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The Devil You Know

Yes Minister Series 1
Episode 8 of 8

Rumours of a cabinet reshuffle unsettle Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey. Stars Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. From 1983.

Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle both MP Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Antony Jay and Jonathan鈥檚 Lynn satirical sitcom ran on 麻豆社 TV between 1980 and 1984.

Yes Minister is centred around the hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Jim Hacker 鈥�. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby 鈥�. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard 鈥�. Derek Fowlds
Annie 鈥�. Diana Hoddinott
Sir Arnold 鈥�. John Nettleton
George 鈥�. Arthur Cox
Waiter 鈥�. Stuart Organ

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1983.

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