrote 2 years ago: During a year of political uncertainty and diversification, never more has one wanted so much to be … more →

Tags: current, Reviews, West End Theatre, Theatre Reviews, yes prime minister, Gielgud Theatre, Jonathan Lynn, David Haig, Henry Goodman

Theatre Review: Yes, Prime Minister

James Hare wrote 3 years ago: Yes, Prime Minister Run: 13 May – 5 June 2010 at the Chichester Festival Theatre Genre: Comedy … more →

Tags: Theatre Reviews, Comedy, James Hare, Henry Goodman, David Haig, Jonathan Lynn, Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Emily Joyce

Yes, Prime Minister - May 2010

sheilajtheatre wrote 3 years ago: 8/10 By Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn Directed by Jonathan Lynn Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre Da … more →

Tags: theatre, Comedy, 8/10, CFT, Jonathan Lynn, David Haig, premiere

Have an offal Christmas and a Wurst New Year1 comment

clatterbach wrote 3 years ago: “Have an offal christmas and a wurst new year” was the greeting in a christmas card sent … more →

Tags: ö.f., Off, eurosausage, EU, EEC, legislation, Jonathan Lynn, Yes Minister, yes prime minister


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