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If you aspire to be a politician and want to get to the top, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are the perfect guides. They go into great detail of just how to keep the status quo, appear to be very active whilst doing nothing and keeping any change from ever happening. These DVDs are obviously being used by the present government who follow them to a tee. You can hear it in everything they say and everything they (don't) do. So they are highly recommended for all politicians.
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I had never watched YES MINISTER and one day when driving home I heard one small part of one episode on the radio. I was frankly blessed by about the most clever comedic dialogue I had ever heard. I rented the first disc that day and watched it right through - sheer brilliance. Right out of the gate, the characters were fully resolved, with all the subtleties and nuances you'd expect from a long-running show. Well, the rest is history as they say - I purchased the entire series and enjoy every second of it. by the way, there is an Australian show, called "GRASS ROOTS" that is comparable - set in local government, it contains all the machinations and comedy of errors, of Yes Minister, but with a local, small town flavour.
Great box set well worth purchasing every episode full of laughs, the worrying thing is that this is probably how the government is really run.
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The complete series of "Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister", more than five years of top quality television, is presented in this complete, 5 DVDs set. Clever scripts, biting yet accurate views on British politics (or politics in general !) virtuoso acting from Nigel Hawthorne's impossible long sentences to Dereck Fowld's one-liners right on cue... This is a unique gem, that stood the test of time so well that every episode provides situation that could happen today - quite remarkable for a show from the mid-80s ! Highly recommended for anyone looking for more than slapping doors and boyfriends/girlfiends mixups.
It is surprising how a comedy programme about politics, made many years ago, can still be so relevant today, with subjects including Europe, austerity cuts, the NHS, education etc. etc. Superb examples of history repeating itself, told by a team of well known, and excellent, actors, some now, unfortunately, no longer with us. The comedy interaction and timing is second to none, only enhanced by the very expressive facial reactions. It is a series of programmes I never grow tired of watching.
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