THE NATION’S FAVORITE LONG-RUNNING SATIRE

During the Eighties Yes, Prime Minister was one of the most highly-regarded sitcoms and it is said that even Margaret Thatcher herself watched the show. The satirical take on British government was so popular that it crossed over into theatre, doing the rounds at theatres across the UK and making its West End transition at the Gielgud Theatre in 2010. It now takes to Trafalgar Square Studios; aptly just a stone's throw from Westminster.

The production has been updated with modern themes, seeing the ministers forced to deal with topical issues such as the European Union financial crisis and the exit of French president Nicholas Sarkozy. While original writers Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn intelligently modernize the current script, they retain the beloved and reviled characters that have become a recognisable hallmark of Britain's most popular political farce.

WHAT IS YES, PRIME MINISTER ABOUT?

The show opens with Prime Minister Jim Hacker and his team knee-deep in a political quandary. Head of a coalition government, Hacker faces the collapse of a European conference, the BBC highlighting his shortcomings and the discovery that the Chequers chef is an illegal immigrant – all whilst under the watchful eye of his permanent secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.

To top it all off, the one man who could improve the PM's standings, the foreign minister of fictional country Kumranistan, wants the PM to procure him an underage prostitute for the evening or he'll pull out of a multi-million pound deal.