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Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Jonathan Lynn to hear the story of how he and his co-writer Sir Anthony Jay created their sitcom masterpiece Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Jonathan explains the challenges of writing a comedy about the on-the-face-of-it-not-entirely-hilarious subject of politicians and civil servants, and how he and Tony found such a rich vein of humour in the world of Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey. He reveals the politicians who inspired the character of Jim, and the unlikely role that John Cleese’s corporate training video company played in the creation of the series. Producer: Owen Braben An Expectation Entertainment production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4