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===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.
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