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''Yes, Prime Minister,'' where Jim Hacker, the minister, became PM, followed.

Margaret Thatcher, the real-life PM at the time the series was first shown, was a huge fan and [[Self Insert Fic|once wrote a sketch featuring herself, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey]]. It can be read {{media|thatcher_script.jpg| here}}. The series has in fact been criticized as being [http://reviewsindepth.com/2010/03/yes-prime-minister-the-most-cunning-political-propaganda-ever-conceived/ powerful propaganda for the Thatcher administration], as it was written by one of her advisors, despite the show portraying civil servants ''and'' politicians as corrupt, the politicians caring only about votes, in spite of the left-leaning sympathies of the show's co-creator, Jonathan Lynn.

Margaret Thatcher, the real-life PM at the time the series was first shown, was a huge fan and [[Self Insert Fic|once wrote a sketch featuring herself, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey]]. It can be read [[media:thatcher_script.jpg|here]]. The series has in fact been criticized as being [http://reviewsindepth.com/2010/03/yes-prime-minister-the-most-cunning-political-propaganda-ever-conceived/ powerful propaganda for the Thatcher administration], as it was written by one of her advisors, despite the show portraying civil servants ''and'' politicians as corrupt, the politicians caring only about votes, in spite of the left-leaning sympathies of the show's co-creator, Jonathan Lynn.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_(cat) Humphrey the cat], the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1989 to 1997, was named for Sir Humphrey Appleby.