Yes Minister - Season 1 Episode 2
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Episode Overview
The Minister finds himself in charge of an official visit from the President of Buranda, a newly independent former British colony. Hacker decides that they should all travel to Balmoral rather than have the Queen travel to London. Only a week before the visit, the President is overthrown in a coup and against Sir Humphrey's advice, the Minister insists that the visit go ahead. When he sees what the new President has to say in his formal speech about the yoke of British rule and his support for a free Scotland and Ireland, he realizes that the government is on the brink of disaster.
Episode Details
Airdate: 1980-03-03
Episode Title: The Official Visit
Runtime: 28
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Antony Carrick, Derek Fowlds, John Savident, Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, Robert Dougall, Tenniel Evans, Thomas Baptiste
Episode Rating: 8.1 (468 votes)
Country: UK
Release Year: 1980
Rotten Tomatoes: 93
Metacritic: 9.6
Episode Runtime: 30 min
Rated: TV-PG
First Air Date: 1980-02-25
Seasons: 3
Status: Ended
Creators: Peter Whitmore, Sydney Lotterby, Antony Jay
Awards: Top rated TV #161 | Won 5 BAFTA Awards, 6 wins & 3 nominations total
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