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  • @CONNELL19511216
    @CONNELL19511216 Рік тому +112

    "One of the seven Dudley sins." 😂

  • @mustafa321321
    @mustafa321321 Рік тому +147

    "Universities...both of them" always gets me : )

    • @Myrddin1955
      @Myrddin1955 11 місяців тому +8

      there were 7 I believe, until that fool Bliar totally screwed the whole thing up and dumbed down the degree system!

    • @CasperScott-qq6ip
      @CasperScott-qq6ip 6 місяців тому

      Universities both of them brilliant
      Followed by Blackadder three great English universities Oxford Cambridge and Hull. The reply was definitely Oxford is a complete dump

    • @jacksmith-mu3ee
      @jacksmith-mu3ee 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Myrddin1955 who told u that he did m

  • @jackfitzpatrick8173
    @jackfitzpatrick8173 Рік тому +345

    "I want to have a clear conscience". "And when did you develop this taste for luxuries?"

    • @admiralfruitcake1109
      @admiralfruitcake1109 Рік тому +12

      😂😂😂 one if my favourite quotes

    • @DailyClassicsDC2022
      @DailyClassicsDC2022 Рік тому +13

      even better is when Sir Humphrey asks Sir Bernard Woolly after he has advised him-“HOW IS YOUR CONSCIENCE?”😂😂😅😂😂.

    • @Gavin-kj4bb
      @Gavin-kj4bb Рік тому +1

      Select size bed 😢costan faire

    • @Tomgood1984
      @Tomgood1984 11 місяців тому +1

      Classic line...😂

    • @Leonf123
      @Leonf123 10 місяців тому +1

      Some properly hilarious bits in this series 😂

  • @TheGrenadier97
    @TheGrenadier97 Рік тому +140

    There's no better group acting and no more contemporary series than this one. Supreme masterpiece of british comedy.

    • @soniavadnjal7553
      @soniavadnjal7553 11 місяців тому +10

      But Paul Eddington should have won the BAFTA at least once. They kept on giving it to "Humphrey,"

    • @ZATennisFan
      @ZATennisFan 5 місяців тому +4

      It's not a comedy. It's a documentary disguised as a comedy 🤣🤣

  • @donnadong5837
    @donnadong5837 5 місяців тому +33

    In 2023 this show is still relevant, such a genius show

  • @arthurthomas-gramaglia6388
    @arthurthomas-gramaglia6388 Рік тому +297

    i've watched and rewatched this show dozens of time over twenty years and I still find it to be hilarious. timeless

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 10 місяців тому +6

      sadly, does not go out of date

    • @kevinbibb3893
      @kevinbibb3893 8 місяців тому +4

      For sure, gets even better with time. Best humour is based on truth.

    • @erdalonurhan8056
      @erdalonurhan8056 6 місяців тому +1

      Same here...

    • @daisyhobbs7500
      @daisyhobbs7500 6 місяців тому +2

      Me too. Never tire of watching this.

    • @Dr.JustIsWrong
      @Dr.JustIsWrong 5 місяців тому +1

      It's absolutely horrifying

  • @blackknight2556
    @blackknight2556 4 місяці тому +11

    "A clear conscience? When did you acquire this taste for luxuries?"
    LOL.
    That is an absolutely brilliant line.

  • @MuscleFlexChris
    @MuscleFlexChris 9 місяців тому +104

    R.I.P. Eddington, Fowlds, and Hawthorne, masters at remembering such elaborate and memorable lines

  • @alfredthegreat9543
    @alfredthegreat9543 4 місяці тому +11

    One of the finest written TV Series of all time. Intelligent, witty, pertinent, and beyond satire.

  • @iwasglad122
    @iwasglad122 11 місяців тому +95

    'Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big tits!' has to be one of the most unexpected and yet funniest lines in the whole genre of tv comedy! Delivered faultlessly by the late, great Derek Fowlds.

    • @jimspink2922
      @jimspink2922 3 місяці тому +5

      You can see him bowing his head to hide the fact that he is trying not to laugh. Brilliant timing

    • @CaptainHoodC
      @CaptainHoodC Місяць тому

      Excellent comedy.

  • @zoranocokoljic8927
    @zoranocokoljic8927 9 місяців тому +22

    - " Illegally smuggling explosives?"
    - "We tried everything, but we just couldn't find a way to smuggle it legally."

  • @gregstephenson594
    @gregstephenson594 6 місяців тому +16

    It’s one of the seven Dudley sins is one of the greatest throwaway lines. And the PM’s stare. World class comedy. And all 3 of these fine men are no longer with us.

  • @jpa3930
    @jpa3930 4 місяці тому +15

    Just the finest of Britisch humour.

  • @jonathanstempleton7864
    @jonathanstempleton7864 10 місяців тому +29

    Bernard's line about Sun readers must be my favourite in the whole series 😆

  • @olulakun1
    @olulakun1 9 місяців тому +14

    "one of the 7 Dudley sins" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TimL1980
    @TimL1980 9 місяців тому +25

    When Sir Humphey told the PM that his "straightforward honest statement" was putting unreasonable epistomological strains on the forth epithet I almost wet myself! 😂 I dare say it'd be hard today to even find an actor who could memorize that line (let alone understand it)!

  • @niceviewoverthere4463
    @niceviewoverthere4463 Рік тому +64

    Sometimes I regret getting old, but we were so lucky to have had this programme, Dad's Army, Monty, Spike, Morecambe & Wise and clear(ish) roads with the freedom to use any of them as we desired. How lucky were we?

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 11 місяців тому +2

      🔴 LIVE: Yes, Prime Minister Best of Series 2 LIVESTREAM! | BBC Comedy Greats 1004am 23.5.23 even anarchists need to vac up, m'lud.

    • @carolwaller9605
      @carolwaller9605 8 місяців тому +2

      We were so very lucky indeed

  • @agent_meister477
    @agent_meister477 7 місяців тому +5

    "Inspector Plod of the Special Branch".
    😂😂😂

  • @rjathar
    @rjathar 2 місяці тому +3

    Incredible how prescient this is in today's world... Either ahead of its time or then some things never change

  • @debbieramsey-hanks3757
    @debbieramsey-hanks3757 Рік тому +48

    So much fun. Intelligent, sharp. Thank you.

  • @mack8488
    @mack8488 Рік тому +67

    The acting capabilitys of these actors are ( apart from the humor) a great joy to watch💌

  • @lindaburns2568
    @lindaburns2568 Рік тому +31

    Thank you for playing this again. So relevant even though it was broadcast decades ago

  • @vincentsaia6545
    @vincentsaia6545 7 місяців тому +10

    One of the greatest - and funniest - TV shows of all time.

  • @HolgerKuhrts
    @HolgerKuhrts Рік тому +27

    I can only recommend to watch the complete series, the writers were briefed by a contemporary politician and nothing has changed.

  • @alisonmcshannon1196
    @alisonmcshannon1196 Рік тому +33

    Best scripts and acting ever 😂

  • @TimL1980
    @TimL1980 9 місяців тому +5

    "Go away Bernard please!"😂😂😂

  • @noelwilde
    @noelwilde Місяць тому +3

    Writing and acting at its best.

  • @WesternAustraliaNowAndThen
    @WesternAustraliaNowAndThen 11 місяців тому +49

    I hope these people knew just how wonderful they were and that long after they had left us, we would still be loving what they did.

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 11 місяців тому

      🔴 LIVE: Yes, Prime Minister Best of Series 2 LIVESTREAM! | BBC Comedy Greats 1008am 23.05.23 it gets done........................... if you do it yerself. or set the wheels in motion... with your trusted confidantes in tow.

  • @armanhadi777
    @armanhadi777 11 місяців тому +54

    This show will go in time as a timeless classic.

  • @colindowd9756
    @colindowd9756 Рік тому +38

    Every line was delivered by top actors and not a dud line or actor❤

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 11 місяців тому

      🔴 LIVE: Yes, Prime Minister Best of Series 2 LIVESTREAM! | BBC Comedy Greats 1019am 23.5.23 strange that you cant get decent and well-known actors and actresses to do comedy, these days. perhaps the scripts are just too shit!? as for politics per se - the health service's desire to keep you all under lock and key and have you scrutinized by well-meaning and professional oppos - give me a break!!! - has come another step closer as they, the health service, "strike" to allow governmental institutions to implement such draconian measures. all those guys needed to do was request a pay rise just below the threshold wherein they would be taxed to the hilt and perhaps would have found themselves better off...as it is they're asking the world ie: demanding a large pay rise and will be penalised for it... ie: they wont be any better off than when they began as they'll be taxed to the hilt.

  • @jacksmith-mu3ee
    @jacksmith-mu3ee 2 місяці тому +6

    Paul Eddington was suffering from a rare form of skin cancer during season 2.
    He was quite sick at the time.
    Rip 🙏

  • @DeirdreMcNamara
    @DeirdreMcNamara 8 місяців тому +18

    I met both Derek and Nigel, both incredibly encouraging about my dramatic works, both incredibly lovable. Derek is just a darling man. They were brilliant together...total opposites in character and using that to create brilliant sparks and an amazing show. RIP dear friends.

  • @helencourtnell5621
    @helencourtnell5621 5 місяців тому +4

    Who runs the country according to newspaper readers - simply stunning dialogue.

  • @HorneATL
    @HorneATL Рік тому +12

    25:29 Wonderful breakdown of the press!!

  • @chriskelly4894
    @chriskelly4894 2 місяці тому +2

    Bernard was given some wonderfully funny lines, and he delivered then brilliantly.

  • @crypticTV
    @crypticTV 6 місяців тому +13

    9:24 falsify minutes
    9:36 luxury
    10:47 purpose of minutes
    14:56
    15:26 hang your head
    16:06 USA English speaking
    16:32 Argentina anthem
    17:25 Ireland world war 3
    18:34 puppy file
    19:23 french bomb
    20:18 the tunnel
    21:13 Jordan bank
    22:06 frech politics vs french police Vs UK
    23:57 talk
    25:32 uk newspapers
    26:06 the sun readers
    27:01 get behind before stabbing

  • @belindamay6720
    @belindamay6720 2 місяці тому +2

    This is timeless. Never been bettered.

  • @rjathar
    @rjathar 2 місяці тому +2

    Tha appraisal of British newspaper readership... Brilliant!

  • @anthonyrose8136
    @anthonyrose8136 3 місяці тому +2

    Probably the best political show of all time....the comedy, the absolute brilliance in writing, and acting, just brilliant....

  • @justindoonerwind6076
    @justindoonerwind6076 11 місяців тому +7

    22:10 I think the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour 10 July 1985 comes to mind... :)

    • @sandralibeau4795
      @sandralibeau4795 10 місяців тому +2

      Yeah the French bombed the ship in New Zealand waters while calling themselves our ally!

  • @michaelhughes7458
    @michaelhughes7458 Рік тому +21

    The comedy show that proved that this is the real way England operates

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 24 дні тому

      It's the same everywhere.

  • @SandeepKulshrestha
    @SandeepKulshrestha 8 місяців тому +6

    Agnes Moorhouse: Animals have rights too, you know. A battery chicken's life isn't worth living. Would you want to spend your life packed in with six hundred other desperate, squawking, smelly creatures, unable to breathe fresh air, unable to move, unable to stretch, unable to think?
    Sir Humphrey Appleby : Certainly not. That's why I never stood for parliament.

  • @idanceforpennies281
    @idanceforpennies281 Рік тому +13

    This was Margaret Thatcher's favourite TV series. Because its all true.

  • @daveherbert6215
    @daveherbert6215 5 місяців тому +2

    Love it, love it, love it. Neither my wife or myself could believe the accusations. Great rebuttal by the BBC and thank you for bringing these absurd accusations to light

  • @nicky611
    @nicky611 8 місяців тому +2

    hahahahahaa one of the seven dudley sins! and the look Hacker gave him. 😂😂😂

  • @sharky8577
    @sharky8577 9 місяців тому +5

    33.00 just one steely gaze from his boss is enough for Bernard to completely reverse his opinion 😂

  • @tenou213
    @tenou213 Рік тому +8

    I don't think this is what "LIVE" really means but I'm into it.

    • @jimspink2922
      @jimspink2922 3 місяці тому

      The series was done before a live audience. The reason was so that the critics could not say that it was not funny as they were using a laugh track.

  • @pauldelcour
    @pauldelcour 10 місяців тому +7

    Simply outstanding in every way.

  • @cajintexas7751
    @cajintexas7751 9 місяців тому +8

    25:25 One of the best bits in the entire show.

  • @765kvline
    @765kvline 9 місяців тому +4

    "--I know lying is a difficult concept to get across to a politician . . . but . . ."

  • @user-mp4cx9vb9l
    @user-mp4cx9vb9l 11 місяців тому +9

    Absolutely priceless - such a great inspiration for how to cope in your daily work

  • @ngiallag2792
    @ngiallag2792 Рік тому +24

    sadly the mold for this format is broken. this was brilliant and it somehow still stands the test of time amazingly.

    • @carolwaller9605
      @carolwaller9605 8 місяців тому +3

      A prime minister trying his best to his best job, the mental anguish just genius, the civil service working to their own agenda whilst seeming to support the government.. definitely still applies 50years later. Just brilliant. Bbc should rerun the whole lot of these series.

    • @ngiallag2792
      @ngiallag2792 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@carolwaller9605 agreed !! sadly the actors playing the parts seem more canny and savvy than the real ones we got !!!

    • @carolwaller9605
      @carolwaller9605 8 місяців тому

      @@ngiallag2792 you mean the script writers, yes. Unfortunately we don’t vote for civil servants so I guess we are doomed..

  • @devonseamoor
    @devonseamoor 10 місяців тому +5

    Brilliant. Nothing has changed since these witty, and brutally truthful lines were spoken.
    A supreme, and hilarious humour in Britain, is the common people watching these TV series, plus the government with its overdose of burocracy, knowing the facts of corruption in parliament and parties, the use of woolly, wordy statements and speeches, while, to this day, those skills are honed, bringing the practitioners into an almost full hypnotic state of selfmade belief.
    What kind of change on that island, the Seat of Mars, has made life easier, to this day? Anyone?

  • @loneprimate
    @loneprimate 10 місяців тому +4

    "...You mean they'll block it."
    "Yup."

  • @beckymccreary592
    @beckymccreary592 Рік тому +45

    Brilliant actors. The British do it best don't they?

    • @THINKincessantly
      @THINKincessantly Рік тому +3

      Tough to beat British comedy...Tough to beat the British period, such a unique culture to have been forged over 2k years of inter-island struggle 🇬🇧🇺🇸

    • @dontbewoke
      @dontbewoke Рік тому +2

      @@THINKincessantly We certainly did....not anymore I'm afraid in this grotesque "woke" era

    • @dontbewoke
      @dontbewoke Рік тому

      We certainly did....not anymore I'm afraid in this grotesque "woke" era

    • @devonseamoor
      @devonseamoor 10 місяців тому

      @Becky McGreary. It was in the past, unfortunately 😌 Life for the many who live on the breadline is now too grim looking.
      Due to the protocols thrown at the population, without consent. No one is asked about them, and they pop up like from a mitrailleur.
      Not much time for laughs when choice flies out of the window, see what I mean?

  • @52robbo
    @52robbo 7 місяців тому +2

    Hilarious, brilliant; esp the newspaper round up at 25 mins!
    😂
    😂

  • @robertpurcell5711
    @robertpurcell5711 16 днів тому

    The writing on this series of fabulous..govt word speech as t it's finest. How the kept straight is a miracle.

  • @huwpatt3817
    @huwpatt3817 7 місяців тому +1

    Crystal ball & transport in time ....
    comedy & candour indeed
    are servants to conscience

  • @stephenlane9168
    @stephenlane9168 4 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant writing and brilliant acting, classic 👌

  • @marykate2336
    @marykate2336 Рік тому +4

    Took me a while to realise that's Blaketon from Heartbeat 😮😮

  • @iandhr1
    @iandhr1 10 місяців тому +5

    8:35 Something tells me that Humphrey should lecture anyone about coming to the point.

  • @David-cl3du
    @David-cl3du Рік тому +6

    Brilliant indeed

  • @movarvo1217
    @movarvo1217 6 місяців тому +1

    Loved the content...the last segment reminded me of the entrance to cottagers cove !

  • @manaski5689
    @manaski5689 2 місяці тому

    Sir Humfrey!
    That wasn't you was it?
    Yes Benard.
    How could you say such things?
    Is there any more?
    Yes Benard!
    As damaging as what we've just heard?
    More damaging.
    How could you be indiscrete?
    The interview was over we were just chatting HARMLESSLY!
    HARMLESSLY??
    It was off the record.
    IT WAS ON D TAPE!
    Love From Nigeria 🇳🇬.
    My Dad initiated Me Into British comedy.
    You Guys Are D Best.
    RIP to these 3 Gentlemen and May The Grace Of God Be With Their Families Left Behind.

  • @HorneATL
    @HorneATL Рік тому +5

    26:02 Best. Quote. EVER! LOL!!!

    • @tmhood
      @tmhood Рік тому +1

      That was pretty daring for the time!

  • @hildia5439
    @hildia5439 Рік тому +7

    I need to know everything! Otherwise how can I judge if I need to know it?
    💯 how I feel in my everyday life.

  • @iancoles1349
    @iancoles1349 4 місяці тому +1

    Timeless brilliance

  • @TheEmpressMouse
    @TheEmpressMouse 5 місяців тому +1

    The universities, both of them. LOL!

  • @adriennefuller4984
    @adriennefuller4984 10 місяців тому +1

    thanks for the laughs gentleman.

  • @interloper8029
    @interloper8029 2 місяці тому +1

    41:10 is basically what the government did to English National Opera in real life. Most of the jokes on Yes Minister become government policy sooner or later

  • @carolwaller9605
    @carolwaller9605 8 місяців тому +4

    They should recreate a modernised version of this show, perfectly displays the ridiculous challenges the civil service give to the ruling government party, no wonder nothing gets done!

    • @lightyagami1752
      @lightyagami1752 8 місяців тому

      They tried. You can look it up. It's absolutely miserable, an abject failure. The original show is perfect, lightning captured in a bottle, never to be repeated.

    • @lovesarita
      @lovesarita 7 місяців тому +2

      The Civil Service you see here has been all but destroyed. These days there are political advisers (think Dominic Cummings) who wield the power; older civil servants have retired; there have been years of cuts, tremendous hostility from Tories and the media ('lazy civil servants working from home' etc), and a lot of low morale.

  • @thomasmount3530
    @thomasmount3530 Рік тому +8

    This is sick. Where can i get more?

  • @russell631
    @russell631 2 місяці тому +1

    So Brillant .

  • @foldedspace2391
    @foldedspace2391 11 місяців тому +4

    Lossiemouth looks quite nice, actually.

  • @orgesballa6136
    @orgesballa6136 4 місяці тому +1

    It's one of the seven Dudley sins 🤣

  • @MyloshEK
    @MyloshEK 5 місяців тому +1

    I love it so much!!!!

  • @akshaykulkarni3813
    @akshaykulkarni3813 3 місяці тому +1

    Classic!!

  • @jackfitzpatrick8173
    @jackfitzpatrick8173 10 місяців тому +2

    31:48 Great acting...and damn good looking!

  • @india1626
    @india1626 9 місяців тому +3

    The question is, is Sir Humphrey married? Probably, half a pound of margarine... Or is it butter? Shall I be mother?

  • @aman201156
    @aman201156 7 місяців тому +1

    Hahaha. Interesting episode.

  • @THINKincessantly
    @THINKincessantly Рік тому +11

    More YPM/YM unseen collages, please!

  • @THINKincessantly
    @THINKincessantly Рік тому +14

    Tough to beat British comedy...Tough to beat the British period, certainly a unique culture to have been forged over 2k years of inter-island tribal struggle 🇬🇧🇺🇸

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 10 місяців тому

      If only the govt was up to the standard of the comedy

  • @eugenedreyer4805
    @eugenedreyer4805 10 місяців тому +3

    5:21 😂😂😂

  • @Sakkir_Stahma
    @Sakkir_Stahma 9 місяців тому +2

    Query:
    If British consumers are only interested in cod and haddock, why are our retail fish markets offering such a range of species? Why would marketeers offer mackerel, turbot, pollack, coley, bass, wrasse etc if noone wants to buy it?

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 5 місяців тому +1

    they had a laugh with the paper joke

  • @WiseOwl-hi5pg
    @WiseOwl-hi5pg 6 днів тому +1

    I remember this show being taken off the air waves since it told too much truth.❤❤❤❤❤
    Thank you utube❤we love you❤

  • @uppanadam
    @uppanadam 6 місяців тому +2

    They just don't make shows like this anymore these days!!

  • @noelwilde
    @noelwilde Місяць тому

    One of the seven Dudley sins..... ha ha ha ha

  • @lehlongwane
    @lehlongwane 5 місяців тому +2

    Yes, the English-speaking nations can be said to include the United States 😂😂

  • @luxpursuits
    @luxpursuits 26 днів тому

    Vim!!!
    Does any country still use them?

  • @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095
    @ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 5 місяців тому +1

    Never stops being funny!
    {:o:O:}

  • @samdumaquis2033
    @samdumaquis2033 Рік тому +3

    This is awesome

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 11 місяців тому

      🔴 LIVE: Yes, Prime Minister Best of Series 2 LIVESTREAM! | BBC Comedy Greats 1010pm 23.5.23 big tits or no - that's not running the country!!!

  • @beverlyrankin9913
    @beverlyrankin9913 10 місяців тому +1

    5:56

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP 11 місяців тому +2

    LIVE: Yes, Prime Minister Best of Series 2 LIVESTREAM! | BBC Comedy Greats 0948am 23.5.23 STILL FUNNY... YES.

  • @BroonParker
    @BroonParker 10 місяців тому +4

    This was an outstanding programme with insightful writing and peerless acting. It's pace was key to its success - this rapid succession of clips loses context and pace and doesn't serve the programme well.

  • @shezh9597
    @shezh9597 6 місяців тому +1

    25:14 youre all welcome :)

  • @user-qd2eh5ko6w
    @user-qd2eh5ko6w 8 місяців тому +1

    the best of how heco could change himself into characters of what he thought

  • @trevoremery7111
    @trevoremery7111 4 місяці тому

    I have sbscribed to my BBC license for fifty years which paid for these programmes.

  • @garynicholl4235
    @garynicholl4235 29 днів тому

    8:11 minutes

  • @amichaelthomas83
    @amichaelthomas83 3 місяці тому +1

    If it was a joke then I dread to think what it is like now... I know (i am a teacher) it got worse.