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Yes Minister (Guesting on Modern British History Podcast)

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In this bonus episode, Gareth is a guest on The Modern British History Podcast. Harry White is the host and he generally looks at the modern (post war) British political scene. In this episode, he invited Gareth on to discuss the eighties sitcom Yes Minister and they discuss how it caricatures the civil service of the time. And have things changed forty years later? Find more from Harry here: https://www.modernbritishhistory.co.uk/

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