The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Derbyshire. Adapted from TV with Paul Eddington. From October 1984.
MP Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Derbyshire.
Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds.
Satirical sitcom centred around hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and obsequious Bernard.
Written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn
It first ran on ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV between 1980 and 1984.
Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowlds
Dr Cartwright …. Ian Lavender
Alex Andrews …. Clive Merrison
Civil Servant …. Peter Acre
Civil Servant …. Ellen McIntosh
The Man on the Train …. William Eedle
Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin.
First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 1984.
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