Antony Jay
- English
- Writer
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Return to Westminster
After 25 years, Yes, Prime Minister is back. Original co-writer Antony Jay describes the process of bringing the series up to date.
Antony Jay, The Telegraph, 2nd January 2013Is a TV revival of this classic comedy a good idea?
Our political landscape is ripe for sending up in the classic satire written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn.
Michael Simkins, The Telegraph, 30th March 2012Yes Minister co-creator attacks 'biased' BBC
The BBC has has become 'too powerful' and should be downsized, says Sir Antony Jay.
Daniel Martin, Daily Mail, 10th December 2011Yes, Minister: Sir Humphrey has all the solutions
As the classic political sitcom takes to the West End stage, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn imagine what Sir Humphrey would make of Whitehall today.
Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, The Telegraph, 30th September 2010Yes, Prime Minister is back as a West End show
Whitehall's most adversarial couple, the Rt Honourable Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey, his Permanent Secretary, immortalised by Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne, are back - this time on the stage, thanks to their original creators Jonathan Lynn and Sir Antony Jay.
Petronella Wyatt, Daily Mail, 17th September 2010Has political satire gone too far?
Five columnists, including Rory Bremner and Yes Minister co-creator Antony Jay, write about satire.
The Financial Times, 11th September 2010Yes, Prime Minister, at the Chichester Festival Theatre
Twenty-three years after they wrote the final episode of Yes, Prime Minister, the show's creators Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn have put their characters into a stage play. Is that what Sir Humphrey Appleby might term "a brave decision"?
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 21st May 2010Memo to the Minister: Sir Humphrey returns
BBC Comedy producer Jonathan Harvey explains why Sir Antony Jay, co-writer of classic political comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, has resurrected the master of obfuscation and manipulation Sir Humphrey Appleby for Newsnight's Election 2010 campaign coverage.
Jonathan Harvey, BBC Newsnight, 26th April 2010Why Yes Minister is as true as ever
Yes Minister, the classic BBC comedy series, has just been sold to the Ukraine. Proof, says its co-creator Antony Jay, that incompetent politicians are something the whole world can relate to.
Antony Jay, The Telegraph, 21st November 2009