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The Official Visit

Yes MinisterSeries 1
Episode 2 of 7

Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as someone he knew from his student days, he does his best to offload some British-made oil rigging gear on him.

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28 minutes

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Sun 18 May 202501:30
BBC Four

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Credits

James HackerPaul Eddington
Sir Humphrey ApplebyNigel Hawthorne
Bernard WoolleyDerek Fowlds
MartinTenniel Evans
President Selim MohammedThomas Baptiste
Bill PritchardAnthony Carrick
ProducerStuart Allen
DirectorSydney Lotterby
WriterAntony Jay
WriterJonathan Lynn

Broadcasts

  • Mon 3 Mar 198021:00
    BBC Two England
  • Sun 7 Oct 200719:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 2 Jun 201516:45
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, Scotland, HD, England & Wales only
  • Wed 24 Aug 201614:45
    BBC Two Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
  • Tue 2 Mar 202120:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 15 Aug 202321:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 20 Aug 202302:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 13 May 202520:30
    BBC Four
  • Sun 18 May 202501:30
    BBC Four