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A Question of Loyalty

Yes Minister Series 2
Episode 4 of 8

With a war on waste at the Civil Service, what does Jim Hacker think? Adapted from 麻豆社 TV with Paul Eddington. From 1984.

With a war on waste at the Civil Service - what does MP Jim Hacker think?

Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.

Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.

Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn

It first ran on 麻豆社 TV between 1980 and 1984.

Jim Hacker 鈥�. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby 鈥�. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley 鈥�. Derek Fowlds
Betty Oldham, MP 鈥�. Judy Parfitt
Sir Mark Spencer 鈥�. Nigel Stock
Peter 鈥�. William Hope
Gillian 鈥�. Helena Breck
The Committee Chairman 鈥�. John Strickland
The PM 鈥�. Arnold Diamond

Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in October 1984.

30 minutes

Last on

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