Review Roundup: What are the critics saying about I’m Sorry, Prime Minister?
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**Jonathan Lynn**, the BAFTA award-winning co-creator of *Yes, Minister* and *Yes, Prime Minister* has transported the bickering bureaucrats, Jim Hacker (**Griff Rhys Jones**) and Sir Humphrey Appleby (**Clive Francis**), to the West End stage for their final chapter. But is the live production, currently playing at the Apollo Theatre, a worthy addition to the Minister cannon, or were the critics sorry they saw it?
### **What is I’m Sorry, Prime Minister about?**
Jim Hacker (Griff Rhys Jones) is back - older, but perhaps not wiser, and still utterly baffled by the real world. Hoping for a quiet retirement at the tranquil Hacker College, Oxford, Jim instead finds himself facing the ultimate modern crisis: cancellation by the college committee.
Enter the delightfully devious Sir Humphrey Appleby (Clive Francis), who has lost none of his love for bureaucracy, Latin phrases, and well-timed obstruction.
Can Humphrey outmanoeuvre the meddling students, the Fellowship, and reality itself?
Or is it finally time to say, *"I’m Sorry, Prime Minister..."*?
### **What are the critics saying about I’m Sorry, Prime Minister?**
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is a political satire with heart, intelligence and enormous charm… A sharp, insightful comedy that stands proudly in the lineage of its predecessors” - Theatre Weekly
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - “National treasure Griff Rhys Jones is a hoot as Jim Hacker” - The Telegraph
“A splendid bit of comic business” The Standard
“Memories of a perfect TV show came flooding back” - The Times
### **Book tickets to I’m Sorry, Prime Minister today and save up to 53%**
Starring Griff Rhys Jones and Clive Francis, [*I’m Sorry, Prime Minister*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/im-sorry-prime-minister-tickets), plays at London’s Apollo Theatre until 9 May 2026.