Editing Yes Minister (section)

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister episodes}}

A total of 38 episodes were made, and all but one are of 30 minutes duration. They were videotaped in front of a studio audience, which was standard BBC practice for situation comedies at the time. The actors did not enjoy filming as they felt that the studio audience placed them under additional pressure. Lynn, however, says that the studio audience on the soundtrack was necessary because laughter is a "communal affair." The laughter also acted as a kind of insurance: Jay observes that politicians would be unable to put pressure on the BBC not to "run this kind of nonsense" if "200–250 people were falling about with laughter."<ref name="bbs"/> There were occasionally film inserts of location sequences, and some shots of Hacker travelling in his car were achieved by means of [[chroma key]]. Each programme usually comprised around six scenes.  By the time of ''Yes, Prime Minister'', the producers were permitted to use [[Downing Street]] itself for some exterior shots, most notably in the episode "The Key" where Sir Humphrey has to re-enter the building through the door of No.10. Most episodes end with Sir Humphrey Appleby saying to Jim Hacker, "Yes, Minister" or "Yes, Prime Minister", as appropriate. 

The pilot was produced in 1979 but not transmitted immediately for fear that it could influence the results of the May [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 UK General Election]].<ref name="bbs"/> It eventually aired on 25 February 1980.<ref name="ymBBC">{{cite web|first=Mark |last=Lewisohn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821133827/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/yesminister_7777145.shtml |archive-date=21 August 2007 |title=Yes Minister |work=BBC Comedy Guide |access-date=18 August 2007}}</ref> ''Yes Minister'' ran for three series, each of seven episodes, between March 1980 and 1982. These were followed by two [[Christmas special]]s: one 10-minute sketch as part of an anthology presented by [[Frank Muir]],<ref>{{cite web|work=The British Comedy and Drama Website | title= Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister |url= http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/minister.htm| access-date=20 September 2006}}</ref> and then the hour-long "[[Party Games (Yes Minister)|Party Games]]", in 1984. The latter's events led to Hacker's elevation to Prime Minister, dovetailing into the sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''. This ran originally for two series, each of eight episodes, from 1986 to 1988.

In the U.K. the show has regularly reaired on TV including on BBC and [[That's TV]] channels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's on BBC Four? |url=https://tv24.co.uk/channel/bbc-four/2023-12-12 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=tv24.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's on That's TV? |url=https://tv24.co.uk/channel/thats-tv/2024-06-09 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=tv24.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

===Reboot===
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In January 2013, a new series of ''Yes, Prime Minister'' was launched on the [[Gold (British TV channel)|Gold]] television channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/9387/|title=Home – Gold|work=uktv.co.uk|date=3 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/homepage/sid/7451|title=Yes, Prime Minister – Gold|work=uktv.co.uk|date=27 September 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived">{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17552335 | work=BBC News | title=Yes, Prime Minister to be revived | date=29 March 2012}}</ref> Jim Hacker is now portrayed as heading a [[coalition government]], while dealing with an economic downturn, his coalition partner having a leadership crisis, and [[Scottish independence]].<ref name="Yes, Prime Minister to be revived" /> The revived series was produced by the BBC for [[Gold (British TV channel)|Gold]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908049 | work=BBC News | title=BBC 'missed out' on Yes, Prime Minister comeback | date=4 January 2013}}</ref>