Yes minister remains an unrivalled guide to british. He was played originally by sir nigel hawthorne, both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by henry goodman in a new series of yes, prime minister. In the cynical worldview of brit fiction, brexit was. It has been more than 20 years since sir humphrey appleby, with his voice scary with sarcasm, last uttered the words yes, minister and then yes, prime minister. Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. A bunch of well educated, smart and cynical guys who know exactly how to play the other european nations against each other. The mandalorian streaming how to watch the mandalorian online download series disney plus. Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century yes. Minister, britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years. What others are saying yes, minister paul eddington, nigel hawthorne and derek fowlds. What are your favorite scenes from the yes minister series. Yes minister sir arnolds life after cabinet secretary. Watch yes, prime minister online full episodes of season 2.
In yes, minister, we never find out which party hacker belongs to, nor the political leanings of bernard and sir humphrey. Jonathan lynn i emailed my old friend and asked what he would do if he were still head of the civil service. The first show was on bbc tv as well and it was written by antony jay and jonathan lynn. Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century yes prime minister. The bbc issued some episodes of yes minister, and all of yes, prime minister on vhs. Sir humphrey appleby nigel hawthorne serves throughout the series as. Government policy policy yes minister bbc comedy by bbc studios.
Yes minister series 1 episode guide british comedy guide. The civil service was united in its desire to make sure that the common market didnt work. Watch yes, minister online full episodes of season 4 to 1. Jun 26, 2016 the brexit vote made this yes minister video go viral.
Yes minister why britain joined the european union. In the universe of the show, he is assistant secretary to the treasury and later the permanent secretary to the treasury. Jan 15, 20 the nations favourite political satire, yes, prime minister, returns to tv screens this month, 24 years after the last series. One suggests the standard foreign office response, which many. The 10 funniest ever yes minister moments the telegraph. Yes, prime minister sitcom sequel to yes, minister, focusing on jim hackers elevation to 10 downing street and sir humphrey having to steer around even bigger crises on iplayer. The bbcs yes minister is everything you need to know. The dean of baillie describes him as too clever by half and smug the. A scene from british sitcom yes minister has gone viral for predicting.
Yes minister is a satirical british sitcom written by antony jay and jonathan lynn that was first transmitted by bbc television between 1980 and 1984, split over three seven. Sir humphrey appleby demonstrates the use of leading questions to skew an opinion survey to support or oppose national service military conscription. With that technicality out of the way i can finally start telling you about the game itself. Yes minister scene predicted boris johnsons reaction. In the episode the writing on the wall, permanent secretary sir humphrey appleby patiently explains to minister jim hacker precisely why britain has such a vexed relationship with the eu. A footage from the famous series describing the pillars of the british policy towards europe. In fact, that was the prime minister s original suggestion but the foreign secretary thought this was a home office matter and the home office took the view that it was. The late paul eddington was very funny as james hacker, a bumbling minister who is constantly at odds with his civil servant, sir humphrey appleby, played masterfully by oscar winner nigel hawthorne. In that cause we have fought with the dutch against the spanish, with the germans against the french, with the french and italians against the germans. Britains eu membership brilliantly ridiculed in hilarious yes. For those who are not aware of the characters, a quick introduction. This show is a sequel to the show called yes, minister. In the cynical worldview of brit fiction, brexit was preordained.
Sep 10, 20 one of the best tv series ever made possibly, and an a2a i was particularly very enthusiastic about. The foreign office is proeurope because its so antieurope. Russia tapped foreign exchange reserves as rouble tumbled. The sitcom, which once gave margaret thatcher a very racy dream about sir humphrey, is back as a west end show it has been more than 20 years since sir humphrey appleby, with his voice scary with sarcasm, last uttered the words yes, minister and then yes, prime minister. A sequel, yes, prime minister, lasted 16 episodes and ran from 1986 to 1988.
Unfortunately, although the answer was indeed clear, simple, and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement, inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts, insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated, is such as to cause epistemological. Yes, prime minister s02e03 a diplomatic incident video. In it permanent secretary sir humphrey appleby explains to minister. Well now is your chance to be jim hacker that very same prime minister in charge if you really think the pm was in charge of that very same cabinet. Sir frank gordon is a fictional character in the 1980s british sitcom yes minister and its sequel yes, prime minister. This 1980 clip from yes minister basically explains brexit. Jul 12, 2017 watch yes, prime minister s02e03 a diplomatic incident arthur twosheds jackson on dailymotion. In yes minister, he is the permanent secretary for the department of. Watch yes, minister online full episodes of season 4 to. Sir arnold robinson played by john nettleton, cabinet secretary in yes minister and later president of the campaign for freedom of information. Yes minister the british foreign policy defined youtube. Brexit vote result makes yes, minister eu video go viral. In that, while it has been government policy to regard policy as a responsibility of ministers and administration as a responsibility of officials, the questions of administrative policy can cause confusion between the policy of administration and the administration of. Sir humphrey appleby gcb kbe mvo is a fictional character from the british television series.
Sir humphrey has to decide if he will support the pm or inform parliament when hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge. From series 2 episode 5 the devil you know sir humphrey and jim hacker discuss brussels and why european nations joined the common. Yes minister and yes prime minister the complete collection. Twitter was filled with chatter about the negative implications of brexit, jokes on it and one one small clip from the 1980s british political sitcom yes minister.
It ran from 1980 to 1984 for three seasons with seven episodes each season. List of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes wikipedia. Sir humphrey appleby gcb kbe mvo is a fictional character from the british television series yes minister and yes prime minister. In that cause we have fought with the dutch against the spanish, with the germans against the french, with the french and italians against the germans, and with the french against the germans and.
Yes, minister is a tv program this channel was generated automatically by youtube s video discovery system. Yes real prime minister aka the thatcher sketch 1984 optional subs by humphrey appleby. To watch the telegraph s latest video content please visit youtube. The foreign office is proeurope, because it is really antieurope. It ran for three seasons with seven episodes each season. Sir humphrey explains the job could turn into a nightmare for the minister and endeavors to protect him from any discomfort. This complete collection includes every episode of the hugely popular political satire yes minister series 1 3 which first aired in 1980 on bbc 2 along with each episode in the subsequent two series of yes prime minister which aired from 1986. List of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes. In that cause we have fought with the dutch against the spanish, with the germans against the french, with the french and italians against the germans, and with the french against the germans and italians.
I think that the foreign and commonwealth office might have some views on that. Brexit is a mess what would yes ministers sir humphrey. Yes, minister unveils secrets of british foreign policy. Speech of sir frank, yes, prime minister the key by mickekzon. Derek fowlds, managed to say so many things with just two.
Sir humphrey and jim hacker discuss art subsidies by trabirobert. Sir antony jay, cowriter of political comedies yes minister and yes, prime minister, died on sunday at the age of 86 after a long illness. Yes minister and yes prime minister reflect todays political shenanigans remarkably accurately. Sir humphrey explains about the church of england yes prime minister. Yes prime minister christmas message optional english subtitles. Jim is given the job of implementing an integrated national transport policy. Yes, prime minister writers, sir antony jay and jonathan lynn. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. It cannot be left to fools like fleet street editors, backbench mps and cabinet ministers. This is a list of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes. Tough questions being asked concerning, a roof garden in this clip from the classic political bbc comedy yes minister. Yes, minister unveils secrets of british foreign policy on. The clip shows sir humphrey appleby, a main character from the show, explaining to jim hacker, the fictional minister of the department of administrative affairs, as to why uk.
Yes, prime minister was a bbc tv sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1988. Jims latest drive to slim down the civil service has won favour with both the pm and cabinet colleagues, but sir humphrey is bitterly opposed to the plans. Yes, minister get season 3 on youtube advertisement. Firstclass political satire and a worldwide favourite seen in over 80 countries, yes minister is wellknown for being closer to the truth. This includes a onehour special that aired in 1984. A common exercise among theatre practitioners is to say a line in many ways, altering with subtleties of accent and expression its meaning. Yes minister and yes prime minister complete collection. This is a list of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes 38 episodes were made in total, running from 1980 to 1988.
With respect sir humphrey, it cant have been the clinching argument for two and a half. The writing is astute and sophisticated and is tailormade for nigel hawthornes superb characterisation of the machiavellian permanent secretary and later cabinet secretary, sir humphrey appleby. Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years. From the minds of jonathan lynn and antony jay comes the complete box set of all three series of yes minister. The books the complete yes minister and the complete yes, prime minister were also translated into german as yes minister isbn 3442086361 and yes premierminister isbn 3442088925 respectively.
The british satire show yes ministe r was unique in its display of the innerworkings of government. In yes minister, he is the minister for administrative affairs a fictitious ministry of. In that cause we have fought with the dutch against the spanish, with the germans. What yes, minister taught us about europe politico. Aug 24, 2016 following the news of yes minister writer antony jays death at the age of 86, we look back at ten of the most memorable moments from the series 1 jim hacker takes office i n the political sitcom. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Yes minister brexit special sir humphrey explains all. This is the story of the endless battles between the government in the form of jim hacker, a brand new cabinet minister and the civil service of his department run by sir humphrey appleby. James hacker, cabinet minister to the department of administration, is at last in a position to carry out longneeded reform but he is totally unprepared for the deviousness of sir humphrey who knows exactly how to confuse and manipulate him. Aug 26, 2016 russia tapped foreign exchange reserves as rouble tumbled.
Oct 17, 2007 continuing the struggle of minster jim hacker to actually get something done in whitehall politics, yes, prime minister saw jim achieve every politicians dream and slide up the greasy pole, right. Yes, yes, yes, i do see that there is a real dilemma here. Yes minister why britain joined the european union youtube. Then came brexit and they made boris johnson foreign minister. Yes prime minister global warming etc part 2 on vimeo. Jim hacker is outraged to learn that bribery was used to land a lucrative foreign contract. They wanted, in true yes minister fashion, to show the cnd position as ludicrous as well, but paul eddington the actor who played hacker refused to do so because he was a massive cnd supporter, forcing them to rewrite it. Im quite sure youre familiar with the brilliant british political satire called yes prime minister. Was the uk ever a genuine member of the european union. I think that the foreign and commonwealth office might have. Split over three sevenepisode series, it was first transmitted on bbc2 from 1980 to 1984. Yes minister is a political satire british sitcom written by antony jay and jonathan lynn. For writers sir antony jay and jonathan lynn, those years have taught them one lesson.
The brexit vote made this yes minister video go viral. This is yes prime minister global warming etc part 2 by aris motas on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Politicians often formulate policy in headlines alone, with. I strongly dislike the trident one, because it wasnt the episode they wanted to make. Britain has had the same foreign objective policy for at least the last 500 years. Sir nigel hawthorne, yes minister, yes prime minister, sir humphry appleby, bbc, british comedy, memorial carol spradling veruca and mr. The uk will never ever regain that mystical aura that had remained from imperial times. Yes, minister was an impeccably written, masterfully witty british political satire. Brexit is a mess what would yes minister s sir humphrey do. Cabinet plot against the pm yes, prime minister bbc. And thats why public choice economics, which explains why all this was. Yes minister next prime minister video dailymotion. Paul eddington interview optional english subtitles.
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