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===Screenwriting=== Lynn's first (co-written) screenplay was for ''[[The Internecine Project]]'', which was released in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/118154%7C88564/Jonathan-Lynn/ |title=TCM Biography - Jonathan Lynn |access-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> For television he wrote episodes for the ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor]]'' TV series and ''[[On the Buses]]'' and wrote for [[Harry Worth (actor, born 1917)|Harry Worth]] and [[George Layton]] before eventually, in partnership with [[Antony Jay]], writing ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and ''[[Yes Minister|Yes, Prime Minister]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonathan Lynn on Yes, Prime Minister's rise to high office|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-15/jonathan-lynn-on-yes-prime-ministers-rise-to-high-office|work=[[Radio Times]]|date= 15 January 2013|access-date=10 February 2013}}</ref> His later writing credits include the first two films he directed, ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' (1985) and ''[[Nuns on the Run]]'' (1990).<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.jonathanlynn.com/bio.htm|publisher=Jonathan Lynn|access-date=10 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215094307/http://www.jonathanlynn.com/bio.htm|archive-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> He is also known for his co-writing, co-producing, and co-directing of the revived ''Yes, Prime Minister'' series produced by the [[BBC]] on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9778989/Culture-and-arts-what-to-see-in-January-2013.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |access-date=4 July 2014 |title=Culture and arts: what to see in January 2013 |date=4 January 2013 |author=Rupert Christiansen|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
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