Farewell Antony Jay

[Bramblethorn]

Tony Jay, co-writer of "Yes Minister"/"Yes Prime Minister", has died at 86.

So many of those sketches are still as topical today as they were 30 years ago. This is one of the best: Jim Hacker's "assistants" from the Civil Service reacting to his plan to reintroduce conscription.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA

 

[SamScribble]

A wonderful satirist.

 

[Handley_Page]

I have no doubt he'll be writing the scripts for the Angel Gabriel.

 

[oggbashan]

The UK politicians and civil servants of the time winced. Too much of "Yes Minister" was very close to reality - tweaked and slightly overstated a bit for satire - but the people and their interaction were very familiar.

Some people even suggested real people's names for the characters.