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"Yes Minister" was a 1980s UK series on exactly this topic: the Public Service vs. the Government. It was a satire, but its brilliance was that most of the sat
by femto 12y ago
"Yes Minister" was a 1980s UK series on exactly this topic: the Public Service vs. the Government. It was a satire, but its brilliance was that most of the satire was quite plausible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister
- lotsofmangos 12y agoIt was partly so plausible because the writers had several moles inside the UK civil service at the time, who fed them information that couldn't be reported without getting into serious legal difficulties, but could be spun into a fictionalised narrative.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoAlso its spiritual successor for our post-911 world, The Thick of It. Veep was an adaptation for the American market, but it kinda lost its satirical teeth.
- vixen99 12y agoits
- JetSpiegel 12y agoThanks!
- lostcolony 12y ago...did that just happen?
- JetSpiegel 12y agoI could go on a tirade about nitpicking, but since I was actually wrong, and there were no insults involved, why bother?
- lostcolony 12y agoJust shocked to see it, even on HN.