Sir Antony Rupert Jay CVO (born 20 April1930) was the co-author, with Jonathan Lynn of the successful British political comedies, 'Yes, Minister' and 'Yes, Prime Minister' (1980-88). Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jonathan Lynn (born April 3, 1943), is a British actor and comedy writer. ... Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms that were transmitted by the BBC between 1980 and 1988. ... Yes, (prime) minister: Sir Humphrey Appleby, James Jim Hacker, Bernard Woolley Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister are British sitcoms about the struggle between (Dr) James Jim Hacker (played by Paul Eddington), the government minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs (and later as Prime Minister) and...
Sir Antony had a distinguished career as a broadcaster and in public relations, for which he was knighted. He also was producer for some years of Queen Elizabeth II'sChristmas broadcasts, for which he was appointed a CVO. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms (and has previously been Queen of sixteen others). ... The Royal Christmas Message (currently coined The Queens Christmas Message) is broadcast by the British Sovereign to the Commonwealth at Christmas. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ...
All 38 episodes were written by AntonyJay and Jonathan Lynn and all but one are 30 minutes in length.
AntonyJay was personally sympathetic to the economically liberal elements of Thatcherism and served as a part time speech writer to Nigel Lawson.
In a tribute program to the series, screened by the BBC in early 2004, it was revealed that Jay and Lynn had drawn on information provided by two insiders from the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, namely Marcia Williams and Bernard Donohue.
AntonyJay: Theyve just translated the whole of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister into Hindi and its being shown in India now with Indian actors.
AntonyJay: The response from civil servants was that wed really given a terribly accurate picture of ministers but we hadnt really understood the civil service.
Tom Morton: AntonyJay - one of the writers of Yes Minister - which, by the way, was based on numerous interviews with public servants and politicians.
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