| Description |
1 online resource (30 minutes) |
| Summary |
Follow the Right Honourable James Hacker as he enters central government in one of the most influential British comedies of all time. James has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms - or so he thinks. He is totally unprepared for the deviousness of his Permanent Under-Secretary. Sir Humphrey Appleby has a long and distinguished career of putting politicians in their place, and Jim Hacker is no exception. On the day after the General Election, Jim Hacker MP receives the anxiously awaited call from Number 10 Downing Street with his new ministerial appointment. He has landed the job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration and he has revolutionary plans for Open Government |
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Title from resource description page (viewed June 15, 2022) |
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In English |
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Won 1983 BAFTA Awards BAFTA TV Award, Best Comedy Series |
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Won 1983 BAFTA Awards BAFTA TV Award, Best Light Entertainment Performance |
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Won 1982 BAFTA Awards BAFTA TV Award, Best Comedy Series |
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Won 1982 BAFTA Awards BAFTA TV Award, Best Light Entertainment Performance |
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Won 1981 BAFTA Awards BAFTA TV Award, Best Comedy Series |
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Won 1981 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, Best Actor in a Light Entertainment Programme |
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Cabinet officers -- Great Britain -- Humor
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Cabinet officers.
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Politics and government.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997 -- Humor
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Great Britain.
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Humor.
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Television comedies.
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Television comedies.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Allen, Stuart, 1931- director, producer
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Hazlehurst, Ronnie, composer
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Eddington, Paul, actor
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Hawthorne, Nigel, actor
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Fowlds, Derek, actor
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Nettleton, John, 1929- actor
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British Broadcasting Corporation, production company
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BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor
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