Yes Minister
The Writing on the Wall
Season 1, Episode 5 · Aired 1980-03-24
Synopsis
Jim Hacker MP is considering the introduction of identity cards.
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