Margaret Thatcher said Jonathan Lynn 's co-written BBC hit `` Yes , Minister '' was her favorite show . Jonathan Lynn : MPs crowded into House of Commons bars to watch themselves satirized . Comment: Lynn : Really written by a press secretary , it was a PR move to make people like her more .
Margaret Thatcher said Jonathan Lynn 's co-written BBC hit `` Yes , Minister '' was her favorite show . Jonathan Lynn : MPs crowded into House of Commons bars to watch themselves satirized . When she was losing favor , he says , Thatcher `` wrote '' a sketch and starred as herself . Lynn : Really written by a press secretary , it was a PR move to make people like her more .