Anne "Annie" Hacker is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 in the 1980s British sitcom

British sitcom

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 Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC Television between 1980–1982 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 to 1988. In total there were 38 episodes—of which all but...

and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. She was portrayed by Diana Hoddinott

Diana Hoddinott

Diana Hoddinott is an English actress. She was born to Winifred Doris, née Dibble and Alan Hoddinott , who married in 1934 in Langport....

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In Yes Minister Annie is wife of Jim Hacker, Minister for Administrative Affairs, a cabinet post. In the last episode, "Party Games

Party Games (Yes Minister)

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", her husband is appointed Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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, for which he plays the title role throughout Yes, Prime Minister. She is mother to the couple's daughter, Lucy who is mentioned numerously throughout the series' but only seen once.

Very little is known about Annie and little is divulged about her life, being a secondary character. There are mentions throughout Yes, Prime Minister of Annie's charity work which is infringed upon when her charity doesn't have the money to host a Christmas event and is told by the members: 'It's not our fault, Mrs Hacker; tell your husband'.

Character

Annie is often portrayed as the frustrated wife of a politician, whose exasperation (and often suppressed amusement) with her husband's political aspirations is seen in the pilot episode and throughout the series. She also laments the lack of privacy she and her husband experience (especially when Jim assumes the Premiership).

Contrastingly, she is also played as a sympathetic character, especially when her husband has been thwarted by the Civil Service apparatus, for example in The Whisky Priest

The Whisky Priest (Yes Minister)

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