Yes Minister: The Challenge

Air Date

Thursday November 18, 1982

Production Code

LLCM032H

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• Stars

  • Nigel Hawthorne Sir Humphrey Appleby
  • John Nettleton Sir Arnold Robinson
  • Derek Fowlds Bernard Wooley
  • Paul Eddington Rt Hon James Hacker

• Guest Cast

  • Ian Lavender Doctor Cartwright
  • Ludovic Kennedy Himself
  • Doug Fisher Mr. Ben Stanley -Mayor of Thames Marsh
  • Frank Tregear Floor Manager - T.V. Interview
  • Stuart Sherwin Permanent Secretary at Lunch
  • Murray Watson BBC Director of Policy

• Directors

  • Peter Whitmore Director

• Musics

  • Ronnie Hazlehurst Music

• Writers

  • Antony Jay Writer
  • Jonathan Lynn Writer
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• The aggressively left-wing and outspoken "Ben Stanley" is clearly a parody of one of Britain's best-known political figures of the era (and subsequently), Ken Livingstone. The latter was, as leader of the Greater London Council, a thorn in the side of the Thatcher government for many years and the object of much execration in the right-wing press. He was equally unpopular in the Labour Party, whose official line he often opposed; but he still became Lord Mayor of London and held the post for many years. [edit]

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