# Yes Minister

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Yes Minister and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this satirical sitcom because its portrayal of UK government still feels accurate decades later. Few complaints recur.

## Why people recommend it

- Still accurate about UK government (4 comments): "it is a documentary on UK Government that is still true today as it was 40-50 years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060516)) "There are some which seem timeless. 80% of Yes Minister could apply today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732518)) "Yes Minister on point as usual" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48737165))
- Realistic view of how government works (2 comments): "it is a documentary on UK Government that is still true today as it was 40-50 years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060516)) "Truly, the writers of Yes Minister were documentarians." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917242))

## What people warn about

- Hard to watch full episodes (1 comments): "I can't watch it for a whole episode." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732536))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Office](https://hackerapproved.com/p/office.md): 23 recommend
- [Red Dwarf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dwarf.md): 20 recommend
- [Utopia (Australian comedy TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/utopia.md): 14 recommend
- [It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia.md): 9 recommend
- [Yes, Prime Minister](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yes-prime-minister.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Yes Minister", https://hackerapproved.com/p/yes-minister/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).