# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antony-jay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:44.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antony-jay"
name: "Antony Jay"
slug: "antony-jay"
description: "Sir Antony Rupert Jay was an English writer and broadcaster. With Jonathan Lynn, he co-wrote the British political-satirical comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980–88). He also wrote a comedy sketch of the series for the television film The Funny Side of Christmas, and The Householder's Guide to Community Defence Against Bureaucratic Aggression (1972)."
tagline: "British screenwriter (1930–2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1930-04-20"
deathDate: "2016-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.85
  momentum:             1.238556812062466
  historical:           10.80846533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419572/"
    handle:    "nm0419572"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انتونى جاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Antony Jay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jay"
    title: "Antony Jay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jay"
    title: "Antony Jay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jay"
    title: "Antony Jay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Jay"
    title: "Antony Jay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Джей, Энтони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "安东尼·杰伊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antony_Jay"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/31550b06-1bcf-4ca5-ba39-83b23fd14287"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220630"
    title: "Antony Jay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump