Yes Minister (1982)

This play tells the story of Jim Hacker, a shadow cabinet member of the opposition party, who was given the post of minister of administrative affairs (DAA) after helping his party win the general election. From then on, he began to face the civil service system headed by ministry secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby, while his public private secretary, Bernard, who is also a civil servant, was sandwiched in the middle. In the various conflicts between the politicians represented by Hacker and the civil servants represented by Appleby, the relationship between them is constantly changing, covering each other and revealing the bottom of each other. At the same time, various unknown drawbacks and shadows in the British political system (including the political party system and the civil service system) are also revealed in front of the audience. Of course, all this is carried out through a large number of comedy plots and lines. In "Yes Prime Minister" in the second half of the series, Hacker became prime minister through party wrangling, while Appleby was one step ahead of him as prime minister's secretary, and the story of the two moved to 10 Downing Street to continue.