这部电视剧故事讲新任大臣来到行政事务部的种种遭遇,短小精粹,每集半个多小时。1980年开始在英国BBC二套播出,立刻脍炙人口,万人空巷。据说在演这部戏的时候英国下院里老是找不着人,大家都看电视去了。首相撒切尔夫人也迷上了,甚至亲自为它演了一个片断。后来,又拍续集,叫主人公升官,成...更多>
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