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"Burglars , girl burglars .."
Perfect dialogue delivery !!
Humphrey's face beaming with pride is absolutely top notch
"I raised that minister" said Sir Humphrey to Bernard.
The moment Humphrey knew Jim would make a fine prime minister.
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Sir Humphrey smiling like a proud parent
Suppressing a smirk is more like it. Humphrey understood the inner workings of government intimately, but Hacker had great skill managing its outward appearances. When they worked together toward a common purpose they were unbeatable.
Hacker’s facial expression after he said “Brown Envelopes” in error was priceless.
sublime and subtle acting
May I ask what was the reason for the reaction after that word?
@@Noah-wx7fm "Brown envelopes" implies dodgy payments in cash. Since you would stereotypically hand over the cash in an unmarked brown envelope.
He was famous for replacing lines of dialogues with his facial expressions which makes it so much funnier.
Moments like this show that Hacker was quite an operator in his way. He may have met his match with Humphrey but he was no fool. 😎
Yes, Hacker might have been a pushover at times, a weak man who would do the easiest thing underestimated by most of the people around him. But he surely had his moments. This is what makes him so relatable. This, the fact that he strives to do the right thing and the great acting of Paul Eddington.
@@Stilgarsan 😁👍😎
a fool never becomes a politician because a politician is out there to fool everyone else
Mg v😁
i like the fact that as the series goes on he learns the tricks of the trade and eventually beats Humphrey a couple of times at his own game
Humphrey's delivery of the line, "I am racked with guilt" is impeccable.
Absolutely unbelievable. What a genius!
"now, what was your question?" Epic!
😂😂
May the souls of Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds be forever in peace having provided such extraordinary, unforgettable humour to generations of fans.
She came in with such confidence. His first answer baffled her n the second completely defeated her.
'And what is your question?'
Pretty much any left wing journalist/politician when faced with facts...
@@FrontSideBus so u condone bribery?
@@FrontSideBus do you condone corruption and bribery? Hmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@@spartand001 I don't condone left-wing media always gunning for Britain. They always seem to ignore all the good things and yet focus on all the negatives. They positively rub their hands together with glee when something has gone wrong. Why do left wingers hate their own country so much?
"Now, what was your question?" - that was delivered perfectly, simply perfectly.
"Will you tell the press about the communication room or shall i?" 😆
The expressions are hilarious.
Boom! 🤣
I know your message is old, but I have to add, that this in fact happened in real life. Although not as exaggerated, it originates from a genuine source within the UK government. :-)
As Jim goes into the horizon as Prime-minister, Sir Humphrey and and Bernard look at the sunset and say, "we trained him well." "We indeed did."
exactly
Kinda " Bringing Up (well) father" moment
And a bit further in the distance, Sir Arnold wipes a tear from his eye, observing Sir Humphrey and Bernard as successful permanent secretaries and remarking, "The grow so fast, they really do!"
Professionally guided you say..
From this episode: "A journalist?" "Well, The Guardian, anyway".
This series hasn't aged a bit.
The old "Grauniad" spelling jokes don't work as well, but they are still funny. And they probably convinced the newspaper to hire copy editors!
@@WG55 Pity they don't hire journalists. It's like a student paper now sadly.
What total rot.
I imagine you don't do much actual reading. Remaining one of the few quality papers in the internet age has been quite an achievement for the Guardian. They have a huge subscriber base, and operations in the US, Australia and elsewhere. One of the best news websites, media such as podcasts- further ensuring their future. They now are in profit - without the backing of any tawdry billionaires of questionable ethics. Run by an independent trust. Hardly a student paper.
I could go on- but I'm sure I've already tasked your tiny brain too much.
@@alanmessenger9397 I think you missed the point of what Ms. Hacker said. Maybe you should work for the Guardian too!
@@alanmessenger9397 the Guardian' news section can sometimes be objective but their total subservience to woke doctrine in the opinion sections just makes the whole thing an activist handout and not a newspaper. Sadly, the Guardian is not the only paper suffering from this, see also the New York Times for example.
" Burglars, girl. Burglars! " I can't believe all 3 of them are gone. RIP ❤️
It was filmed 40+ years ago now (1980-4): Eddington and Hawthorne were in their 50's and Fowlds in his mid-40's. Given the ages they would now be, their being no longer around is certainly sad but unsurprising.
It is amazing what Jim can do when his hackles are up.
Sir Humphrey was very impressed when he answered the press lady with that amazing authoritative tone
The genius of these three has rarely been surpassed.
Hacker’s wife was such a good influence on him. Her attempt to keep the rosewater jar was the only bad choice she made in the show.
Yeah, I watched the entire series with my wife and we also watched house of cards. The difference between the husband-wife interaction of Jim and Annie vs Frank and Claire is night and day.
To be fair, Annie probably didn't realize just how serious this kind of thing is, because in older times, this kind of gifts are very common place, it is only in the latter half of 20th century that people started to take those corruption charges seriously.
She just wanted a pretty jar after all the bullshit she’s been through 😢
"Now what was your question?" Superb side-stepping.
_"We have deceived the Qumranis, I am racked with guilt. Tormented by the knowledge that we have violated their solemn and sacred Islamic law in their own country! Sooner or later we'll have to own up and ADMIT that it was all YOUR idea."_
Nigel Hawthrone's delivery of this line is simply perfect. The contrast between the seriousness of the words and the poised and completely unconcerned tone...I love it.
The reporter from the Guardian " I saw the rose water jar in your apartment " ,Hacker " Burglars, Burglars " ha,ha.
Jim knows how to play the game, too, when necessary. 😁😁😁
i have this defense remembered & ready when needed.
Well it might work on Americans, but I think you'd better remember defence as well for the people who speak English!
Hacker, Appleby, and Woolley are immortal. There hadn't been such magic between a trio since Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.
lol love Hacker's reaction complete with voice cracking under the strain 0:28. paul addington was such a good actor. He is just so subtle and natural. his reactions were all very be convincing 2:33 the serious case of eye twitch after the brown envelope slip lol. "Burglars girl burglars..."
Yeah the BAFTA jury didn't notice his prowess. Such a shame.
Still one of the best series that the BBC ever made. Not just a comedy, but as someone who was formerly a civil servant in two departments and having also been involved with politics at times, I know that this is as much a documentary as anything. And such wonderful performances from the three main actors.
13 dislikes from The Guardian. Or just people who couldn't get into the Communication Room.
Burglars girl burglars 😂
Today that comment would invoke a tsunami of feminist rage.
At 2:50 Jim's pocket square changing colour mid sentence. He is a magician!
Very well spotted!!! And it changes back again too!
What a great comeback from a difficult situation.
Hacker knows about the press. He certainly knows Who Reads the Papers!
And Bernard knows who reads The Sun.
@@craigmccullough7333 Well, not actually "reads" it.
@@shelbynamels973 isn't braille wonderful.
I love the rare moments when Sir Humphrey shows pure sass.
Got the full series DVD boxset for Xmas.
Incredible stuff.
Including Party Games?
I envy you
This isn't a sitcom, it's a real life documentary on how government really works!
This is ridiculous in every video the same bloody comment
Grow up and laugh
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People laugh, because it's true.
That's why it's so popular with politicians.
Quite right, they had real deal from government insiders, there’s a you tube interview where they actually name one of them.
@@tla2119 we do laugh, but a part of us inside also cries because it is true. You must remember that satire is after all based on reality and many of the scenarios depicted are very real indeed.
@@tla2119 was literally thinking the same thing lol
This is one of my favourite clips of the show and exemplifies why I think Hacker is the most interesting character on the show. Can be meek, attacking, comedic and caring whenever the scene demands it.
As I understand it, this segment about bribery is basically true to life, almost without exaggeration. And ahead of its time.
A lot of the stories were based on the truth. The writers had many ex politicians making contact and volunteering humorous/outrageous stories.
@@binaway that’s horrendous... 😂
Not since the Bribery act. Although the US version includes allowances for “facilitating” payments.
Laxey Sue there was no bribery they were extra contractual advance commission payments
For 5000 years that part of the world has run on corruption and bribery. But it has oil so it's too important to police properly. Same as how Saudi Arabia executes people for being gay and in the event of a rape, prosecutes the woman for not being married to her 'partner'
The whole area is a ghastly place that the west allows to continue, as long as they provide the subsidy to defence contractors. Every country sells to them and the reason is always bribery but it's a game to catch the other side out over who can hide it effectively
3.47:- Sir Humphrey like the Proud Mentor as he watches his Prodigy start to show real ability in all his administrative teachings😁😁
Protege.
Our media could use a good kick in the moral vacuum right now.
"We have looked into every brown envelope" .........
I didn't get that line. Is it in reference to alcohol?
@@mayedalshamsi A bribe, as in putting money in brown envelopes.
@@sirvalentine90 - Ooooooh! Thanks!
I get it now. That's funny! 😂
Just a little glitch. He recovers masterfully.
Yes, there's no question of bribery. It definitely happened.
No it did not they were extra contractual advance payments of administrative expenses. It said so in the accounts.
@@michaelvidal1971 And in the brown envelopes.
Humphrey's face when he is racked with guilt! Classic, brilliant!
Ah! Wanted in the communications room. A Mr John Walker.
And delegation of Teachers, and Smirnoff from the Soviet embassy, and Mr. Haig, and last but not least Napoleon
Good for Humphrey for the way he went to bat for Bernard here (Humphrey bringing up the Qumran booze room as the scene opened was in direct response to Jim being about to publicly blame Bernard for the bribery scandal).
"we have looked into every brown envelope-----"
That rose water jar was indeed an expensive art effect
Oh man, you can fast foward this and apply this situation to today's media. So true. Love Hacker in this scene.
I guess u condone corruption and bribery then?
The irony is that the Qumrani officials would mostly be mad they weren't in on the drinks. Alcohol is the worst kept secret in the Arab World.
but still it is secret and it must be oficially kept.
It'd depend on the country, surely? Bars are everywhere but Saudi Arabia.
@@aykarimba it was Pakistan
@@tolep from the Zia era. Drier than a nun those days. Public floggings if caught
@@Zanimater I wonder what is Islamic substitute of ethanol. i mean generally used popular psychoactive substance.
I love the idea of corporal punishment for drinking. You go out, get lashed, get caught, get lashed again.
We have it where I live. I'm not even joking.
Burglars girl burglars
Hahaha, it's quite a nickname for some friends
Of all of the episodes, this is the one you could NOT get away with making today.
Yup, the media made sure of that.
Hacker is absolutely swift here 😂👻
Well played Minister, well played indeed.
Best scene from one of the best episodes
Brilliantly written and acted
Holy shit Hacker never got enough scenes like this.
BBC ought to release the whole series now. It's been decades since the show came out.
Its there on Prime Video
It has been out on dvd for some time as a box set of both Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
'The Minister of Bribery'. Sounds quite right.
We've checked every brown envelope!
I believe even without the contract issues, Humphrey would have done this just to protect Bernard.
IT WAS YOUR IDEA
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from montessori to PMO everyone's favourite
The Civil Service takes care of its own! Humphrey protecting Bernard! Brilliant.
Sir Humphrey looking at Hacker like, "Damn, he's learned something from me after all"
WE could do with a PM like Mr Hacker today
@@damanchan6839 Hacker had his faults but he was never an outright buffoon.
@@damanchan6839 no Hacker is actually a good PM, bumbling boris needs a Sir Humphrey to help him out.
@@dogwalker666 Unfortunately Boris and his gang have made repeated attacks against the civil service in the last couple of years, often as a way to distract from other political problems. One example is where a government minister has effectively acknowledged bullying their civil servants but it is the civil servants that have had to go.
I think a lot of bridges need to be mended before Boris can count on more than cold professionalism from the civil service.
@@zarabada6125 oh indeed bumbling boris has. He is utterly useless and out of his depth.
if only the Government of today were intelligent enough to get themselves out of such sticky situations
You don't know what did they get away with.
Can't say I condone his attack on the press, but that rosewater jug pivot was masterclass.
Humphrey--wracked with guilt!!!
Buona giornata! Good! Grazie! 🤗🤗👍👍👍👍👍
Watching this in 2021.
What I like about this clip is the way Sir Humprey turns the tables on Jim to ensure Bernard is shielded. His loyalty and desire to protect his fellow civil servant colleagues shines through.
"Sit down, Jenny. I may call you Jenny?"
"If you like, Jim".
3:00 Sir Humphrey looks so proud :D
Brilliant stuff, still priceless today
Great Britain! Great comedy 👍👍👍
Two outstanding actors..
Humphrey...."the force is strong with this one".....British comedies are the absolute best....
Hacker himself is a former journalist, so he's in his element here.
Exactly this, he knows exactly what questions will be coming, and how to get around non-answers, which makes it all the easier to come up with stronger non-answers.
Politicians and Guardian reporters, are a comedy to this day 🇬🇧🇦🇺
Dominic Cummings trying to explain why all his mates got the covid contracts
Now it’s the Guardian taking the bribes....
The Guardian deserve this every day of the week 52 weeks a year
It's interesting that he described a British corporation as endeavoring to earn dollars rather than pounds.
Cos the...brown envelopes contain dollars?
well yes the Uk needed dollars to pay for imports, because their counterparties would not take pounds like in the old days. britain had several currency crises after ww2, and was constantly in need of dollar reserves
Appalled no bafta came Paul's way. In so many scenes his quality makes the difference.
Classic.
Humphrey is a fox when it comes to the bureaucratic machinery, but Hacker is a fox in politics and associated relations with the public. This scene shows them in their best field.
Clearly Humphrey has schooled the Pm well.
He wasn't the PM in this scene.
If you think this isn't how government works now, you're wrong.
Journalist comes to ask valid questions, and get called fake news by government trying to cover it up. Sounds familiar.
He didn't call her fake news, he called her agent provocateur.
You can never go wrong investing in brown envelopes
I thought straight away of today's "Partygate." with the Tories going into attack on "More pressing thing to be thinking about than to rock the boat with such trivia" argument!
Drop you in the moral dimension
I see the Guardian hasn't changed in a long while.
And nothing has changed about Guardian newspaper either. !!! what a shocker !!!
What is it forty or fifty lashes 😆😆😆
Bernard can normally quote chapter and verse on the law.
Oh how true this all
Is! ☹️
Says a lot for the reputation of the British press that your sympathies are all with Hacker not the reporter.
Did....did Hacker just show a quick wit?
Jim is far from incompetent. In fact, from the discussion back home, he used to be "been there, have his way and got things down and people liked him" sort of guy when he was in the opposition....as the shadow minister of agriculture.
In the book series, it is clarified the very reason they (the civil service) put him in DAA is because they don't want to put him in the ministry of agriculture, where he will be in his element and know how things work. So at the beginning of the series, you are literally seeing him being put into a completely foreign environment. It is even stated on screen that Jim is catching on quickly.
Nothing has changed in the last 40 years.
God bless our nation.
Hacker taking a huge leaf from Sir Humphrey's book😀
How hard is subject-verb agreement? The Guardian doesn’t ‘accuse’. Though comprised of many people, it is a singular entity. Accordingly, it ‘accuses’.
I watched this clip & then immediately realised that this is how the investigation into the governments PPE contracts is being played out right now.😮💨