Who played the part of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister?
Humphrey Appleby the part of Sir Humphrey in the 2010 stage production of "Yes, Prime Minister". Humphrey, a cat employed as the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street from 1989 to 1997, was named after Sir Humphrey. Humphrey Appleby Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon), is a fictional character from the British television series "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister". He was played originally by Sir Nigel Hawthorne, both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by Henry Goodman in a new series of "Yes, Prime Minister". In "Yes Minister", he is
The Key (Yes, Prime Minister) restricted. During the Second Wilson Ministry, on occasions then Cabinet Secretary Sir John Hunt (whose tenure in office was an inspiration for the character of Sir Humphrey Appleby) was periodically refused immediate access to Downing Street by the Prime Minister's adviser Bernard Donoughue, who relished taunting Hunt, who was one of the more powerful cabinet secretaries, with this ability to refuse access. The Key (Yes, Prime Minister) “The Key” is the fourth episode of the BBC comedy series "Yes, Prime Minister" and was first broadcast 30 January 1986. Jim Hacker is in the Cabinet Room in 10 Downing Street and