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==In other media== {{See also|Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)#Background|l1 = Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series)}} ===Theatre=== Jay and Lynn collaborated again to produce a stage play, titled ''Yes, Prime Minister''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8522359.stm|title=Yes Prime Minister to make stage debut|work=BBC News |date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> It ran from 13 May to 5 June 2010, at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. This production revived at the [[Gielgud Theatre]], in London's West End from 17 September 2010 until 15 January 2011. The principal cast was [[David Haig]] as Jim Hacker, [[Henry Goodman]] as Sir Humphrey, [[Jonathan Slinger]] as Bernard Woolley and [[Emily Joyce]] as Claire Sutton, Hacker's special policy advisor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicester Minister Bound for Gielgud, 17 Sep |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester+Minister+Bound+for+Gielgud%2C+17+Sep.html |work=Whats on Stage website |date=11 June 2010 |access-date=12 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013174416/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831276247171/Chichester%2BMinister%2BBound%2Bfor%2BGielgud%2C%2B17%2BSep.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lynn wrote another play ''I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember'' focusing on an ageing retired Hacker and Sir Humphrey. It was first performed in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/oct/10/im-sorry-prime-minister-i-cant-quite-remember-jim-hacker-and-sir-humphrey-appleby-barn-theatre-cirencester|title=I'm Sorry, Prime Minister, I Can't Quite Remember: Hacker and Sir Humphrey's last hurrah|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 October 2023|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> Christopher Bianchi played Hacker, whilst [[Clive Francis]] portrayed Humphrey. It was announced on May 8th 2025 that a production of ''I'm Sorry, Prime Minister'' is to open in London's Apollo Theatre starring Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis. The production will run for 12 weeks from the 30th of January 2026. ===Radio=== Sixteen episodes of ''Yes Minister'' were adapted and re-recorded for broadcast by [[BBC Radio 4]], with the principal cast reprising their roles. Produced by [[Pete Atkin]], they were broadcast across two series, each with eight episodes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taylor |first=Rod |title=The Guinness Book of Sitcoms |year=1994 |publisher=Guinness |location=Middlesex |isbn= 0-85112-638-3|page=278}}</ref> The first series aired 18 October to 6 December 1983, with the second originally transmitted 9 October to 27 November 1984.<ref name="ymBBC"/> The complete set was released on cassette in February 2000, and on compact disc in October 2002. The series was repeated on the digital radio station [[BBC Radio 7]] in early 2007 and on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] in November 2013. The series was re-repeated on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] in 2018. In 1997, Derek Fowlds reprised the role of Bernard Woolley to read Antony Jay's ''How To Beat Sir Humphrey: Every Citizen's Guide To Fighting Officialdom''. It was broadcast in three daily parts by Radio 4 from 29 September to 1 October 1997<ref name="ymBBC"/> and released by BBC Audiobooks on cassette in October 1997. ===Ceremony=== The British Prime Minister of the time, [[Margaret Thatcher]], was so taken by the show that she wrote a sketch herself (together with her [[Press Secretary]] [[Bernard Ingham]]). In it she played herself as the Prime Minister, Paul Eddington played Jim Hacker and Nigel Hawthorne played Sir Humphrey. It was played on the [[National Viewers' and Listeners' Association]] Awards 1984.<ref>"The Thatcher Script β The Yes (Prime) Minister Files" webpage</ref>
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