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a woman SPAD.

And Zoe Telford is a fantastic

actress, she's really good

and she's just got a great

kind of energy about her

and a real intelligence as well.

I think she'll be great.

Yeah, I

think she'll run rings around them.

We're all agreed it's the perfect

moment for the return

of Yes, Prime Minister.

But I wonder what former Prime

Minister Tony Blair makes of it...

Well, it's a very important

question,

and I'm glad that you've asked it,

and what I think we've got

to address is a very serious issue,

and it's absolutely right

that you said it, and what we're

doing, and what we said,

to address is a very serious issue,

and it's absolutely right

that you said it, and what we're

doing, and what we said,

and what we intend to say,

and what we intend to act upon,

is that very thing.

So in answer to that question,

is that very thing.

So in answer to that question,

I think we've got

to look at it very carefully.

Thanks, Tony.

Coming up, we'll reveal

which of these faces

was a secret source for the writers.

And relive the moment

Mrs Thatcher got in on the act.

Capital, my dear Sir Humphrey,

capital.

You'll know exactly where to start.

Britain's best-loved

governmental sitcom is back.

Award-winning writers Antony Jay

and Jonathan Lynn have brought back

Jim Hacker, Sir Humphrey

and Bernard for a brand-new series.

I really do admire your courage,

Prime Minister.

Oh, God!

Have I been courageous?

But back in the '70s, when

Antony first thought of the idea

for a governmental sitcom,

Jonathan was less than impressed,

and Yes, Minister

nearly became No, Minister!

It was Tony's idea.

I thought it was a terrible idea

and declined his suggestion

that we do this together.

And after three years, I was

looking for something new to write

and I couldn't think of anything,

so I phoned Tony who...

I said, "Have you done anything

with that idea yet?"

He said,

"No, are you interested now?"

And I said, "I don't know,

but it doesn't really have anything

"that would normally make people

watch a television series.

"It's three middle-aged

to elderly men,

"sitting around

and talking about government."

You know?

There are no women

or almost no women.

There's no action.

There's no sex.

There's no violence.

That's why we took such trouble

to make it interesting

and authentic and well researched,

so that even if they didn't

really get the jokes,

or laugh very much,

it might be interesting enough

for them to say, "Oh, I didn't know

that, that was quite interesting."

You know.

"Maybe

we'd better watch next week."

But we didn't expect it

to be a long-running series.

No.

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