Paul died of skin cancer and in the latter episodes of Yes, Prime Minister, whenever he could, he played his part seated because he had trouble standing. when he died we were robbed of an incredibly talented actor and a very nice man R.I.P. Paul

@robertladue7647

Жыл бұрын

I agree. He was an excellent actor and appeared to be a well dispositioned human being.

A kind, beautiful man who was so unlucky with his health. And he was a national treasure as an actor. Hard to imagine anyone like that ever coming along again.

@anuradhainamdar8967

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@chequereturned

4 жыл бұрын

I honestly wish he'd got more recognition. I'm a big fan of Nigel Hawthorne, and we even grew up in the same place, but I honestly think Paul Eddington was slightly the better actor at least in Yes (Prime) Minister. They both struggled for years but only Nigel Hawthorne got awards - every single time beating Paul Eddington at the BAFTAs and then getting an Oscar. But Jim Hacker showed far more range, was immersed and complex, showed development, and was never overdone or unconvincing, which I think was occasionally the case for Humphrey Appleby. We tend to assume that a more intelligent and 'proper' character must be the better performance, but this isn't true

@anuradhainamdar8967

3 жыл бұрын

@@chequereturned Andrew your analysis is very accurate & to the point.

@alexlazebat839

3 жыл бұрын

didn't he always have bad health i read that he always had skin cancer.

@thewomble1509

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexlazebat839 Yes. he had a very slow growing form of skin cancer for over thirty years. There is a last interview with him on YT and it's heart breaking to see what it finally did to his skin. A very brave, dignified man and a fine actor.

I'm American and I absolutely loved him and miss him terribly , unbelievable talent.

Seems just like his character on the show. "A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be 'He did very little harm'. And that's not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me." That just brought tears to my eyes.

@jenniferknight5343

5 жыл бұрын

Sketchskool

@MurrayJoe

3 жыл бұрын

That was his very last interview and he died a few days later.

@raghailligh1080

2 жыл бұрын

He was afflicted with the skin cancer that took him shortly thereafter, and it was heartbreaking to watch. Interestingly, not long after I saw that interview [on DVD, perhaps?], I came across an interview with Count Basie who said essentially the same thing, though he phrased it differently. Odd, that two very different talented men who brought joy to millions (and continue to do so) would express such a humble sentiment.

@mkast2815

Жыл бұрын

Once a quaker, always...

@tipster-challenge

2 ай бұрын

truly a wonderful man

Please watch the re-runs on Gold at the moment. This man was pure class. The way he develops Jim Hacker throughout Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister is a masterclass. He is sorely missed.

@summushieremiasclarkson4700

7 жыл бұрын

Sooooorely missed.

One of nature’s rare gentlemen - RIP wonderful man… we will continue to delight in your talents.

This man made so much of 80's TV classics that will last forever.

A very kind gentle man and showed such courage and bravery when he was terminally in.God bless you Paul ❤

Absolutely adore Paul, and Nigel and Derek in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, they were a fantastic trio in those series. I did not watch the series when they were originally on, I was a child/teenager, but I bought the box set several years ago and I have watched them to absolute death and love every episode. Paul Eddington was an adorable actor and a lovely man, and Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds were also wonderful, I loved those three together - a fantastic team. Best series I have ever bought on DVD. RIP to all three of them, Paul, Nigel and Derek.

Such a breath of fresh air hearing the interview where two adults are talking with no silly shit being spewed and artificial laugh tracks.

I can not help but see him as Jim. The walk, the way he talks....I had no idea that he based Jim on him self. Thanks for posting this.

A great chat between such a wonderful pair of actors.

I think because she was close to him in real life, she sees it more as a conversation than an interview

@MrJonno85

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a chat show fronted by Kenneth Williams, when he interviewed his friend Barbara Windsor: it was like a closed conversation, with the audience as onlookers.

@TheNefastor

4 жыл бұрын

That's what it feels like. I don't mind too much.

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think she's as rude IRL - interrupting all the time ? - can't act as an interviewer !

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

@Ray Maybe that explains her lack of conversation skills ?

@KebabMusicLtd

3 жыл бұрын

@@millomweb As mentioned in the caption and referred to in their initial greetings to one another, Felicity was standing in for Terry Wogan. She is an actress, not an interviewer. Why the BBC asked her to do this is unclear. Maybe simply because she is so cute. This interview took place less than 18 months after her older sister had died of cancer. That she may not have 'hung-around' for a drink and a chat with other cast members of TGL, she was 29 when it started airing in 1975. The others considerably older. PK: 35, RB: 41 and Paul was 46. Maybe she felt she needed to get away so as to give herself more time to rehearse her lines and be up-to-par with them, who knows? They were all jobbing actors. They do not live together.

This was a courageous interview...

@TheNefastor

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I get that reference 😁

Grew up watching The Good Life and Yes Minister etc. This guy was all class.

Such a likeable man, great actor, sadly missed.

Felicity is just a dream so nice, beautiful and smart.

Sir Humphrey and Sir Arnold disliked this

@AlifNurfakhri

4 жыл бұрын

Unforgivably indiscreet

@willng1256

4 жыл бұрын

It was Luke!

Really great people. Love love them both....they gave brought is such joy....always treasured thx..

This aired on Monday 13th January 1986 at 7.00pm on BBC One, Wogan was off on his post-Christmas, early new year break and Felicity was brought in for that week's guest host. Yes Prime Minister had started its first series the previous Thursday 9th January 1986 on BBC Two.

The interviewer was absolutely smitten with Paul the way she was playing with her hair and constantly smiling 😊

@1701SP

6 ай бұрын

I just wish she would shut up after asking a question and then talking over his answer. Incredibly rude and frustrating because you don’t get a full answer.

@Jason_Fisher

3 ай бұрын

@@1701SPWell, they were great friends as well as costars, so it’s really the casual conversation of friends rather than a formal interview.

@Jason_Fisher

3 ай бұрын

“The interviewer”? That’s Felicity freaking Kendal! Paul’s costar in The Good Life.

Paul Eddington is still my favourite actor. Felicity was "wonderful" in the Good Life as well.

She wasn't an interviewer she was standing in for Wogan. She couldn't help being one of the sexiest women in the U.K. They were great friends and it showed. RIP wonderful man.

@billkeaveney1526

2 жыл бұрын

She was #1 and a superb woman and actress

What a great great man, So likeable and makes me feel all homely when i watch my boxset of Yes,Minister!

She is a gorgeous woman and has always had that sparkle

Awesome actors, both of them! He is so missed!

Just realized it is Sir Humpy who uploaded this! Thank you!

@YesMinisterMuseum

3 жыл бұрын

Just one thing, I am not "sir Humpy". I am not sitting on a wall and neither am I grinding away on the furniture like a rabbit.

@5433D

3 жыл бұрын

@@YesMinisterMuseum Yes Sir Humphrey, I stand humbly corrected

Never given the national acting credits that he deserved at the time.

Who else expected Sir Humphrey to barge into the studio with his typical 'apalled' look and stop the minister from saying anything more that could - not to put too fine a point on it - embarrass her Majesty's government. 😁

Oh....my...GOD!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

everything is wonderful

I really wish she'd stop interrupting him and speaking over him constantly.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

she was an excited fan--like a teenager, and beautiful with it

@juliansmith4295

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrDaiseymay An excited fan? She'd already worked with him. She needs to shut up and stop playing with her hair.

@pizzaboy4463

4 жыл бұрын

A fine and beautiful actress but no chat show host.

@viperswhip

3 жыл бұрын

She was not an interviewer, just filling in for the host who was absent.

Jim Hacker exclaiming ‘Phtoinnggg’ made my day.

love this

What a lovely man!!!

I love him 😍

beautiful interviewer

@MichaelSHartman

7 жыл бұрын

asets12 Check out The Good Life.

He always seemed like such a nice person. Felicity is not great interviewer but she seems a nice person.

You really pick up from the eye contact and hair flicking how much Felicity adores Paul Eddington, and why not, we all did.

Felicity Kendall is just irresistible and of course PE is just a joy to watch.

Beautiful interviewer and such a sweet man. Thank you for the video.

Great actors Paul I would say was a true gentleman ,thanks for the laughs 😆😆😆😄😄😄😄😄🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 dublin ireland

I have a the historical series “Septered isle “. The series is adapted from radio and is narrated by Anna Massey and Paul Eddington . His dictation is perfect , his accent a breath of fresh air . A classic Englishman and treasure .

Gosh....I love it one!! Paul Eddington

What a great man. What a beautiful woman.

OMG what a beautiful woman! I watched this for Paul Eddington, but she just draws all the attention.

Paul's answer to Felicity's question asking if he'd assent to being PM was clear & simple. But I'd have loved for him to say, "Well, first I'd need to campaign and win pre-selection in a very safe seat, campaign and win that seat, learn the ropes, join committees, schmooze, campaign and win again, then move up to shadow junior or govt junior ministries, then scheme and plot, scheme and plot, then spill for the leadership. That's the abridged version.

@bobsullivan5714

5 жыл бұрын

He could have said, "Well, if Sir Humphrey could assist me."

9:02 A few years after this, they starred together again on TV in the drama series "The Camomile Lawn".

Someone from the Civil Service disliked this.

peachy backdrop - soooooo 1980s

1:10 You could almost sense that he is wishing Sir Humphrey was there to advise him. 😀😀😀

That is true, mate.

So beautifuk

She keeps interviewing him mid-anecdote. Really annoying.

@markjohnson7488

7 жыл бұрын

Yes.

I'm currently watching the complete series boxset of The Good Life. Jerry, played brilliantly by Paul Eddington, is by far my favourite character on that show. I was never a fan of Yes Minister/Prime Minister growing up as it all seemed a bit too serious and high-brow.. I really should give it another go now that I'm 40! It's a shame his 'Face to Face' interview isn't on KZread.

@irishprice5152

5 жыл бұрын

Im probably late to the party here, but I skipped yes (prime) minister also... I have only recently watchrd all of it and strongly would advise you to watch it. It's really quite good and hilarious to boot!

@michaelgrace1298

4 жыл бұрын

@@irishprice5152 the key was Great

@kinkyplunk That's probably because the interview took place in, er .... 1986.

She's such a teaser. Playing with her hair and shifting so much in that chair.

Thems were the days when we believed in politicians

'so she says' smart answer.

Felicity Kendall. Some might say she was no great beauty but she's utterly charming and pretty much every boy in school was in love with her.

Felicity Kendall is lovely and I want to protect her

Felicity Kendal + Ri(c)k from the Young Ones would have made a stunningly good-looking couple.

Think Felicity Kendall could play with her hair a bit more

@snipper1ie

4 жыл бұрын

and doesn't she do it so well?

Love the carnation.... ;-)

They are both wonderful

I had a thing for Felicity Kendall when I was a young boy

@TheNefastor

4 жыл бұрын

Totally understandable.

@SpeccyMan

4 жыл бұрын

You are not the only member of this club.

Watch the first episode of The Prisoner to see a rather young Paul Eddington.

@ssbohio

4 жыл бұрын

Really? I'm surprised. What part did he play?

@johnk1955

4 жыл бұрын

@@ssbohio The character "Cobb"

I always fancied Kendal.

You really notice the lack of laugh tracks 😂😂

I' sure this is a great interview but I find myself distracted whenever the camera goes to Paul and leaves me wanting to see more of Felicity.

@eggmangoogoogoojoob I realise. But thanks for the info. ;-)

Great guy... but this interview is painful.

@477lrn

10 жыл бұрын

How so?

@477lrn

10 жыл бұрын

hmmm you might be right actually

@misukachao46

7 жыл бұрын

The interviewer is Felicity Kendall and actress who work with him and Briars on a popular show called the Good Life. She is wonderful, though interviewing not her thing.

@Harkhoost

7 жыл бұрын

A good interviewer knows when to SHUT UP.

@Booyaka9000

6 жыл бұрын

Except she's a FRIEND and an actress, not an interviewer.

Hard to believe that he had skin cancer. He must have been unaware of it. A Pity and a great sadness...

@SpeccyMan

4 жыл бұрын

He was originally diagnosed with it aged just 28. He knew.

@dreamer_4937

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he kept it very quiet, a very select number knew about it.

I like Felicity Kendall but she is not a good interviewer. She interrupts all the time.

@CanadianGadfly

4 жыл бұрын

It seems she was an emergency replacement for Terry Wogan. Of course she is not a professional interviewer.

@Diogo503

4 жыл бұрын

as an interviewer, yes, as a friend in an conversation, I don't think so.

Journalist should let him talk

Eddinghton is indeed impartial but the carnation on his jacket is the symbol of the labor party. Labor party is more popular to the artists.

@briangasser973

2 жыл бұрын

Yet Paul never spoke poorly of Mrs. Thatcher in the interview. I miss the time when we could be civil with people we disagree with.

@gavpowell1981

2 жыл бұрын

The Labour Party is a rose not a carnation.

All I'm getting is bla bla bla 😍Felicity 😚Felicity

I want to protect her.

2 great British stars Jerry fancied Barbara rotton!

I saw some criticism of Flickerty Kandle's hosting/interviewing below. While I understand where that impulse comes from, I can't share it. Felicity's talk show host experience was on a par with most people's. On another note, I recently re-watched, for the first time in decades, the short sketch with Paul & Nigel Hawthorne and Thatcher. Paul, as you'd expect, was generous. But Thatcher, who some say wrote the sketch, was fucking appallingly bad.

Someone has a bad cough in the audience

I dont know why but I keep thinking, "What is wrong with this woman? Why isnt she addressing him as the prime minister?"

PM of England???

@t.b.g.504

4 жыл бұрын

Probably playing to American viewers (if any).

@thedukeofnuts

3 жыл бұрын

PM of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...

@renanvirginio2197

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedukeofnuts And Scotland?

I detect a tension between these two.

@j.b.9260

Ай бұрын

Positive or negative?

Is that Jeffrey Hunter at 6:03 ?

@dungydroppy1485

2 жыл бұрын

He really does look like him doesn’t he. Doing some digging, Master Cox is played by Kenneth Cope of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) fame. Jeffrey’s wife would never have allowed him to do television ;-)

I appreciate this was recorded a long time ago, but it sounds like someone in the audience is dying of consumption. Didn't they have very sweet and nice bouncers to escort consumptives out of TV studios in those days?

Fabulous, how seductive is she, that woman could seduce a Turnip. She really is something special. And no I am not being sexist she simply is such a warm and charming person.

What a flirt

She talks too much, too many interruptions.

@KebabMusicLtd

3 жыл бұрын

No. Felicity can do what she wants.

@ericadavenport2039

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. She does interrupt a lot and she seems to want to stay to her scripted questions instead of flowing with Paul's answers.

My god! Felicity Kendal might be the most attractive woman who ever lived! I

@Activated_Complex

3 жыл бұрын

It’s her personality as well as her features. Also, she aged with admirable grace and beauty.

I wish she'd stop raising her hair all the time, it's unbelievably distracting and very sensual.

@thermidor5975

4 жыл бұрын

Rather like the hair's owner. ;-)

@kevinhall3188

3 жыл бұрын

A new role for her and nervous people speak fast, show nervous habits and chime in too soon to ease their anxiety. An experienced interviewer relaxes the guest and does a bit of small talk and then start addressing questions. Like taking a penalty at Chelsea. Don't rush. Be composed and put the ball in the corner. Know your material and think through the dialogue, pick up any relevant or amusing point and follow up as an extra item to the script when apt. In 6 months she'd be good but even much better if she went 3 years backpacking and working in ad hoc temp jobs, inside and out, along the way would help a vital element of people to people roles. Understanding fully human nature. Going to a nice school, being with nice people, doing nice things, nice holidays, nice cars, looking nice and being nice is paper thin. Child star actors should do the same and add some colour and character to their presence than hanging on to youthful looks.

@roslynpittoni5475

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, in a "The Good Life" sketch, Jerry (played by Paul) asks Barbara (played by Felicity) to "stop doing that with your hair. It's … rather... sensual". Watch "The Wind Break" or something like that. :)

If Felicity was interviewing me and playing with her hair like that, it would have ended a lot sooner and off to backstage we go. Mmmmmm.

@dashcam26

4 жыл бұрын

She could chase me around the bedroom....and I might let her catch me.

A great actor. RIP Paul. That woman was annoying. On an ego trip. Paul could get a word in.

Does anybody else think that she is flirting and maybe after a relationship with Paul? I feel like she is seducing him and at the end was aiming for a kiss on the lips, or is it customary?

@thedukeofnuts

3 жыл бұрын

PE was married, and so was FC. Stop imagining what isn't there man.

Oh felicity, get over yourself.. Painful to watch..

FK said "PM of England" seemingly unaware that England has neither a PM, a government nor a parliament. Nice but dim?

The interviewer is the epitomy of "bimbo blabla" ... Poor guy... Deserved better.

@Tapecutter59

6 жыл бұрын

They are actually good friends in real life, they played together in a sitcom called "the good life" which she made a reference to at the start. She's a much better comedy actress than she is interviewer.

@anonUK

5 жыл бұрын

She was standing in for Terry Wogan.

@SpeccyMan

4 жыл бұрын

Epitome has no Y in it.

Does this ghastly woman know any other words besides 'wonderful' ? Paul is good, great man.

Who the fuck keeps coughing

Not a too indepth interview, very shallow

@anonUK

5 жыл бұрын

This was on the 7:00 or 7:30 slot on BBC1, with a substitute interviewer (the usual one was Terry Wogan, who was a Radio 2 light-ent DJ). What do you expect?

@johnking5174

4 жыл бұрын

@@anonUK This aired on Monday 13th January 1986 at 7.00pm on BBC One, Wogan was off on his post-Christmas, early new year break and Felicity was brought in for that week's guest host. Yes Prime Minister had started its first series the previous Thursday 9th January 1986 on BBC Two.