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Yes Minister
10:40 pm - 11:20 pm Saturday, November 14
The Writing on the Wall
Season 1 · Episode 5
Hacker's latest cost-cutting scheme has won the support of the prime minister - but Sir Humphrey is still determined to undermine it. Satirical comedy, starring Paul Eddington. First broadcast in 1980
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- Paul Eddington — Actor as Jim Hacker
- Nigel Hawthorne — Actor as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Derek Fowlds — Actor as Bernard Woolley
- Daniel Moynihan — Actor as Dr Daniel Hughes
- Tenniel Evans — Actor as Foreign Secretary
- John Savident — Actor as Sir Frederick Stewart
- Neil Fitzwilliam — Actor as Frank Weisel
- Jonathan Lynn — Writer
- Antony Jay — Writer
- Sydney Lotterby — Director
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