Quote: lofthouse @ 12th August 2023, 1:17 PMIt's hard to believe that it's been over 40 years since co-creators, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn wrote the unbelievably brilliant British comedy, Yes Minister, and that it is more relevant today than when it first originated. Long praised for being accurate as well as funny, Lynn and Jay created brilliance out of a simple idea consisting of, as the writers put it, three elderly men sitting around talking about government while basing it on the premise that real power was held by civil servants rather than ministers.
For further proof that life does imitate art or vice versa, Yes Minister co-creator Jonathan Lynn has written a new stage play featuring Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby some 40+ years after the series premiered in February 1980 on BBC2.
I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember will run at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester from 25th September to 4th November 2023 showing how former PM Jim Hacker and Cabinet Secretary Humphrey Appleby are "faring in their old age and in the woke era", miles away from Whitehall.
I agree, it's amazing. As I recall Anthony Jay had the political knowledge because of familial connections and Jonathan Lynn was the comedy side. I actually bought Lynn's book about comedy writing but it's yet another tome sitting unread on my bookshelves.
I didn't enjoy the Gold remake starring one of Dame Maggie Smith's sons. I might be up for a stage show though.
Quote: ypmfan @ 12th August 2023, 1:27 PMi personally don't like when things are remade, it's not the same. i know there's a 2013 y(p)m but i refuse to watch it, same with these theatre shows. if it was derek, nigel and paul in australia then yes i would if i could, or even back in the day over here.
speaking of my last comment, there was a british tv discord from reddit but it's not active at all and the staff on that subreddit are extremely rude.
are there any other british tv sites i could check out to try and make friends, like this or similar?
I find Reddit terribly rude too and deleted the app from my phone a while back. It doesn't seem to be moderated at all.
Maybe try the various Facebook groups relating to YMYPM?