Due to exceptional early demand for tickets for this final chapter two more weeks have been added to the run of I’m Sorry, Prime Minister at the Apollo Theatre in London.
Following a successful run at The Barn Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath and Cambridge Arts Theatre, I’m Sorry, Prime Minister will be transferring to the Apollo Theatre from 30 January with press night on 12 February 2026. The run will now close on 9 May 2026. Tickets are on sale now from www.imsorryprimeminister.com
Making his return to the West End, Griff Rhys Jones stars as ex-Prime Minister Jim Hacker alongside Clive Francis who is reprising the role of Sir Humphry Appleby he played at The Barn Theatre. This is the final chapter of Yes, Minister written and directed by BAFTA Award-winning Jonathan Lynn (pictured with Griff Rhys Jones), which sees the pair in their old age facing up to life in their retirement. The production is co-directed by Michael Gyngell.
Further casting and creatives to be announced.
Yes Minister was a British television comedy series 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. A hugely successful stage play entitled Yes, Prime Minister was premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in May 2010. The production transferred to the West End where it played at three different theatres and also toured the UK twice to great acclaim.
Set principally in the private office of a British cabinet minister in the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of Jim Hacker, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact policy or effect departmental changes are opposed by the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. The series received several BAFTAs and in 2004 was voted sixth in the Britain's Best Sitcom poll. It was the favourite television programme for fans across the political spectrum, most notably of the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher.
LISTINGS
I’M SORRY, PRIME MINISTER
Apollo Theatre
Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 7EZ
Booking: www.imsorryprimeminister.com
Phone Number: 0330 333 4809
Priced from: £20
First performance: Friday 30 January
Final performance: Saturday 9 May
Press Night: Thursday 12 February 2026, 19:00
