'''''Yes Minister''''' is a [[British]] satirical television comedy written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, about the workings of a fictional department of the British government; the Department of Administrative Affairs. Much of the humor is derived from the fact that Jim Hacker, despite being the Minister of the DAA is continually outmaneuvered by his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, who insists that it is his job to run the Department, and Hacker's is only to provide a public face for it. | '''''Yes Minister''''' is a [[British]] satirical television comedy written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, about the workings of a fictional department of the British government; the Department of Administrative Affairs. Much of the humor is derived from the fact that Jim Hacker, despite being the Minister of the DAA is continually outmaneuvered by his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, who insists that it is his job to run the Department, and Hacker's is only to provide a public face for it. |