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Sir Antony Rupert Jay, CVO, CBE (20 April 1930 – 21 August 2016) was an English writer and broadcaster. With Jonathan Lynn, he co-wrote the British political comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980–88).
Aug 30, 2016 · Antony Jay, whose keen appreciation of Machiavelli and corporate behavior helped make the 1980s British television series “Yes Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” instant classics of political...
Sir Antony Jay became one of the pioneers of television current affairs when he joined the BBC’s Tonight programme in the 1950s before taking his communication skills to Video Arts, the company...
Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran for 16 episodes from 1986 to 1988.
Aug 24, 2016 · Sir Antony Jay, the co-writer of TV political comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, has died aged 86 after a long illness. A representative said the former broadcaster died on Sunday...
Antony Jay. Writer: Yes, Prime Minister. Antony Jay joined BBC Television in 1955 and became a founding member of Tonight (1957), the corporation's nightly current affairs television programme, in 1957, becoming the editor in 1962. In 1963 he was made the Head of Television Talk Features.
A British writer and producer best known for co-authoring Yes, Minister (1980-1984) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986-1988) with Jonathan Lynn, Jay was inspired by his encounters with politicians while working as a producer on BBC’s nightly news programme Tonight.
