Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)
British television sitcom (2013)
Yes, Prime Minister is a British political satire sitcom from 2013, written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. The series is a revival of the sitcom Yes Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister, which ran from 1986 to 1988. It stars David Haig as Prime Minister Jim Hacker, Henry Goodman as Sir Humphrey, Chris Larkin as Bernard Woolley, and Zoe Telford as Claire Sutton. The revived series was based on a 2010 stage production, which was also written by Jay and Lynn.
Plot
Set in Chequers in 2013, the revived series sees Prime Minister Jim Hacker now leading a coalition government. Hacker must use all his wits to deal with economic downturn, his coalition partners having a leadership crisis, and the growing tensions involving Scottish independence.
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Jim Hacker
Jim Hacker (David Haig), formerly the Minister for the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs, became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the special Yes Minister episode "Party Games". Hacker is prone to potentially embarrassing blunders, and is a frequent target of criticism from the press. However, he is also shown to be relatively politically savvy, and he slowly becomes more aware of his conniving Cabinet Secretary Sir Humphrey's real agenda. Haig's portrayal was more manic than Paul Eddington's had been.
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