Yes Minister
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Season 3, Episode 3 · Aired 1982-11-25
Synopsis
A normally efficient local council is late with some paperwork, and Sir Humphrey wants to make an example of them.
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