"Ah, Goofy!"

@presidiun

Жыл бұрын

This is the most brilliant comedy series I've watched. While it is sad it is probably the only one, being the jewel that it is it shines even brighter.

@davepowell7168

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it was of its time

@liamcrowe8829

Жыл бұрын

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@markaspden6905

Жыл бұрын

@@presidiun h

@davepowell7168

Жыл бұрын

@@brianweller637 A historical pantomime figure leftover . Belief in democracy should have ended in the 80's. 20 years later a planestrike pushed a building over, less than 20 later a Chinese batflu plague myth causes a real laugh, those people vaccinated will hopefully learn to apply critical thought . Did Mogg speak off script? All bounders

"You're speaking in riddles, Bernard." "Thankyou Sir Humphrey." "THAT WAS NOT A COMPLIMENT."

"Nurses in teachers can't vote against me until the next election. Backbenchers can vote against me at 10 o'clock tonight." LMAO.

@mentaljedi

Жыл бұрын

Very relevant atm as always

@iandhr1

Жыл бұрын

@@mentaljedi Indeed. Seeing how the Tories knifed two Prime Ministers in one year. and if they had anyone left they would probably knife Sunak soon. I think it was Churchill who describe the House of Commons as: "your opponents sitting in front of you and your enemies sitting behind you."

@dominicwong6592

Ай бұрын

@@iandhr1case in point, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

@iandhr1

Ай бұрын

@@dominicwong6592 Yup. Malcolm Turnbull too.

"I don't think Sir Humphrey understands economics, he read classics" - Yes Minister/Prime Minister is always relevant.

It's a shame that they no longer do this type of documentary.

@lazylaurablue

Жыл бұрын

😄

@doraldeddy1836

Жыл бұрын

How true! An accurate observation of MPs and what they do?😳🙄🤬

@michaeltba9062

Жыл бұрын

Just watch the news.

@twotone3070

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeltba9062 I'd rather not.

@jussilahteenmaki3475

Жыл бұрын

Well, times change. Nowadays we call it reality show.

I often use Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister shows to help my wife understand what is really going on in current politics. It is amazing these shows are still so relevant. The satire is just so on point, as is the acting. I never get tired of watching them.

@gaygaz9737

Жыл бұрын

My cats agree.

@lopezlopez7132

Жыл бұрын

And your wife doesn't mind to be treated like a stupid little woman, who needs explaining by a smart husband?

@nickymcauley3589

Жыл бұрын

Mansplaining?

@TheFtocFactor

Жыл бұрын

@@nickymcauley3589 Absolutely not! My wife is undeniably more intelligent than I am. She just has little to no interest in politics, so sometimes she is just baffled by what decisions/indecisions are made/not made. (Probably due to her high IQ she just can't understand the ineptness of many politicians) For example, about 10 years ago China wanted to gift two pandas to Taiwan. But Taiwan refused the gift. My wife thought that was just stupid, so I showed her the Episode about the tunnel connecting France and England and the French President wanting to gift a pup to the Queen. Yes, PM Ep. 11 A Diplomatic Incident She not only understood what was going on politically, but we had a few good laughs along the way.

@davepowell7168

Жыл бұрын

Be smart, don't vote and avoid tax (Donations to the BBC licence are a sign of ignorance, like belief in vaccination or planestrikes flattening buildings) Wake up people

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath..." what a wonderful observation...

Brilliant how Humphrey switches from super arrogant and self assured to meek, humble and frightfully neurotic so easily.......such superb acting!!!!

Absolutely superb. Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are the finest comedies to have come to our screens 😂💎😂

@aritragupta4182

Жыл бұрын

I think you mean "factually correct documentaries with a fine sprinkling of humour".

@petercrane2065

Жыл бұрын

The problem is modern day politicians watch these programs and treat them as instruction videos!

@MrTonyHeath

Жыл бұрын

in your opinion of course.

@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095

5 ай бұрын

@@aritragupta4182 *_I think you mean "factually correct documentaries with a fine sprinkling of humour"._* ROFLMAO! {:o:O:}

'who's in charge'? 'No one really'. Welcome to the UK August 2022.

@TomFynn

Жыл бұрын

The corollary of course is: Would anyone want any of those muppets to be in charge?

@flyingscotsman9657

Жыл бұрын

Now there really isn't anyone in charge!

“You were a back bencher MP 5 years ago” she says and his response “I was the exception” 😂😂😂😂 I like the ego

@jrd33

Жыл бұрын

Jim Hacker has certain qualities, but self-awareness is not among them.

"Who knows Foreign Office secrets apart from the Foreign Office?" "Oh, that's easy. Only the Kremlin."

@ruthmccabe3527

Жыл бұрын

Truer today than it was back then...

Never understood this show as a child back in the early 80s. But the adults in the room would be in hysterical stitches. Definitely find it funny now. British humour at its dry and droll finest.

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath." Lol brilliant

They'll never be anyone as good as Yes Minister again. This and Fawlty Towers - the pinnacle of British comedy.

@arcticchrisx7724

Жыл бұрын

Fawlty Towers is really good but one note in comparison to this exquisitely well written and acted masterpiece

@jeremypearson6852

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, everything has to be politically correct now, no pun intended!

PM: who knows foreign office's plan apart from foreign office? Bernard: Oh! that's simple, only the Kremlin.

It's quite impressive how they manage to deliver these convoluted lines so flawlessly

Having just retired from civil service duty in Whitehall after 35 years, I'm afraid there are one or two gaping holes in Yes Prime Minister. Firstly, Sir Humphrey Appleby would now have an office only yards from Jim's; and there would be ornaments on the filing cabinet.

The caricature of an MP has not changed! Brilliant.

@tyqwdybijo

5 ай бұрын

They are worse . They aren’t just self interested , they want you dead .

This is one of the best television shows in TV history.

Please put this series back on our TV in 2022 - it has never been more relevant

@shaughnfourie304

Жыл бұрын

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE OF COURSE THEY WILL NOT FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON DO NOT LET THE PEOPLE THINK IS THE PROFOUNDLY ANTI DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY OF THE SCUM WHO TRY TO RUN THE WESTERN WORLD TODAY

@michaelwalters327

Жыл бұрын

Yes get it back in 2023

Dad's army, Fawlty Towers, Yes minister/ Prime Minister and Blackadder The very best of British sitcom writing and acting.

@cosmababy

Жыл бұрын

Ain't half hot mum, Are you being served

@duringthemeanwhilst

Жыл бұрын

ever decreasing circles

@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat

Жыл бұрын

You could probably also include Dad's Army in the list.

@roymeynell9198

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant programme we are unlikely to ever see the quality of this outstanding series

@rthompson7282

Жыл бұрын

Waiting for God, Only Fools and Horses!

Pure genius. The sad part is that nothing has changed since Sir Humphrey was in the job.

Such a brilliant trio of actors, bringing remarkable scripts to the screen. Paul E was just classic and Sir H...a masterstroke of writing and acting.

@unitycalling4676

Жыл бұрын

They were given inside information to show us how vulnerable our actual Gov is. Just Humans. Brilliant and Thatcher's fave TV programme.

"you lured him into a true sense of security"! brilliant!

7:53 “the UN is the accepted forum for the expression of international hatred” oh buoy is he on point.

@TomFynn

Жыл бұрын

"But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week, It's National Everyone-smile-at-one-another-hood Week. Be nice to people who Are inferior to you. It's only for a week, so have no fear. Be grateful that it doesn't last all year!" Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week

This is over 40 years old! As funny (and true) as ever.

12:43 _St. Georges Island_ and all the talk around it: that sounds very much like the _Yes, Prime Minister_ version of what happened in Grenada in 1983

@Jpdt19

Ай бұрын

Almost certainly yep

The scene with the Israeli ambassador is fantastic. The actor who plays him is excellent. The way he says "I know" is perfect. I love the exchange "They seem to think that 800 fully armed paratroopers was an awful lot to send on a goodwill visit" "Nooooo it's just an awful lot of goodwill."

"So who is in charge if you are not. -Nobody really". Priceless documentary this.

My No.1 On the rare occasion when the Treasury understands the questions the Cabinet doesn't understand the answers.

Priceless humour! Outstanding! Absolutely outstanding! Three cheers for Yes, Prime Minister!!!

What a brilliant show! A real documentary. Nothing like this now days. Sadly.

@wilfdarr

Жыл бұрын

Still current: nothing has changed since!

@petercrane2065

Жыл бұрын

Yes there is, its called Westminster, only what is going on there, is NOT funny!

Viewing such a masterpiece makes me to conclude that TV is garbage today

@fireflyrobert

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is

Sir Arnold is played wonderfully

@childofthe50s53

Жыл бұрын

The best character in the show. A sort of George Smiley type.

@jimspink2922

Жыл бұрын

@@childofthe50s53 Sir Arnold the only person who makes Sir Humphrey nervous. Especially when Sir Arnold asks Sir Humphrey to come over for a "Chat" nothing serious just a "Chat".

@danieldickson8591

Жыл бұрын

Sir Arnold dominates any room he's in. He always gives the impression that he knows more than anyone else, which is probably true.

@MrSniperfox29

5 ай бұрын

@@danieldickson8591IIRC he only "lost" once in the entire series when he was trying to offload a difficult job onto Hacker (transport supremo) and Hacker and Goofy managed to out leak him

Hacker to Sir Humphrey, “there’s something I want to talk to you about; something very secret” Hacker contemplates. Humphrey interjects, “Would it be easier if I wasn’t here?” 😂😂😂😂

27:33 "I can't tell you how happy this makes me" proceeds to cover his face with an handkerchief cause he's laughing for real 😆 best comedy ever 💖

@thegoat5141

Жыл бұрын

Ah, goofy! Eh...

@kossend1

Жыл бұрын

"Show him in Bernard, show him in."

"You lulled him into a true sense of security" 😂 damn that got me

I do love this series. The quality of acting was top notch. The storylines were brilliant, and the cast was perfect. Maybe if the BBC was producing programing like this now, people wouldn't be complaining about the Licence fees. This series is a real reminder of what is missing in British Television.

might one be so bold as to suggest that in order to avail oneself of the finest moments of this rather excellent political satire, one instead of perusing a half-hour selection of chosen nuggets one merely watches the entire series of this along with its predecessor where the incumbent prime minister cut his teeth as the minister for administrative affairs as frankly it is rather difficult, no, impossible to expect even a highly trained and experienced editor to conduct the onerous task of selecting a selection of selected clips and claim the resulting selection of said selected clips to be of greater comical impact and indeed importance than any other in this particularly fine televisual feast...

@ThePsiclone

4 күн бұрын

Indeed one has already commenced the enquiry of which you speak, having convinced both the treasury and the procurement office that a purchase of the complete box set would not just be prudent but indeed wise. Upon receipt of the set the depts for Education and culture, Media & sport have proceeded with further enquiries into the conduct of the behaviour portrayed in the aforementioned programs and is currently at this time around half way through the latter of the two. It must be stressed whilst at this time no solid conclusion may be reached until the conclusion of said enquiries, the evidence does seem to agree with the proposed hypothesis. Obviously we must however allow a full enquiry into the matter and not interfere with its findings in any way, or comment upon potential findings so as not to be seen pre-judging the outcome of the aforementioned enquiries.

Halcyon days when government incompetence was at a level with which we could comfortably cope. 🤣

Absolutely brilliant writing and acting. So may of these episodes ring as true to day as they did when they first aired. Since it is so dialogue based it translates perfectly to Audible and I spent many, many months listening to these episodes on my depressing long rail commutes in to and out from London and to this day this is still my go to series to watch when I have the odd hour or two to spare.

@jeremypearson6852

8 ай бұрын

I had the depressing Brit Rail commute from Southend to Fenchurch St in the late 70’s, so I commiserate with you. Luckily, it was only for a few years. Been living in S Florida for forty years, but I sometimes yearn to just spend a real summer in the UK.

@Wabbit_Hunta

8 ай бұрын

Could you get another job, or maybe find a better way to commute to work? That's half the problem with a lot of jobs, the travel to and from work, it can sometimes take just as long as the working day. Not what can be seen as a good work/life balance.

I loved watching this when I was younger, wish they would bring it back! Such accurate representation of how government works! Hilarious! 😂

One of the most comical series ever, timeless .

BEST COMEDY OF ALL TIMES. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE, SORELY NEEED IN THESE TIMES. THANK YOU TO A GREAT TEAM.

Researching for this program not wanting to embarrass the current governments, the writers reviewed newspapers from 20 years back. They discovered that what was happening then was still happening in the late 70s. Here we are 40 years after then and its all still going on. Nothing changes.

I'm 35 next Thursday I only came across this show via KZread a few weeks back & I've since watched the entire show & it's sister show. This isn't retro it's modern day

@gaygaz9737

Жыл бұрын

Better late than never. (smiling)

@nicholashylton6857

Жыл бұрын

The show was more about eternal political truths rather than parodies of specific politicians. Corruption. Office politics. Scandals. Backstabbing. Expediency/Cooperation. I think that is why it has such resonance & relevance.

@bloggsie45

Ай бұрын

This series is a true to life political documentary.

You know a comedy is top quality when it seems contemporary to today, no matter how long ago it was made. British humour at its best. I want to live in another country away from this troubled little island. Now and then I feel proud to be British though. Our comedy, our ability to laugh at ourselves, to laugh at Human politics from local to global, is something that makes me proud of our struggling, poor, tiny Island, who has people who still believe we rule the World. Comedy-wise, we're amongst the top. That makes me proud to be 3rd generation British. Also, that just about all of us, and our language, are immigrants if we go back just a few generations. Britain is family - I want to live elsewhere, but I love and will always be proud of my home. If you don't get it, watch the opening ceremony to the 2012 Olympics. A beautiful story of who we are and the best of what we give the World.

@aegis3141

Жыл бұрын

Well,to be fair YM and YPM actually applies to many governments in the world.

@ARCANEmateCLAN

Жыл бұрын

@@aegis3141 effectively all western democracies these days, only a few exceptions I can think of

@buttnutt

8 ай бұрын

Utter lies - stop erasing the existence of the indigenous British.

"Better still one can have it read to one" 🤣🤣🤣 One for Hackers few wins over Humphrey!

@Briggers0810

11 күн бұрын

The security episode where they get the keys changed is another good one where both Jim & Bernard get one over Humphrey.

@arobyte

11 күн бұрын

@@Briggers0810Yes! I actually felt bad for Humphrey in that one lol 😂.

One of my favourite comedies ever it could almost have been a reality series

@Tranmere59

Жыл бұрын

In the same way that Laurel&Hardy were a training video for my job at Portsmouth City Council.

The writing is superb!!!

This show is genius. If only American politicians were this clever. We could have had some good TV.

Paul Eddington was a National treasure

Lulled him into a true state of security 😂

This and Fawlty Towers. Pinnacle of TV humour.

Luke was actually right about Afghanistan, the Soviets wasn't really there to invade another country but to help an unexpected ally, Afghanistan was in civil unrest mostly because of Pakistani influence, which they fear that an aggressive Afghani government that claims Baluchistan will cause war so they support local rebels to keep the Afghani occupied, Soviets wasn't actually prepared to intervene at first and declined the petition for help, but decided to send in troop eventually, its very similar to what happened in Vietnam.

@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491

Жыл бұрын

the usa survived the vietnam idiocy. the ussr did not survive their afghan blunder..

@user-yc5um2pl5v

Жыл бұрын

Afghanistan was in civil unrest not because of Pakistani influence. It was because of the idiotic and cruel actions of the kommie regime which simply copied the first years of the kommie rule in Russia, the so-called war communism. That sparked the civil war within months of the red coup d'état. Pakistani matters were of secondary importance.

Everything is based on real events. The bit about St. George's Island is actually about Grenada, a Commonwealth island nation in the Caribbean near Trinidad, the capital of which is the city of St. George's. Reagan invaded it in 1983 in response to a military coup. The government was already revolutionary and Leninist, having taken over the country in a bloodless coup 4 years earlier, but the military thought the PM was insufficiently revolutionary since he actually paid attention to economic realities. The military government began cooperating even more closely with Cuba than the civilian government had been. I'm sure the US invasion was in response to legitimate requests from other nations in the area such as Jamaica, and also from the Governor-General by secret channels, but it also happened to align very nicely with its interests in the region and Reagan's anti-Soviet policies. For the purposes of fictionalizing events the island was renamed for the real island's capital and moved to the Persian Gulf, but this is more or less how it went down. The matter of the bishop was about the real life Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins. Shortly after his nomination he made a number of public statements expressing doubt over some key tenets of Christianity such as the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. It was absolutely middle-of-the-road stuff for university theology faculty, as he had been, but it was the first clue a lot of Anglican believers had that at least some of their bishops might not adhere to the same beliefs they had been taught. There was a huge uproar. Jenkin's career wasn't exactly the same as the summary for Canon Stanford that Bernard read out, but it was more or less along those lines. Jenkins' consecration went ahead despite the protests, and took place at York Minster. Three days afterward, a freak storm passed by and lightning struck the roof of the South Transept, setting it ablaze. Believers took this as a sign of divine disapproval.

Sir Desmond Glazebrook , for mine , was just a terrific standout in this series .

Loved to watch this when I was a kid. It's just as good today.

This was wonderful! I do wish that current programmes were so much fun.

The humor is timeless.

Nowadays this would be a documentary rather than a fictional comedy 😂

There is a class description of politicians in this clip which are more accurate than most of us really realise.

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.

"May I clarify the question? Who knows Foreign Office secrets apart from the Foreign Office?" "Oh, that's easy. Only the Kremlin."

A masterpiece of a series!

"Who do you want to be the next PM? Truss? Sunak? Starmer?" "Hacker"

@CH-jd8km

Жыл бұрын

No PM

@muff-puff.

Жыл бұрын

How about YOU? You seem to believe you're BETTER !

@CH-jd8km

Жыл бұрын

@@muff-puff. Certainly not !

@Diamondmine212

Жыл бұрын

Anyone other than SIR Keir.

Hilarious then, hilarious now, and still right on the mark...

Such a pleasure to see it again.

No OTHER WORD FOR THIS SERIES.SUPERB,SUPERB

A timeless programme

This series has so much gold.

As accurate now as it was then. Don't for one minute think this is comedy. This is exactly how the Civil Service operates - presented in a jokey manner - but absolutely spot on.

One of the best comedies ever made ❤ this from the first show ing.

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath"...

Absolutely brilliant

Great memories, a perfectly wonderful comedy series throughout...

I just now found this! It’s fantastic!!!😂

19:47 So the pound had another bad day 😄 This is so prophetic xD

Funny but terrifyingly accurate

17:57 Having just gone through the UMC disafiliation this line is so much more true than anyone realizes.

Comedy gold 🤣

So much truth behind this fantastic comedy.

Just unbelievable!!!

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II passed yesterday and I am unsure as to why I'm here. Perhaps to contemplate her life in a space where I may counter this very sad historical moment? The Royal Family were never part of the cutting humour of the show's creators & writers, which probably shows their great respect for the Queen. Rest In Peace, Your Majesty. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

@Lex-Hawthorn

Жыл бұрын

She was a real Queen. As for Charles? I thought there would be an outcry about the 'keeper of the faith' marrying a divorcee. As per his Great Uncle King Edward VIII. The one who married Wallis Simpson, a divorcee, and abdicated because of it.

@nicholashylton6857

Жыл бұрын

@@Lex-Hawthorn Unless Camilla, Queen Consort, starts a satanist cult within Buckingham Palace, I believe people are content to ignore her divorcée status.

In the 80s Margaret thatcher confesed that yes prime minister was her favorite program because it was so acurate

It is amazing these shows are still so relevant.

What classics 😂👍👍

Amazing...Someone knew of Welby even then !

The Americans invaded Grenada, a British protectorate, without telling us. Maggie went ballistic and gave Regan a right bolloking. Regan apologised.

@OsirusHandle

Жыл бұрын

A local coup was declared by people claiming allegiance to communism, but also to the queen, so uh...

@michaelplunkett8059

8 ай бұрын

It was pro forma as he had taken heat for assistance given her Falkland war the year before. The Atantic relationship is deep and was confronting Soviet expansionism at the time.

Press statements are not delivered under oath; cracks me up every time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have all the DVDs. Great stuff.

What a great documentary about the inner workings of the UK government. Well done BBC, well done.

22:45 "One of us"....my favorite episode 😂👌👍

Even though he had a smaller role in the series, master manipulator Sir Arnold is even more impressive than Sir Humphrey 🙂

Absolutely superb comedy series. It is NOT a bloody documentary as so many are alluding to. It was written as a sitcom. Margaret Thatcher herself marvelled at these series and pointed to the staggering similarity between this and real politics. Essentially, through the annals of time, politicians, civil servants, whips, advisors etc etc have all been the same bunch of money grabbing, limelight seeking bunch of narcissists that we see today, yesterday, tomorrow. Until we get people in power who are genuinely interested in the plight of the common man this great island will continue to fall slowly into the abyss.

@monkpato

Жыл бұрын

I think that everybody who calls it a documentary know it's not a documentary.

Fantastic!

A great program...both of them!

Humphrey´s "crikey," is absolutely brilliant. 25:50

isnt it funny, this is almost 40 years old, Yes prime minister (like many others) is a great slice of art / cultural history that told more trues then anything