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Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn

  • 81 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

Press clippings

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

While Lynn struggles to manage the pair in the 21st century, he effortlessly produces one-liners which would succeed in getting any generation in hysterics.

Jacob Newbury, British Theatre Guide, 17th November 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker meet again... in the fullness of time.

Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail, 13th October 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Bianchi and Francis make these characters their own.

Colin Davison, British Theatre Guide, 13th October 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Whilst I'm Sorry Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember doesn't necessarily introduce a whole new collective of characters for the first time, it doesn't mean that the show should be a second thought when thinking of attending.

Eliott, Theatre & Tonic, 12th October 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Jim Hacker in the culture wars.

Clive Davis, The Times, 10th October 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Delights in disguising debate of thorny issues with intelligent comedy.

Greg Stewart, Theatre Weekly, 10th October 2023

I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember review

Jonathan Lynn's new play finds the political double act in their 80s, in a suitable final chapter to a magnificent comic project.

Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 10th October 2023

Review: I'm Sorry Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember

Jonathan Lynn's final outing of his great sitcom removes the political context, and therefore much of the stuffing.

Claire Allfree, The Telegraph, 10th October 2023

Yes Minister to return to the stage

Yes Minister co-writer Jonathan Lynn has created a new stage play, I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember, featuring the sitcom's characters Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby.

British Comedy Guide, 18th April 2023

Jonathan Lynn: Why I'm bringing back Yes Minister

The sitcom's creator on Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey's last hurrah, cancel culture, and whether the BBC would make the hit show today.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 18th April 2023

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