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Overview

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
25 February 1980 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
James Hacker is the British Minister for Administrative Affairs. He tries to do something and cut government waste... more
Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Nigel Hawthorne Dies At 72
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 December 2001)

User Comments:
Clever and hilarious portray of political corruption more

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 22)
Paul Eddington ... James Hacker (22 episodes, 1980-1984)
Nigel Hawthorne ... Sir Humphrey Appleby (22 episodes, 1980-1984)
Derek Fowlds ... Bernard Woolley (22 episodes, 1980-1984)
Diana Hoddinott ... Annie Hacker (10 episodes, 1980-1984)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (21 episodes) | 60 min (1 episode)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Finland:K-3 (2001) | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

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Trivia:
The role of James Hacker was written with Paul Eddington in mind. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the train sequence in "The Official Visit", a close-up shows that the warning notice on the wall is written in gibberish. more
Quotes:
[talking on the phone about the arrangements for an international conference]
Bernard Woolley: Have the countries in alphabetical order? Oh no, we can't do that, we'd put Iraq next to Iran.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Clever and hilarious portray of political corruption, 23 July 1999
Author: Rosabel from Ottawa, Canada

This British series has been a perennial favourite in Canada, where I saw it, due no doubt to the similar Parliamentary form of government. Nigel Hawthorne, as the consummate slippery civil servant, is wonderful, a perfect foil for the politician on the make played by Paul Eddington. On of my favorite exchanges involved the Minister berating his Permanent Secretary for some particularly cynical manipulation: "If you believe that, Humphrey, then when you die, you will go to Hell." A suitably awful pause, then Humphrey smoothly replies, "Ah, Church of England question." There never really were any heroes in this series - everyone had a price. The writers' message seemed to be that contact with politics would always involve touching pitch, and in the words of Falstaff, "this pitch, as ancient authors do report, doth defile." But the wit and cleverness of this series could make even corruption something to laugh at.

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