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- | caption = Derek Fowlds as '''Bernard Woolley''' in ''Yes, Prime Minister'' | first = "[[Open Government (Yes Minister)|Open Government]]"9 KB (1,461 words) - 23:55, 2 February 2023
- | first = "[[Open Government (Yes Minister)|Open Government]]" ...st powerful position in the service and one he retains during ''Yes, Prime Minister''. Hawthorne's portrayal won the [[British Academy Television Awards]] Awar17 KB (2,554 words) - 20:29, 24 February 2023
- ...ronically poor and/or part of the Government (such as "The Strolling Prime Minister of No Fixed Address" or some other civil service title). Seagoon frequently ...atwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhatwhat?", and would do likewise with the word "Yes?" as "Yesyesyesyesyesyes?", generally motivating Grytpype-Thynne to request3 KB (509 words) - 08:10, 1 October 2024
- ...o.uk}}</ref> According to a [[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] programme on the characters, they were named after the writers [[w:Sandy Wilson|Sandy Wilson]] and [[w: ...job. However, the producer of the sketch did not like them and viewed the characters as "too sad" and suggested making them younger "chorus boy" types. Their fi9 KB (1,438 words) - 15:06, 23 January 2023
- | caption = Prime Minister James Hacker | first = "[[Open Government (Yes Minister)|Open Government]]"30 KB (4,577 words) - 20:01, 15 February 2023
- ...] for much of his work, but had used other accents to play a wide range of characters, in addition to several Welsh stereotypes.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=h ...s]]'' episode "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]" and also appeared in ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Wyatt's Watchdogs]]'', ''[[May to December]]'', ''[[Whoops Apocaly8 KB (1,206 words) - 23:30, 17 February 2023
- ...n the sitcom ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980–84) and its sequel, ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' (1986–88). ...od (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''. Initially he played minor characters, but in the fourth season (1959–60), he played [[w:Will Scarlet|Will Scar12 KB (1,819 words) - 17:50, 21 December 2022
- | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1963|5|3|London|1963|6|16|UK}}{{film date|1963|6|17|USA}} ...replaced by [[Margaret Rutherford]] and [[Ron Moody]] for two of Sellers' characters. The third character, Tully Bascombe, was not present in the sequel. Likewi7 KB (1,057 words) - 22:46, 16 February 2023
- ...alogous to the "Department of Administrative Affairs" in the later ''[[Yes Minister]]''), which helps other governmental departments. Instead of assistance, th ...Also, in some episodes, the plot involved the inclusion of equally inept characters that were Russian or East European spies trying to discover what the Minist12 KB (1,720 words) - 08:57, 10 February 2023
- | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|11|23|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|05|02|1951|11|23|df=yes}}11 KB (1,644 words) - 13:58, 13 January 2023
- | first_aired = {{start date|1975|04|04|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|1978|06|10|df=yes}}21 KB (3,191 words) - 23:28, 23 February 2023
- | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|05|17}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|06|10|1926|5|17}}9 KB (1,301 words) - 14:30, 29 December 2022
- | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|5|2}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|9|8|1927|5|2}}16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:56, 29 December 2022
- | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|12|10}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|01|04|1926|12|10}}13 KB (1,774 words) - 18:18, 2 September 2024
- ...in an episode of the [[BBC]] situation comedy ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]'' broadcast in 1988. In 1988 he appeared in ''[[One Way Pendulum (play)|O ...anda Redman]] in the third. In 1993, Bird featured in the role of [[Cluedo characters#Professor Plum|Professor Plum]] in the fourth series of ''[[Cluedo (UK game21 KB (3,189 words) - 17:51, 24 January 2023
- ...on series:'''<br>{{Start date|2003|2|9|df=yes}} – {{Start date|2007|1|1|df=yes}}}} ...g understanding of either themselves or of people known to them. Recurring characters included [[Lou and Andy|Andy Pipkin]], who falsely presented himself as req30 KB (4,063 words) - 17:41, 19 December 2022
- | characters = | premiere = {{Start date|1960|08|22|df=yes}}13 KB (1,919 words) - 07:51, 11 September 2024
- | first_aired = {{start date|1985|9|1|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|1992|4|3|df=yes}}17 KB (2,497 words) - 23:38, 3 February 2023
- | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1938|3|14}} ...in Love]]'' (1969). She has appeared in television series such as ''[[Yes Minister]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]],'' and ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''.24 KB (3,420 words) - 12:10, 23 February 2023
- | alt_name = Yes, Prime Minister | caption = Yes Minister main cast members90 KB (13,454 words) - 07:50, 11 September 2024