Yes Prime Minister, Patron Of The Arts, 1988
As we mark 100 days of a new government we look back at one of the problems facing another famous Prime-Minister, Jim Hacker.
Patron Of The Arts was the sixth episode in the second series of Yes Prime Minister. Here we see Hacker juggling budgets for The Arts. This episode featured a gust appearance from John Bird who would go ono to feature in many political satires.
Summary
The Prime-Minister’s (Jim Hacker) invitation to the British Theatre Awards dinner becomes something of a hot potato when the size of the grant to the Arts Council is revealed.
Clips
Cast
Jim Hacker – Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby – Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley – Derek Fowlds
Simon Monk – John Bird
Details
Channel: BBC2
Written By: Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
Original Transmission Date: 14th January 1988