1980 television series debuts - Paperback

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Chapters: Yes Minister, Fridays, Thundarr the Barbarian, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Kinderen voor Kinderen, Hi-de-Hi!, To Tell the Truth, Strawberry Shortcake, Astro Boy, Magnum, P.I., Family Fortunes, You Bet Your Life, Scholastic Scrimmage, X-Bomber, Flamingo Road, Chain Reaction, Pink Lady, The Flintstone Comedy Show, Juliet Bravo, Nightline, NHL on USA, Newsnight, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, Play Your Cards Right, Take the High Road, Super Friends, ESPN National Hockey Night, Texas, The Littl' Bits, Shogun, Solid Gold, Mystery!, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Galactica 1980, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Too Close for Comfort, Gambit, 3-2-1 Contact, Bullseye, Blockbusters, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Bosom Buddies, Scheibenwischer, Button Moon, Richie Rich, Enos, Skag, Play the Percentages, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and Scrappy Too!, North Tonight, The Bund, Goodtime Girls, Face the Music, Sanford, The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, That's Incredible!, Scruples, Into the Labyrinth, Me and Maxx, College Football on USA, Flo, Camouflage, Drak Pack, The David Letterman Show, Here's Boomer, Chiller Theatre, It's a Living, Keep It in the Family, Brendon Chase, Whiz Quiz, Val Meets... The VIPS, Fight Back! with David Horowitz, Heathcliff, Matinee at the Bijou, The Gentle Touch, Top Rank, Breaking Away, Sports Tonight, Beyond Westworld, Celebrate the Season Parade, The Bund II, B.A.D. Cats, scuke pa ni, Scuke pa ne, Vruc vetar, A Deusa Vencida, Disasterpiece Theatre, One in a Million, Nobody's Perfect, Lørdagsredaksjonen, Secrets of Midland Heights, PGA Tour on ESPN, The Big Show, High Feather, Holding the Fort, America's Top 10, Independent Network News, Up and Coming, Ladies Man, Cockleshell Bay, Oh Happy Band!, Games People Play, Did You See...?, Sink or Swim, I'm a Big Girl Now, Alegrías De Mediodía, That's My Line, FYI, South Dakota Adventure, The Dream Merchants, Nearly A Happy Ending, Cowboys, Style with Elsa Klensch, The Adventurer's, The Bund III, The Invincible Medic, Elizabeth, Bobby Jones Gospel, This Land is Mine, The Brothers, Five Easy Pieces, Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres, The Other 'Arf, Eunuch, God's Wonderful Railway, Those Amazing Animals, Square One, World Chronicle. Excerpt: Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC Television and BBC Radio between 1980-1982 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 to 1988 and also gave rise to a stage play in 2010. In total there were 38 episodes-of which all but one lasted half an hour. Set principally in the private office of a British government cabinet minister in the (fictional) Department for Administrative Affairs in Whitehall (the sequel was set in the Prime Minister's offices at 10 Downing Street), the series follows the senior ministerial career of The Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact legislation or effect departmental changes are opposed by the will of the British Home Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, played by Derek Fowlds, is usually caught between the two. A huge critical and popular success, the series received a number of awards, including several BAFTAs and in 2004 came sixth in the Britai...