Series like Yes Minister

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   Yes, Prime Minister

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   1986 · 30 min · Comedy · War & Politics

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   James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: england and political humor

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   Yes, Prime Minister

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   2013 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Yes, Prime Minister is a 2013 British political satire sitcom created and written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. A revival of the sitcoms Yes, Minister (1980–84), and Yes, Prime Minister (1986–88), the new programme stars David Haig, Henry Goodman, Chris Larkin, and Zoe Telford. In 2013 Chequers in 2013, Prime Minister Jim Hacker now leads a coalition government. Hacker must use all his wits to deal with economic downturn, his coalition partners having a leadership crisis, and the growing tensions involving Scottish independence.

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   The New Statesman

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   1987 · 30 min · Comedy

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   The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

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   • strong shared themes: british politics and politician
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Fairly Secret Army

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   1984 · 30 min · Comedy

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   A retired British Army major tries to fight the forces of anarchy by setting up a supposedly secret taskforce.

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   • shared theme: sitcom
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   Blackadder

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   1983 · 32 min · Comedy

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   Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.

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   • strong shared themes: england and satire
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   A Very British Coup

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   1988 · 55 min · Drama · War & Politics

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   Working-class, left-leaning Harry Perkins is elected PM. As he works to implement social change via democratic process, the conservatives and their allies quietly begin working to remove him. Perkins' goals include nuclear disarmament, the dissolution of newspaper monopolies, open government and the closure of all US military bases on UK soil. While many members of the govnerment oppose him, he finds some support in Home Secretary Joan Cook and key members of his staff.

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   • shared themes: british politics and politics

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   A Sharp Intake of Breath

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   1977 · 30 min · Comedy

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   British sitcom in which happy-go-lucky character Peter Barnes comically and haphazardly tries to deal with the daily frustrations his life throws at him.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: sitcom
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   House of Cards

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   1990 · 55 min · Comedy · Drama · War & Politics

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   Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
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   Men of Affairs

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   1973 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Barry Ovis is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for European Affairs, Sir William Mainwaring-Brown. Sir William has a very active libido and often gets up to non-portfolio activities. Ovis has to cover for him (usually very badly), and misunderstandings then pile on top of misunderstandings.

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    The Day Today

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    1994 · 29 min · Comedy

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    A spoof of the British news — including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On the Hour'.

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