Yes Minister
The Economy Drive
Season 1, Episode 3 · Aired 1980-03-10
Synopsis
Jim attempts to initiate an economy drive within the Civil Service.
In the series
This episode is part of Yes Minister (1980–1984) on BBC Two.
Civil service as comic chess — yes, Minister, with a knife behind the smile.
Key cast
- Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker
- Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Derek Fowlds as Bernard Woolley