Character Profile: James "Jim" Hacker

Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington) was an academic political researcher,polytechnic lecturer and editor of a newspaper, Reform, before entering Parliament, where he apparently spent a good deal of time in Opposition before his party won the general election. In Yes Minister he is the Minister for Administrative Affairs (a fictitious ministry of the British government) and a cabinet minister. Hacker received his degree from the London School of Economics for which he is frequently derided by the Oxford-educated Sir Humphrey. His early character is that of a gung-ho, but naïve, politician, bringing sweeping changes to his department. Before long, Hacker begins to notice that Civil Service tactics are preventing his planned changes being put into practice. As he learns he becomes more sly and cynical, and uses some of the Civil Service ruses himself. While Sir Humphrey initially held all the aces, Hacker now and again plays a trump card of his own.

Throughout Yes Minister, Hacker is often portrayed as a publicity-mad bungler, incapable of making a firm decision, prone to potentially embarrassing blunders, and who elicits bad press and stern lectures from the party apparatus, particularly the Chief Whip. In Yes, Prime Minister Hacker quickly develops statesmanlike skills. He practises more grandiose speeches, dreams up his "grand design", and hones his diplomatic skills, and these nearly all land him in trouble.

Yes Minister

Jim Hacker, Member of Parliment, is appointed Cabinet as Minister For Administrative Affairs. There he is introduced to Bernard Wooley, his private secretary and Civil Servant boss Sir Humphrey Appleby





My research will follow this summary of Yes Minister

Last Lesson

In wednesdays lesson we created a sitcom you can see this on my last post
We also learned about treatments, synopsis, and loglines.
A treatment is.....
a summary of the text, it is persuasive, dramatizes the action
A synopsis is........
a basic summary including key action
A logline is..........
a line that sells a product

My Sitcom

Title Vince's Buns
Format 6 episodes
Theme Vince messes up and Natasha helps him out
Style Verbal Humour
POV Vince and Natasha
Setting Bakery
Characters Natasha- looks out for vince
Zander - the exterminator
Target 16-30 year olds
Audience
Background Vince works in a bakery to pay for his training as he is a body builder he is very vain and takes pride in his appearence. The bakery has an infestation of rats. This causes humour as Vince is terrified of them and everytime he comes across one and panics causing some disaster or other of which Natasha has to clear up for him. He also when the exterminator finally arrives finds him deadly attractive and constantly flirts with him

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This is for my media work anyone can access it there will be useful sites, info and other stuff. So check it out.

Welcome

Ezi this is my new blog. You can access info about sitcoms i've studied or any info i found useful