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Inexpensive Yes, Prime Minister: Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds No.1 (BBC Radio Collection)
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Review by Grumbledook for Yes, Prime Minister: Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds No.1 (BBC Radio Collection)
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The series is absolutely fantastic and the diaries pick up the subtle nuances of the script in excellent details. The minor detail (or not so minor if you purchase this item) is that this book, as advertised, is not the second volume, but the first. The second volume has a blue cover and so you need to be careful you get what you actually want.
Review by for Yes, Prime Minister: Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds No.1 (BBC Radio Collection)
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If anyone has seen the comedy Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister, they will know that it is one of the cleverest and wittiest comedy series ever written. This book is no different. The authors have carefully reconstructed each episode as a collection of memoirs together with internal documents and recollections, piecing together each event as if it were a piece of history. In doing so, they have included just about every detail and in doing so, preserve the humour to full effect. I found it at least as enjoyable as the TV programme – it gives you time to appreciate the humour more, especially when Sir Humphrey says one of his paragraph-long sentences which could be rephrased in a few words. I can thoroughly recommend the book to anyone, whether they have seen the series or not. Buy it NOW, not “in the fullness of time”, “in due course”, “at the appropriate juncture”, etc. etc.
Review by Patrick for Yes, Prime Minister: Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne & Derek Fowlds No.1 (BBC Radio Collection)
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While I am a huge fan of Yes Minister and can recommend the “Diaries” especially, I really cannot recommend this play.
While it tries to be up to date by mentioning the banking crisis, global warming and the like but the main story is not only weak but also very unfunny. Sir Humphrey’s speeches are still very eloquent but devoid of anything witty or clever. Instead of the usual portait of a stuggle of Hacker’s drive towards activity with the Civil Service’s desire for inactivity, the play revolves mainly around an uninteresting central plot theme simply there to give the characters the opportunity to make a few quotes on a variety of subject. In the end, not even this main plot is not even resolved properly.
The most positive thing I can say about this book unfortunately is that at least it stopped me from spending money on actually seeing this play in person.
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(out of 3 reviews)
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