Margaret Thatcher said Jonathan Lynn 's co-written BBC hit `` Yes , Minister '' was her favorite show . It transpired that the scarcely believable message was not , in fact , to be believed : The sketch was written by her press secretary , Bernard Ingham . 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 . Comment: Lynn : Really written by a press secretary , it was a PR move to make people like her more .