Yes Minister - Season 1 Episode 4

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

Yes Minister – S01E01 – Open Government

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Episode 2

Yes Minister – S01E02 – The Official Visit

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Episode 3

Yes Minister – S01E03 – The Economy Drive

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Episode 4 Current

Yes Minister – S01E04 – Big Brother

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Episode 5

Yes Minister – S01E05 – The Writing on the Wall

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Episode 6

Yes Minister – S01E06 – The Right to Know

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Episode 7

Yes Minister – S01E07 – Jobs for the Boys

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Episode Overview

The Minister wants to give citizens access to their files on a new national database, but Sir Humphrey is at his obfuscating best. Accused by his political advisor and his wife of being a mouthpiece for the civil service, Hacker decides that he is going to get his way on this one. Taking the advice of his predecessor, now an Opposition MP, he successfully anticipates all of Sir Humphrey's roadblocks but, in the end, uses the civil servants' own tactics to get his way.

Episode Details

Airdate: 1980-03-17

Episode Title: Big Brother

Runtime: 29

Director: Sydney Lotterby

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Andrew Lane, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott, Frederick Jaeger, Neil Fitzwiliam, Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, Robert McKenzie, Robert Urquhart, Sheila Ferris

Episode Rating: 8.8 (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