If you like the series then this article[0] which was published in the LRB early in its run is well worth a read - it gives you a good idea of how the series ca

If you like the series then this article[0] which was published in the LRB early in its run is well worth a read - it gives you a good idea of how the series came about and why it feels very closely observed. Reportedly many politicians at the time, including Margaret Thatcher, felt it to be very closely observed. But the really clever thing about the writing is that you never know which party Jim Hacker is a member of and it is equally believable regardless of which one - it's so remarkable that it's a series about politics which manages to be really quite apolitical in that sense. 0. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v02/n10/antony-jay/informed-sources https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v02/n10/antony-jay/informed-...