Thirty-eight episodes of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were made in total, running from 1980 to 1988. A one-hour special aired in 1984; all other episodes were a half-hour in length. The dates listed below are when a particular episode was first transmitted on BBC2.
A two-minute Christmas-themed sketch, featuring only Eddington, Hawthorne and Fowlds, was aired on BBC1 as part of a 1982 Christmas special titled The Funny Side of Christmas.
See main article: Yes, Prime Minister (2013 TV series). In January 2013, a new series of Yes, Prime Minister was launched on the Gold television channel.[1] [2]