Initially the Minister for Administrative Affairs and later Prime Minister. He is a careerist who balances his idealistic streaks with a desperate need for public approval and votes.
The play, which enjoyed a sold-out run at London's Apollo Theatre, reunites an older, retired Jim Hacker (played by Griff Rhys Jones) with the eternally obstructive Sir Humphrey (Clive Francis). Hacker, now the master of an Oxford college, hopes for a quiet retirement. Instead, he finds himself facing a crisis even Sir Humphrey never anticipated: cancellation by a hostile college committee. As the students and fellows close in, Sir Humphrey, armed with his Latin tags and his passion for procedural paralysis, must once again come to the rescue. Yes Minister And Yes Prime Minister
The writers balanced the show on a delicate three-pronged axis of distinct, unforgettable characters: Initially the Minister for Administrative Affairs and later