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The cheek of it – German political comedy nicks gags from Yes Minister The cheek of it – German political comedy nicks gags from Yes Minister
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A political satire about a politician who quits because he plagiarised his doctorate has been exposed – for plagiarising, reports the Times. Eagle-eyed viewers noticed that some of the best lines from Der Minister, a German comedy-drama on the rise and fall of a protege of Angela Merkel, noted that the show snaffled lines from hit shows of a similar vein, including the BBC's Yes Minister. The writer of the show, watched by 4.4 million people, admitted she took material from the internet.A political satire about a politician who quits because he plagiarised his doctorate has been exposed – for plagiarising, reports the Times. Eagle-eyed viewers noticed that some of the best lines from Der Minister, a German comedy-drama on the rise and fall of a protege of Angela Merkel, noted that the show snaffled lines from hit shows of a similar vein, including the BBC's Yes Minister. The writer of the show, watched by 4.4 million people, admitted she took material from the internet.
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