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Index
A Clump of Plinths 27, 29
A Dry White Season 195
A Little Hotel on the Side 1980
A Night at the Opera 129
A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers 38, 44, 218, 347, 361, 369
Ableman, Paul 29
Admirable Crichton, The 50
Advocate 290–1
Aeschylus 297, 369
Affairs of the Heart 195
Airey, Sir Lawrence 133, 134, 135
Albery Theatre 195, 200
Aldwych Theatre 230
Alexander, Terence 33
All Gas and Gaiters 71
All in Favor 294–5, 297
All Souls Church, Langham Place 201
Allen, Stuart 75, 76, 77–8, 85, 331
Allsop, Kenneth 28
Ambassadors Theatre 197
Amistad 290
Ammonds, John 86, 340
An American Werewolf in London 197
Angels in America 313
Animal House 197
Annan, Noel 33
Annan Committee 33, 170
Annan Report on the Future of Broadcasting 39
Antrobus, John 304
Apple Cart, The 67
Are You Being Served? 6, 50
Armstrong, Sir Robert 167, 237–8, 355
Ashton, Joe 256, 361
At Last the 1948 Show 86
Atkin, Pete 198, 357
Attlee, Clement 80
Australia 259, 260, 314
Ayckbourne, Alan 74
Babes in the Wood 9
BAFTA 85, 124, 158, 183, 196, 250, 260, 284, 291
Bagehot, Walter 1, 15, 33, 39–40, 131, 215, 286, 327, 341, 343, 352, 357, 365, 367
Balliol College, Oxford 56
Bancroft, Sir Ian 132, 353
Bangladesh 189
Barclay, Humphrey 27, 30, 55, 347
Barker, Ronnie 86
Barrie, J.M. 50
Basil Brush Show, The 70
Baverstock, Donald 28, 346
Beatty, Ned 81
Bell, Tim 228
Belles of St Trinians, The 12
Benn, Tony 36, 298, 344, 346, 363, 367
Bennett, Alan 195, 290
Bentham, Trevor 136, 195, 291, 292, 362
Berlin, Isaiah 17, 344, 367
Berkeley, Ballard 66
Beyond the Fringe 9, 27, 342
Biffen, John 25, 358–9
Bilko 160, 355
Billington, Michael 314, 362, 364
Bird, John 13, 335
Birds of a Feather 315
Birthday Suite, The 195
Black Comedy 195
Blackpool 127–8, 129
Blair, Tony 188, 217, 297, 298, 299, 307, 363–4, 365
Blue Murder at St Trinians 12
Blues Brothers, The 197
Blunkett, David 163, 367
Blunt, Sir Anthony 247, 249
Boon 292
Booth, Connie 33, 60
Bootsie and Snudge 303
Bottomley, Peter 25
Boulting Brothers 12–13
Boucicault, Dion 287
Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Le 287
Bowness, Felix 78–9
Brambell, Wilfrid 304
Bridges, Sir Edward 12, 215, 342, 357, 367
Briers, Ann 288
Briers, Richard 88, 288–9
Brink, André 195
Bristol Old Vic 29, 67, 195
‘Britain’s Best Sitcom’ 296
British American Tobacco 255
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 6, 9, 13, 21, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 38, 58, 62, 65, 74, 76, 77, 78, 83, 84–5, 86, 87, 88, 89, 127, 130, 158, 166, 170, 171, 190, 195, 196–7, 198, 200, 204, 206, 219, 220, 230–1, 254, 258, 260, 261, 276, 281, 285, 286, 287, 288, 293, 295, 296, 303–4, 306, 315, 316, 320, 328, 329, 341, 342, 343, 346–69 passim
BBC1 28, 30, 32, 57, 58, 89, 98, 109, 124, 142, 158, 170, 171, 183, 284, 289, 333, 347, 348, 349, 350, 355, 356, 362
BBC2 48, 57, 58, 89, 90, 97, 98, 109, 130, 142, 158, 170, 171, 183, 195, 206, 212, 232, 250, 261, 296, 331–6, 348, 354, 362, 363
BBC Books 167
BBC Radio 4 3, 195, 198, 199, 293, 296, 342, 351, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 361
BBC Worldwide 295, 315
Rehearsal Rooms 74, 75, 76, 91, 230
Studios 225, 226
Broadcasting Press Guild Award 196
Bron, Eleanor 174, 229, 333
Brooke-Taylor, Tim 27, 29, 33
Brown, Gordon 299, 318, 363, 364, 365
Browning Version, The 195, 287
Brush Strokes 227
Brussels 123, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156–7
Buchanan, James 138, 354, 367
Buffery, Tony 30
Bullock, Sandra 290
Burgess, Guy 134, 247
Burke, Edmund 358
Berlusconi, Silvio 309
Burnt Farm Ride 200
Butler, Sir Robin 125, 199, 224, 226, 353, 358
Cable, Vince 25, 298
Call My Bluff 132
Callaghan, James 45, 64, 87, 88, 89, 95, 96, 138, 189, 218, 308, 367
Cambridge, University of 21, 25–7, 30, 55, 56, 134, 198, 247, 286
Cambridge Circus 29
Cambridge Theatre Company 32, 35, 37, 60, 69
Cameron, David 217, 299–300, 364, 365
Cameron, John 27
Camomile Lawn, The 287
Campaign for Freedom of Information 251, 361
Canada 295
Carfagna, Mara 309
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 12
Carlyle,
Thomas 9, 342
Carrington 291
Castle, Barbara 36, 132, 347, 353
Channel Four 170–1, 287, 315, 363
Channel Five 315
Chapman, Graham 27, 29, 30
Chapman, Leslie 47, 48, 144, 176–7, 223, 348, 358
Charing Cross Hospital 164
Cheng Hong 293
Chequers 309, 316, 358
Chicago 313
Chichester 195
Chichester Festival 313
Chiltern Hundreds, The 9
China 46, 231, 293
Chiswick Town Hall 74
Christie, John 21–2
Churchill, Winston 8, 217, 233, 298, 318, 342, 357
Citizen Smith 57
Civil Service:
depiction of in popular culture 10–14, 47–8, 223
reactions to Yes Minister 130–5, 158, 159, 188, 258–9
Clandestine Marriage, The 290
Clarke, Kenneth 126, 255, 353, 361
Cledwyn of Penrhos, Lord 258, 361
Cleese, John 27, 29, 30, 32, 33–4, 35, 60, 66, 69, 86, 286, 349, 351, 355
Clement, Dick 60, 303
Clue 197
Clunes, Martin 306
Cockerell, Michael 28
Comedians 32
Commons, House of 3, 22, 24, 25, 35–6, 55, 96–7, 123, 130, 132, 144, 151, 159, 163, 175, 186, 226, 256, 262, 275, 278–9, 281, 285, 341, 344, 345, 346, 349, 356, 358
Complete Yes Minister, The 293, 366
Complete Yes, Prime Minister, The 293, 366
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 174, 356
Congreve, William 287
Conservative Party 25, 65, 110, 138, 171, 200, 286, 299, 345, 346, 349, 352, 358
Constant, Benjamin 301, 364
Cook, Peter 9, 27, 342
Corbett, Harry H. 304
Coronation Street 170–1, 319, 365
Corporation Man 32, 366
Cosby 295
Cotton, Bill 204, 205, 261, 367
Council of the Howard League for Penal Reform 287
Cream 30
Critics’ Circle 287
Croft, David 50, 60
Crosland, Anthony 185–6
Crossman, Richard:
influence on YM 39–44, 47, 48, 53–4, 57, 63–4, 80, 104, 132, 166, 194, 267–9
on Civil Service 39–44, 47, 48, 50, 53–4, 57, 63–4, 80, 104, 132, 166, 194, 267–9
on Permanent Secretary 41–3, 50, 63–4
on Principal Private Secretary 53–4, 57
Curry and Chips 6
Dad’s Army 6, 50, 60, 69, 349, 350, 363, 368
Daily Express 142, 342, 344, 346, 349, 351, 352, 354, 357, 362, 366, 367
Daily Mail 103, 110, 111, 244, 270, 311, 314, 351, 360, 364