"You have to get behind someone before you can stab them in the back" That's a pretty savage line even by this show's standards 😂

@thomsons9599

2 жыл бұрын

The most epic line in the entire series

@roadwarrior144

Жыл бұрын

Would this be an example of being “Machiavellian”?

"Do sit down, Bernard." Those four words signalling a vital lesson is about to be served.

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister should be required viewing. It teaches more critical thinking skills than the average philosphy class

@skepticusmaximus184

2 жыл бұрын

You do realise that ad hominem, isn't a critical thinking skill don't you?

@JJONNYREPP

2 жыл бұрын

How To Change The Prime Minister's Mind | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 1833pm 3.3.22 -how to change his mind? -dont tell him....

@janjud1828

2 жыл бұрын

Needs to be taught in middle school. That devious before hormonal stage.

@JJONNYREPP

2 жыл бұрын

@@janjud1828 seems to be the stage at which they cease to progress or evolve... though let's face it tin pot cod psychology insights aren't worth the pecker they're pished from... do you all run to the psychology nooks when you feel in danger of having the finger pointed at you? another facet of the infantilism - running to join those who on feels are in the ascendent.

@iatsd

2 жыл бұрын

You've never done a philosophy class, have you?

I used a tactic from another episode of the Yes Minister on a smaller scale. "Flood the minister with works, administrative documents, and overseas trip, so that we can run the country properly" I flooded my bosses with other unimportant works so he would forget to demand be to do other works that needs time. Absolutely flawless, no more messages demanding stuffs 😂

@LordofGold

2 жыл бұрын

But beware: With great power comes great responsibility

@AlifNurfakhri

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordofGold and with a lot of gold comes a lot of taxes 😄

@JJONNYREPP

2 жыл бұрын

How To Change The Prime Minister's Mind | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 1128am 6.3.22 indeed.. in short you're merely suggesting loot the country sideways.. plonking largesse in the way of all those dolts who would have put a spanner in the works? as for sending the doltish hue on various holidays to ambassador the eff out of club class travel - why not? it beats the earache he would, no doubt, be gettin'.. selfish b/stards, these civil servants. all kickin up a fuss and a stink cos they were never included in various jaunts allegedly undertaken by mr bligh and bluddy mighty.... though the point being he never made any of those holiday jaunts cos he couldnt afford it... discuss...makes you wonder which savage ingrate creates all this unnecessary b.s - so you and your ilk "can run the country properly." (????????????????????????????????????????????????????)

"I'm quite keen on having this person in the position, what about you?" "Absolutely, I think they'll do a marvelous job, many fine qualities, mmyes..." "...You're agreeing with me, that's not a good sign..."

The possibilities are endless, listen and learn Bernard! A masterclass in personality & character destruction 🙂

I never thought I would be nostalgic for the stuffy, starched collar, Byzantine and Machiavellian bureaucracy of the 1980s. I well and truly feel old.

@jonathanfraser321

2 жыл бұрын

Oh its still there-just read what his ex advisers say about Boris-or Trump!

@LolTollhurst

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly Trump's reads a lot less like Y,M and more combination toddler daycare-psychiatric ward

@danieldickson8591

2 жыл бұрын

There was a veneer of civility over the machinations of government from this era that's lacking in American politics today. The venality, hubris and lust for power are far more naked.

@fryliver4953

9 ай бұрын

@@danieldickson8591 In UK politics now as well, they're all children on WhatsApp! Give me this competence and suaveness.

In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony calls Brutus an honorable man as an excuse the murder of Caesar, causing the crowd to turn on Brutus. In Othello, Iago tries to excuse the behaviour of Cassio, calling him his 'friend', in front of his boss Othello, which plays perfectly into his plan to have Othello suspect both Cassio and his own wife of having an affair! Whenever somebody asks about the point of reading classics, we must remember that while tempora mutantur, human beings have not changed much since the time of Shakespeare, or Caesar, for that matter.

Machiavelli could have learned a lot from Sir Humphrey.

@joedennehy386

2 жыл бұрын

I was just looking for a response to the description of Sir Humphrey, as a mere villain, and there it was, your comment. Couldn't have said it better.

@adamwelch6217

Жыл бұрын

Mandelson probably did

I realise they wanted Humphrey to be more than just a villain, but scenes like this make it hard to view him as otherwise 😅

@petermetzger8550

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I think, that the series shows, that sometimes it is a good thing to put the brakes on overidealistic ideas to prevent them from disrupting a more-or-less working system to crash, causing more problems than the squashed idea would have solved. And Sir Humphrey is the one doing the preventing. But you are right, many other times, he is, if not a villain, at least a macchiavellian antagonist, serving his own ideals and his own perception of 'right' - or, rather, 'proper' - and 'wrong'.

@danieldickson8591

2 жыл бұрын

What saves Humphrey from being an outright villain is his firm insistence that he follow the letter of his function as a loyal civil servant of Her Majesty's government (as he interprets it). Any suggestion that he would do otherwise genuinely appalls him.

@Jivvi

3 ай бұрын

​@@danieldickson8591 Lawful Evil.

Although i happily own all the series from the BBC on CD and DVD and watched them several times now, it`s still interesting to learn how other people react to it. For me the series was so educating because the writers were having an inside view how politics and the people actually involved in the process are acting and their motives for doing so, by an experienced politician of that time, if you focuse on `YES MINISTER`, you will see that nothing has changed in politics since almost 50 years, the themes politicians play are very much the same : environment, education, data privacy, defence, women`s rights, the EU and being helpless about the economy.

@dubey_ji

2 жыл бұрын

I just finished watching and I still can't stop watching these clips

@HolgerKuhrts

2 жыл бұрын

@@dubey_ji There is so much truth in it, you won´t find a better tuition to politics for shure.

@canopus101

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on! I also own every episode on DVD and watched them during lockdown. The only thing that changes in politics are the faces of those in charge.

@petermetzger8550

2 жыл бұрын

I share your opinion, even though I think, that, if uncoupled from the topics, nothing ever changes in politics, and nothing ever changes in the relationship between public administration and politics, except for the workings of totalitarian systems.

I wasn’t born when this was originally on tv but can draw parallels with the current prime minister/ government ministers. It’s still surprising how much and how little has changed at the same time

_It is necessary to get behind someone, before you can stab them in the back._

I've been looking for this clip for years now. Finally uploaded.

Listen and learn, Bernard What a scene

Over simplify by labelling them Sir Humphrey you're the best ♥️ 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@richardlloyd2589

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a good job we don’t go around labelling people today !! 🤭🤫

An absolute gem 👍👍👍

Christ! The PM's a gold fish hemmed in by circling sharks...smiling obviously 😄

@JR-bf8su

2 жыл бұрын

Well at least they will be polite and formal as they tear him apart

I wonder how Nigel Hawthorne felt reciting the line about disparaging someone by insinuating they’re homosexual when he was gay.

@d-logan5280

2 жыл бұрын

Well given he knew he was playing a sleezeball character who absolutely would do something like this, I don't see why he'd have a problem.

@nottmjas

2 жыл бұрын

He was playing a fictional character and reciting lines from a script.

@petermacleod5710

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly like a straight actor saying a line about a straight person ?

@MemekingJag

2 жыл бұрын

and also was outed without permission by the press, something he kept very private during the filming of yes minister

@FarhanAmin1994

2 жыл бұрын

@@MemekingJag I recall reading the same. He seemed to have been a private man and was apparently outed circa 1997.

Still valid today as it was then!! Politics never changes.

Just as relevant today and shows that the BBC used to make great programmes.

@tomazou2010

2 жыл бұрын

Someone has to say something in this vein on every yes minister video apparently.

@darreng745

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomazou2010 Because it is true, now compare this to that crap the Witchfinder General that has just aired to absolutely scathing reviews and work out just how far the BBC has fallen in terms of it's output in comedy. That descent into mindless purile material is very deep, you have no swearing, no comments designed to poke fun at people others than those who deserve it and an absolutely top notch cast who knew how to use what they with given with exquisite timing.

@69mosshead

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomazou2010 Because it nails British politics so yeah still relevant.

Some very good advice.

Still up to date, especially the crack about the newsreader.

@jonathanfraser321

2 жыл бұрын

whom did they have in mind?

@greva2904

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanfraser321 Wild guess, Angela Rippon.

This is the art of character assassination in a nutshell. A vital life skill 😊

How smart

SIR HUMPHREY APPLEBY. ✌

For the love of the god can someone tell me what episode is this?😆

@johnking5174

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Prime Minister, Series 2 - A Conflict of Interest

Sir Humphrey is a deplorable human being 😂

@russellparratt9859

2 жыл бұрын

So were Basil Fawlty and George Costanza.

@wiszak9370

2 жыл бұрын

You could just say he is a politician.

@jasperdevries1726

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiszak9370 You could, but he makes it quite clear that, while Hacker is in Politics, he is in Government. Also the following conversation he had with Agnes Moorhouse: 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: Certainly not. That's why I never stood for parliament.

Past: Homosexual=Scandal Now: Homosexuality with a younger adult=scandal Future:Homosexuality with cyborgs=scandal

its oscar from heartbeat lol

@sueaustin1382

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, or Mr Derek from Basil Brush....

Hey BBC CGs, I would just like to ask whether there's any footage of the series that doesnt have that annoying high-pitched sound. I do adore this series, but every video of yours on it has an old-TV type sound constantly running in the background which makes the videos very tiring to watch. Cheers!

@mardus_ee

Жыл бұрын

See, if you can adjust sound settings in your device with an equalizer. Some devices are bundled with custom sound software that include various presets and an equaliser. In Windows, it's most often deep in advanced sound settings for the types of output (speaker/headphones) through the Sounds Control Panel widget. Some drivers can come with custom software, such as kit with Asus sound adapters, or Dolby software in ThinkPads (in Windows) and Motorola smartphones with Android.

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Why does this documentary have a laugh track?

@ayoa1173

Жыл бұрын

Live audience, not a laugh track.

A devious devil Sir Humphrey

Which eps is this?

@johnking5174

2 жыл бұрын

A Conflict of Interest

i recorded all these on my old VHS .. it's a shame modern satire isn't as clever. but in these stupid PC days, it would never be allowed on screen

The person responsible for lighting this piece should be sacked.

@highdownmartin

2 жыл бұрын

Not good, was it?

Cancel culture old school style.

Pls stop , the mere suggestions .

they missed anti semitic

Interesting thing with the homosexuality. At that time - 1980s - it was seen as a vice. Now it would be seen as something positive that would greatly enhance the person's chances to get the job because the goverment would want to play the inclusivity card.