Greatest Moments from Series 1 - Part 1 | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

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  • @BBCComedyGreats
    @BBCComedyGreats  2 роки тому +14

    Enjoyed this compilation? Watch Part 2 here 👉 ua-cam.com/video/XBN9QTgjos8/v-deo.html

  • @lauterunvollkommenheit4344
    @lauterunvollkommenheit4344 2 роки тому +359

    There won't be another prime minister like The Right Honourable James George Hacker, saviour of the British Sausage.

  • @steveshepherd2712
    @steveshepherd2712 2 роки тому +127

    Nigel Hawthorne is simply brilliant in the role of Sir Humprey , amazingly long dialogue of complicated information that amounts to nothing ! Perfect 😉

    • @fsdds1488
      @fsdds1488 2 роки тому +5

      Read his book then, it will be revealed to you how brilliant is his gentle stroke of words that conveys true literal beauty than some masterful play of gibberish.

    • @luminair11
      @luminair11 2 роки тому +1

      @@fsdds1488 What's the book title?

    • @KPW2137
      @KPW2137 9 місяців тому +1

      You're mistaken - he meant he lost his key :D

  • @TheGrenadier97
    @TheGrenadier97 2 роки тому +116

    Absolute top of british professional comedy. Clever script, great comedic touches and amazing chemistry between truly skilled actors.

    • @luminair11
      @luminair11 2 роки тому +2

      Yes I agree & can't help but feel at times that it's a shame they got old and died on us!

    • @drkaushikde1
      @drkaushikde1 2 роки тому

      I’m 😊

  • @615855
    @615855 2 роки тому +32

    This series was absolutely brilliant indeed. The dialogue was so very clever and huge kudos would go to the script writers and the actors for the way in which they carried it all through. I don't think there has been a TV series ever that was as clever and funny as this one was. It is only the British who could have carried this out so magnificently.

    • @mike9347
      @mike9347 6 місяців тому

      Oh I don't know....The Goodies, Kenny Everett, DangerMouse, The Two Ronnie's and Dave Allen were just as brilliant. Was undoubtedly the best era for British television though.

  • @JamBar1873
    @JamBar1873 2 роки тому +72

    Always good to see clips from this documentary.

  • @C21L01
    @C21L01 Рік тому +15

    Best line in the entire show’s run is right at the very end:
    “You mean you’ve lost your key?” 😂😂😂
    Why use 6 words when 160 will do. 🤭🤣😂

  • @feralkat9370
    @feralkat9370 2 роки тому +28

    Amazing writing and acting!
    My dad was a huge fan, and watching these I can see why.
    Tks for the upload.

  • @Alex-jb5tb
    @Alex-jb5tb 2 роки тому +17

    I loved Yes Minister when I was a young teen back in the early 80s, I still love it the same way today. The series is timeless.

  • @thorstenbuechner9227
    @thorstenbuechner9227 Рік тому +8

    Three great figures, embodied by three fantastic actors. But I think Sir Arnold hasn't been given enough credit. He's so adorable. And so is Annie.

  • @a-yon_n
    @a-yon_n 2 роки тому +8

    I would not say that these are the greatest moments of the show, because every part of the show is magnificent and equally great, the greatest show ever in human history.

  • @vallee3140
    @vallee3140 2 роки тому +33

    brilliant can watch them again and again , never boring.

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 2 роки тому +81

    Jim Hacker would be a better head of state than the vast majority of presidents/PMs nowadays

    • @childofthe50s53
      @childofthe50s53 2 роки тому +7

      Look what happened in Ukraine: comedy star one day, brilliant crisis leader the next

    • @ObviouslyKieran
      @ObviouslyKieran 2 роки тому +1

      "Now-a-days?" It's always been like this, we can just see it in real-time now.

    • @JohnCooper-gm6mn
      @JohnCooper-gm6mn 2 роки тому

      @@ObviouslyKieran There are no hyphens in the word "nowadays", and OP was saying that Hacker is a better fictional leader than any current real life one, so your observation is asinine.

    • @ObviouslyKieran
      @ObviouslyKieran 2 роки тому

      @@JohnCooper-gm6mn What the fuck are you talking about? I was just saying most of our leaders have been incompetent since parliament was founded. I didn't need someone who thinks they're more intelligent than the average joe's deep analysis on my opinion.

    • @yesemitesam333
      @yesemitesam333 2 роки тому +2

      Hacker could never be Head of State in the UK . That is a position occupied by the Monarch.

  • @denisfonarev
    @denisfonarev 2 роки тому +17

    Can't thank you enough for continually uploading these clips;)

  • @Silvanafromchester
    @Silvanafromchester Рік тому +4

    This series and Yes Minister will surely go down in history as being the best and most brilliant of British humour. They made me so proud to be English. Sadly the state of British television has fallen to new depths since then and I doubt that it will ever find its way back. Truly sad indeed.

  • @alanbrown5593
    @alanbrown5593 Рік тому +7

    Without doubt, one of the greatest Prime Ministers this country has ever had.

  • @bobcosmic
    @bobcosmic 2 роки тому +34

    Greatest political sit com ever hold on I don’t know of any others and if there are they’re definitely as good as this . This was and is the trailblazer !

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 роки тому +3

      Best of Series 1 - Part 1 | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 2138pm 16.8.22 shows you what little power she who cannot be named had when dealing with the vast crank shaft that was the civil service... especially if the script writers ae, seemingly, dictating governmental policy... i agree, though, a very fine show. and does also prove that sit coms have dropped in quality over the last 2 decades...

    • @jamesbutler6253
      @jamesbutler6253 2 роки тому

      *not as good.

    • @fsdds1488
      @fsdds1488 2 роки тому +5

      Its hard to surpass a masterpiece.

    • @bobcosmic
      @bobcosmic 2 роки тому

      @@fsdds1488 That’s an understatement ! 🫡

    • @JJONNYREPP
      @JJONNYREPP 2 роки тому

      @@fsdds1488 Best of Series 1 - Part 1 | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 2114pm 17.8.22 what yer talking - high jump, 4000meters, long jump...?

  • @peda7358
    @peda7358 2 роки тому +19

    Timeless classic and contemporary with current politics despite this being 30 years old!

  • @np100
    @np100 Рік тому +3

    That first bit was superb!

  • @AtulS.Guitar
    @AtulS.Guitar 2 роки тому +5

    Do you mean you've lost your key? 😂😂😂😂

  • @triciacallahan1680
    @triciacallahan1680 2 роки тому +4

    OMG the part about The Key Is comedy gold.

  • @JohanHerrenberg
    @JohanHerrenberg Рік тому +4

    Comedy of genius. Immortal.

  • @luminair11
    @luminair11 2 роки тому +3

    Top acting by Humphrey especially at then end of this video.......and so funny....I could watch this again & again!

  • @arturs2436
    @arturs2436 2 роки тому +12

    Curious note that Scene from 19:17 till 21:02 was taped on site has the (at the time PM) Dame Margaret Tatcher was a big fan of the series consented that they could film that section there.

    • @feralkat9370
      @feralkat9370 2 роки тому +2

      Lovely trivia thanks!

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 2 роки тому

      Actually it goes further back, way to the pilot episode in 1979, where Prime Minister Jim Callaghan gave permission for Yes Minister to show Hacker entering Number 10 when he was appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs. Reason was that Bernard Donohue a Labour Party adviser was friends with the writers and he gained permission from Jim Callaghan. Thatcher loved the show and she continued to extend the offer to use the location when needed.

    • @arturs2436
      @arturs2436 2 роки тому

      @@johnking5174 Well far i heard she gave express permission for that section to be taped. If that had been allowed previously,. What MT did was a renovation. Plus if you look around in here you will find a sketch of Margaret Tatcher, James Hacker and Humphrey Appleby like has they were on a cabinet meeting, this happening during"Yes Minister" in 1984. The script of that special sketch was written by her.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 2 роки тому +2

      @@arturs2436 Yes, let me just clarify. The 1979 pilot episode was filmed before the 1979 general election. During production, permission was granted by the then Prime Minister Jim Callaghan to allow them to quickly film in 10 Downing Street. Then when Thatcher came to power, show loved the show even more. When Yes Prime Minister was being planned she gave the production team permission not only to film in Downing Street, but also the production team got a tour around the inside of Downing Street, they saw the cabinet room, Prime Minister's office etc. They were told they had permission to recreate these interiors for the show, however they MUST change the layout of the corridors and some of the rooms for security reasons, which the production agreed to.

  • @lindaweeks2838
    @lindaweeks2838 2 роки тому +5

    I so wish you'd show both series again! There should be a Classic BBC channel and this would be ideal for it.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 2 роки тому +1

      BBC Four did a repeat run of Yes Prime Minister in 2021 and early 2022. It used to be repeated on GOLD but not recently.

  • @karamalisachedina1296
    @karamalisachedina1296 2 роки тому +2

    Diplomacy means “Tactics”, and “Tactics” means “Strong Dictionary or Vocabulary Power”; that is, create confusion and chaos”!😅😂

  • @jajones-ford2226
    @jajones-ford2226 10 днів тому

    I love the way Sir Humphrey can change his opinion on a dime to apease the PM's statement .

  • @imfpredicts
    @imfpredicts 2 роки тому +7

    And lo and behold every one of the tobacco proposals is now in place.

  • @MrDunky48
    @MrDunky48 2 роки тому +5

    What would I give to have been in one of those studio audiences. They must have left the building holding their sides! “ you mean you’ve lost your key” for a start.

  • @ashokr5056
    @ashokr5056 Рік тому +2

    Superb!

  • @mustavertwang
    @mustavertwang 2 роки тому +8

    To my mind the cleverest comedy

  • @muff-puff.
    @muff-puff. 2 роки тому +5

    It's NOT so much the Cast/Acting, but it's the sheer BRILLIANCE of the Scripts!
    Absolutely wonderful ❤️, English satire at it's very best 👌 👍 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧.

  • @astrocat84
    @astrocat84 2 роки тому +2

    Your word is my cooperation 😂

  • @Elfig2011
    @Elfig2011 14 днів тому

    What wonderful actor’s!

  • @Bagster321
    @Bagster321 2 роки тому +8

    Australian here but...I have a suspicion many would prefer Jim Hacker over Boris or the current two contenders...

  • @racheldemain1940
    @racheldemain1940 2 роки тому +5

    We need him in No10 now!!!

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 2 роки тому +7

    I'm just starting "Yes, Minister" on BritBox, looking forward to the PM stage!

    • @triciacallahan1680
      @triciacallahan1680 2 роки тому

      Stick with it - It’s much slower than Yes, Prime Minister. The episode where Hacker becomes PM is the best of all….

    • @craigfowler7098
      @craigfowler7098 2 роки тому

      Enjoy

  • @bappamukherjee6016
    @bappamukherjee6016 2 роки тому +6

    Unbelievable satire comedy yet so gracefully put

  • @vivstar3
    @vivstar3 2 роки тому +5

    Best comedy show of all time!

    • @craigfowler7098
      @craigfowler7098 2 роки тому

      I would include Fawlty Towers and Inbetweeners up there, but certainly takes the title for intelligent humour.

    • @flyingscotsman9657
      @flyingscotsman9657 2 роки тому

      Dad's army might be in with a shot too

  • @andysix246
    @andysix246 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @JKH133
    @JKH133 2 роки тому +13

    The more I watch, the more I’m convinced it’s a documentary

    • @donaldhoult7713
      @donaldhoult7713 2 роки тому

      @JKH133. And a prediction of the present. Tobacco? Massive tax and no advertising PARTICULARLY at point of sale?

    • @pepper419
      @pepper419 2 роки тому

      Exactly, it wouldn't be so funny if it wasn't true.
      In a few years it's going to be about coke I suspect.

  • @MrValz0
    @MrValz0 2 роки тому +1

    These scripts are a work of art.

  • @deserado11
    @deserado11 2 роки тому +5

    ... superb ...

  • @kironmanuel7474
    @kironmanuel7474 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely good

  • @andreashaynes3346
    @andreashaynes3346 2 роки тому +5

    Wonderful 💎💎💎

  • @humlocker
    @humlocker Рік тому +4

    I live in the USA. I wonder if there is a similar show base of this British tv show in the USA.
    Is this on Netflix or other social media TV beside UA-cam?

    • @lynnegee6814
      @lynnegee6814 Рік тому

      @humlocker It is on Britbox,if that is available to you. All series From BBC & ITV. Some (older) ones are excellent.

    • @I_Stole_A_BTR-80
      @I_Stole_A_BTR-80 2 місяці тому

      I believe the movie "Veep" is similar and focuses on the role of vice president, it was a spinoff of the TV show "In the thick of it" (and follow up movie "In the Loop") but only focusing on the civil service.
      I'm pretty sure they are all written and directed by the same people, so quality should be relatively consistent and similar to YM/YPM.

  • @pepper419
    @pepper419 2 роки тому +2

    It's hilariously funny and oh so true.

  • @lizaluk
    @lizaluk Рік тому +1

    I do agree about fitting sentences that perfectly serve any purpose and defense undoubtedly.

  • @uncommon_name9337
    @uncommon_name9337 2 роки тому +4

    9:31 I always wondered about that in Social Security, even as a kid when I first heard about it, it never made sense how it was sustainable indefinitely.

    • @BlackPill-pu4vi
      @BlackPill-pu4vi Рік тому +2

      In its original construction, Social Security was most certainly sustainable. What threw it out of balance was when LBJ merged the FICA tax revenue into the general budget AND expanded the beneficiaries without them having to contribute to the system. Furthermore, the Social Security Wage Base is capped at roughly $160K in 2023. That means all income up to that limit is subject to FICA taxes. After that, the fat cats run free. That means it is REGRESSIVE TAXATION.
      One good way to fix SS is to remove the Wage Base cap and begin creating a floor on the bottom end of the base where meager incomes are taxed at a very low rate i.e. 1%. Just enough for admin cost and to ensure that everybody has skin in the game.

  • @craigfowler7098
    @craigfowler7098 2 роки тому +1

    You mean you lost your key - Lol

  • @DJMattEmpathy
    @DJMattEmpathy 2 роки тому +3

    If he's defending Britain's retention of nuclear weapons, he kind of is selling insurance

  • @repairupdaterepeat5815
    @repairupdaterepeat5815 2 роки тому +9

    Nigel Hawthorne is simply brilliant isn't he

  • @AudieHolland
    @AudieHolland 2 роки тому +6

    Even the smallest roles are played to perfection.
    Nobody mentioning the Police Constable standing guard at the actual door of No. 10?
    He appears like a pillar of resoluteness yet he hides it under his quiet, polite but professional demeanour.
    You can tell he truly is sorry that he cannot admit Sir Humphrey.
    Humphrey cannot pass untill further notice.

    • @noeldown1952
      @noeldown1952 2 роки тому +1

      Victor Winding, he did a fantastic job here, you could easily believe he was a real police officer.

  • @conordorrian1652
    @conordorrian1652 Рік тому +1

    Out with the shovel Debbie and when you're done come up and help me shovel the driveway in Yonkers....( Still having nightmares about snow in NY...🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

  • @debbielangton8371
    @debbielangton8371 2 місяці тому

    Thats why all the packets the same😂

  • @kylewilliams5761
    @kylewilliams5761 2 роки тому +7

    When listening to Sir Humphrey....
    Does anyone else feel an undertone of Frank Spencer?!!

  • @Avenger85438
    @Avenger85438 Рік тому +2

    Funny thing is, many of the anti-smoking policy's have been implemented in the years since the show aired.

  • @b3ans4eva
    @b3ans4eva Рік тому +1

    I’M NOT THE PRIME MINISTERS MOTHER-IN-LAW.

  • @roblandsbergen9543
    @roblandsbergen9543 2 роки тому +9

    I hope Mr Sunak has been bingewatching these excellent series before taking up his position as PM. It's still as actual as it was atb the time of its first airing...

    • @m.moolhuysen5456
      @m.moolhuysen5456 2 роки тому +3

      No, no no, they're already familiar with it, and it's where they get all their political inspiration from.

  • @hahahabigman2
    @hahahabigman2 Рік тому +1

    India wouldn't have revolted had Jim hacker been British prime minister.

  • @christopherdrennan5819
    @christopherdrennan5819 2 роки тому +2

    Do you have the best of Rab C Nesbitt from series one?

  • @thetooginator153
    @thetooginator153 2 роки тому +1

    I expected to see Larry in front of 10 Downing Street.

  • @geridayao8924
    @geridayao8924 Рік тому

    I have a hard time remembering it's only a sitcom.

  • @williamm.1608
    @williamm.1608 7 місяців тому

    “Your wish is my.. cooperation”

  • @childofthe50s53
    @childofthe50s53 8 місяців тому +1

    Sir Humphrey...the ultimate manipulator

  • @janiyawest7023
    @janiyawest7023 2 роки тому +1

    I always thought that Big Tobacco, Alcohol, Big Pharna and now legalized marijuana, should pay all the expenses associated with Nationalized Health Care.

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 2 роки тому +2

    You can prove anything with statistics ...even the truth.

  • @debbielangton8371
    @debbielangton8371 2 місяці тому

    🤣🤣🤣😎

  • @allahdinosamo7654
    @allahdinosamo7654 2 роки тому +1

    These imposters look better than Johnson .

  • @gaygaz9737
    @gaygaz9737 2 роки тому +3

    Yes or no? Subscribe. NO.

  • @THINKincessantly
    @THINKincessantly Рік тому +1

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿How do you feel about the modern black plague coming over in boats ?

  • @stuartmenziesfarrant
    @stuartmenziesfarrant Місяць тому

    This series went to the dogs when they tried to ‘shoehorn’ women into it.