Front Row - Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn on revisiting the characters in his new play

Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn on revisiting the characters in his new play

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The creator of Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn - on his new play I’m Sorry Prime Minister. Griff Rhys Jones plays Jim Hacker, the octogenarian former Prime Minister. Clive Francis plays civil servant Sir Humphrey in this elegiac comedy which draws the saga to a close.

Inside Aardman is a new exhibition opening at the Young V&A this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the creative company who have brought plasticine stop-motion animation to a global stage in the form of Wallace and Gromit. Tom is joined by stop-motion animator and director Joseph Wallace and Jez Stewart, curator of animation for the BFI National Archive to discuss the exhibition and the state of stop-motion animation today.

And director Amy Berg talks about her archive rich documentary It's Never Over about the late singer Jeff Buckley.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe


Published on Tuesday, 10th February 2026.

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