Yes, Prime Minister: The Patron of the Arts
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The Patron of the Arts
Season 2, Episode 6
Hacker is left with egg on his face when Sir Humphrey makes it known the Government plans to cut arts funding. Political comedy, starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds
Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Paul Eddington
(Actor)
.. Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
(Actor)
.. Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Bernard Woolley
Deborah Norton
(Actor)
.. Dorothy Wainwright
Diana Hoddinott
(Actor)
.. Annie Hacker
John Bird
(Actor)
.. Simon Monk
Anthony Carrick
(Actor)
.. Bill Pritchard
Jonathan Lynn
(Writer)
Antony Jay
(Writer)
Sydney Lotterby
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Paul Eddington
(Actor)
.. Jim Hacker
Born:
June 18, 1927
in
London
Best Known For:
Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister and The Good Life.
Early-life:
Born in London on June 18, 1927, Paul began his acting career with the Entertainments National Service Association during the Second World War. He went on to work for a repertory theatre company in Sheffield.
Career:
Made his TV debut in 1956 in The Adventures of Robin Hood. A variety of stage, film and TV roles followed in the 1960s and 1970s. His big break came in his late forties when he landed the role of Jerry Leadbetter in The Good Life, and in the 1980s he cemented his position as a household name playing politician Jim Hacker in the acclaimed sitcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. While making Yes, Prime Minister, Eddington was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer that eventually claimed his life. He continued to work and went on to appear in The Camomile Lawn in 1992. He died on November 4, 1995 at the age of 68.
Quote:
"A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be 'He did very little harm'."
Trivia:
He was awarded a CBE in 1987.
Nigel Hawthorne
(Actor)
.. Sir Humphrey Appleby
Born:
April 05, 1929
in
Coventry
Best Known For:
Playing Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Early-life:
Nigel Barnard Hawthorne was born in Coventry on April 5, 1929. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was four. Nigel dropped out of Cape Town University before completing a broadcasting degree. He did some acting as a student and made his professional debut in 1950 in The Shop at Sly Corner.
Career:
Hawthorne returned to England in 1951 and landed a job as an assistant stage manager in Buxton, Derbyshire. Later the same year, he made his London stage debut in You Can't Take It With You, but found other roles hard to come by. In 1957 he returned to South Africa and managed to secure a number of leading roles. He came back to London in 1962 and made his first West End appearance in Talking to You. He made his Broadway debut in 1974 in As You Like It and won a Tony Award in 1991 for his role in Shadowlands. In a varied career, he mixed his stage work with appearances in a number of TV shows and films. He won four Bafta TV awards for his work on Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and was awarded Bafta film gongs for The Madness of King George (1994) and The Fragile Heart (1996). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Madness of King George. He was knighted in 1999. He died from a heart attack on December 26, 2001 at the age of 72.
Quote:
"I wanted to be an animator, not an actor, but I wasn't any good, and I knew it. So when I first made a cartoon with Disney, which was called The Black Cauldron, it was like a dream come true."
Trivia:
He was survived by his partner, writer Trevor Bentham.
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Bernard Woolley
Born:
September 02, 1937
in
London
Best Known For:
Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.
Early-life:
Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.
Career:
Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.
Quote:
"I'm still waiting to be discovered."
Trivia:
He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.
Deborah Norton
(Actor)
.. Dorothy Wainwright
Diana Hoddinott
(Actor)
.. Annie Hacker
John Bird
(Actor)
.. Simon Monk
Born:
November 22, 1936
in
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
Best Known For:
Being a satirist, actor and comedian.
Early-life:
John was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, on November 22, 1936. He went on to attend King's College, Cambridge, where he met John Fortune. He first made his mark in the 1960s on the satirical comedy series That Was the Week That Was.
Career:
As an actor, Bird has starred in Dick Turpin, Educating Marmalade, Danger: Marmalade at Work, A Very Peculiar Practice, Yes, Prime Minister, Inspector Morse, Joint Account, EL C.I.D., Chambers, and Absolute Power. His film credits include Jabberwocky (1977). He is best known for his work with John Fortune and Rory Bremner in the Channel 4 satirical TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
Quote:
"Over the years, I've had the chance to work with some wonderful actors and directors."
Trivia:
In 2008, he was the patron of the Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival.
Anthony Carrick
(Actor)
.. Bill Pritchard
Jonathan Lynn
(Writer)
Antony Jay
(Writer)
Sydney Lotterby
(Director)
