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James George Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington, KG, PC, BSc (Lond.), Hon. D.Phil. (Oxon.) is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. He is the minister of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs, and later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Paul Clark Eddington CBE (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988).
Set principally in the private office of a British cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington.
Yes Minister: With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott. The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
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Yes Minister (TV Series 1980–1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
James Hacker. AKA: Jim Hacker; The Rt. Hon. James Hacker MP;. Minister for Administrative Affairs. Played by: Paul Eddington. Jim is a kind-hearted, well-meaning, albeit slightly bumbling man. Elected to Parliament, he finds himself appointed Minister of Administrative Affairs, a department with its fingers in many areas of Government policy.
Overview. Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business. Jonathan Lynn. Creator. Antony Jay.
