Review: Yes, Prime Minister, Trafalgar Studios, London

For those unfamiliar with the 1980s comedy Yes, Prime Minister, Jim Hacker is the hapless MP manipulated by his supposedly loyal civil servant, Sir Humphrey Appleby.

For those familiar with it, the new stage version had a hard act to follow - but still proved relevant and funny 30 years on.

The same old characters live out a mad weekend where they find themselves wondering whether to fly three prostitutes to Chequers in the Queen's helicopter to appease a corrupt Middle Eastern dictator.

It's a classic farce, but with plenty of up-to-date jokes: the slow march of the Euro, MPs' expenses and the fear of sexual antics being revealed.

With plenty of in-jokes, it is not a play for those uninterested in politics. Its venue, Trafalgar Studios, is in Whitehall itself for a reason.

But for those who want a real insight into how Britain is run, or not run at all, as it seems, it is just as worth watching as when it started.

Performances Monday to Saturday. Tickets from £25.

Visit www.yesprimeminister.co.uk.