Derek Fowlds, Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne gave three career-best performances to turn the scripts of Jay & Lynn into one of the funniest comedy programmes of all-time. Sir Nigel's performance, in particular, was just legendary and so convincing that it said that Her Majesty thought him a real civil servant when they met. With Fowld's Bernard trying to keep the peace and Eddington's Hacker wondering how he can get anything it's just a masterpiece of British comedy. However, it doesn't appeal to everyone. The reason for this is that it was written by people capable of using words with more than four letters in them and so it does make you both laugh and think at what Humpy is talking about. Loved by politicians for it's accuracy and the British public for it's superb comic performances and excellent scripts, it ranks in the top 5 Brit coms ever!

I can't add much more than other reviewers apart from a hearty recommendation to buy this DVD pack. It's very good value given how much material you get (even better value at Amazon prices of course). The comedy is intelligent and timeless, and it's amazing just how many current day issues are covered by a series that was made over 20 years ago (banking crisis, dodgy arms deals, big brother/identity cards etc. etc.). The episode where Sir Humphrey Applebey has dinner with the bumbling CEO of "Bartlets Bank" is a case in point, where the CEO points out that "..if a chap's giving you a good return on your money then you don't ask too many questions....and besides, you'd be pretty foolish if you had a load of money at 12% not to lend it to someone else at 15%"). Wonderful stuff, and with lots of re-watch value. Buy it.

I'm so pleased to have got this. I must have forgotten just how good the series was, because I'm happy to say that Yes Minister & Yes Prime minister are even better than my childhood memories of them, though this might possibly be because I now understand all the political satire.

It's on the button satire that hasn't dated and the interplay between Sir Humphrey, Jim Hacker and Bernard is still fresh and as funny as ever.

This is a fantastic collection and at the current Amazon price it is a total bargain, Amazon has it a ??17.98, Cheapest i have seen elsewhere is ??48.00.

The show itself a real classic, With the perfect collection of great writing and superb acting.
If you love comedies buy it, If you don't and you want cheering up during the credit crunch buy it,.
You won't regret this purchase.

This is something that should be owned by any policital satire-lover as well as any fan of Johnathan Lynn. Witty and enjoyable. The Box-Set is easy to access and not cumbersome in the slightest (occasionally you get fed up with these big boxes of TV DVDs where you have to open fifty compartments to get to one disc).

It would be nice to see some behind the scenes footage or get the audio track of Margaret Thatcher's appearance, but in any case, this is a definitive version. No Yes Minister fan should be seen without it!