Articles & Interviews


Yes Prime Minister (Play)

Co-creator of Yes, Prime Minister Jonathan Lynn explores comedy
Theatre Voice, August 7, 2011

Yes, Prime Minister on stage
The Telegraph, Febuary 17, 2010

Jim Hacker back on the political stage
The Sydney Morning Herald, October 15, 2011

Meet the Author: Jonathan Lynn
Interview with Nick Higham, BBC News, 17 September 2011


Yes Prime Minister (BBC)

'I'm perpetually shockable. And the fact that I'm shocked means I have to write about it.'
Jay Richardson interviews Jonathan Lynn

Yes, Prime Minister: The faces have changed but the biting political satire hasn't, says the man who's revived his classic sitcom 30 years after it was first shown
Mail Online, January 4, 2013

YES PRIME MINISTER (for the RADIO TIMES)
By Jonathan Lynn

Comedy Rules

You don't have to be ANGRY to be funny... but it helps
Mail Online, August 25, 2011

Meet the Author: Jonathan Lynn
Interview with Nick Higham, BBC News, 17 September 2011

The Fighting Temptations

"Beyonce Transforms Into Bohemian, Motherly Nightclub Singer"
mtv.com, Nov. 21, 2002


The Distinguished Gentleman

"Yes, Director": After Skewering the British Government on the BBC, Writer/Director Jonathan Lynn Takes a Swipe at Capitol Hill by David Hunter
Village View, Dec. 4 - 10, 1992


Mayday

"Why the mastermind of Yes Minister moved to Hollywood: California Dreaming" by Anne de Courcy
London Daily Mail, Monday, September 20, 1993


My Cousin Vinny

"'Vinny,' 'Jump' score in Fox sneak previews" by Martin A. Grove
The Hollywood Reporter/Hollywood Report, Thursday, March 5, 1992

"The skinny on 'Vinny': Prod'n team's a vinner" by Martin A. Grove
The Hollywood Reporter/Hollywood Report, Friday, March 6, 1992

"A Director's British Eye on the South" by Bernard Weinraub
The New York Times, March 22, 1992


The Whole Nine Yards

"How to make a killing in LA: From Sir Humphrey to Bruce Willis..." by Alison Roberts
London Evening Standard, Arts, Friday, May 19, 2000

Martin Grove's Filmmaker Focus: "Montreal, 35 days and 'The Whole Nine Yards'"
The Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday, February 9, 2000


Yes Minister

"LET'S HEAR A 'YES' FOR JIM HACKER" by Mary Blume
International Herald Tribune, Monday, May 2, 1988




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