I bought in the Great Covid War... and ended up in Colney Hatch...Asylum... So much for British Honor 😮😮
@bridgetwadane439210 күн бұрын
The Prime Minister has an aura of darkness about him. A Sith i smell.
@user-sm1id4xw7i17 күн бұрын
Surely not 😂
@hens0w21 күн бұрын
OK, but why dose he need 41?
@wedgeantillies6621 күн бұрын
A battle that Hacker comes out on the winning side thanks to the Israelie ambassador giving him a helping hand. Which he uses to to give the foreign office and Humphrey bloody nose and shoes himself in a heroic churchillian light.
@wedgeantillies6627 күн бұрын
Humphrey is so duplicitously Machiavellian as he leads jim up the garden oath in respect of the dog and uses the cost of said operation to vget hacker to back dowen over defence cuts.
@wedgeantillies6627 күн бұрын
Its Machiavellian brilliant to see that as soon as they get a whiff of advancement or demotion, that both Humphrey and Frank haver the knifes out and doing their level best to preserve their position or nick their colleagues. Climbing the greasy pole as it were.
@ProfPlump-ug3xeАй бұрын
I wonder if George R R Martin watched this show and based Baelish/Varys on Sir Humphrey. The whole show is like a comedic version of GoT’s small carbinet meetings.
@Nusrich_2006Ай бұрын
Absolutely hilarious, yet depressingly timeless.
@GosWardHen98Ай бұрын
Watching this & they're all passed now...😢 Brilliant series. Could it be made today..?
@stopher101Ай бұрын
43%
@DougieBegg2 ай бұрын
I use this as a reference whenever I debate the merit of poles.
@alanherbert77252 ай бұрын
Some of the best writing in the history of UK television went into YM and YPM. No exaggeration to say we may never see their like again.
@user-gl5lh5id1n2 ай бұрын
I often wonder if we should do away with politicians and let the Civil Service rule but- of course - they already do.
@EduKan202 ай бұрын
4:30 reminding me of the USA's stance on Israel Palestine crisis
@andrewmiles33782 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant - it has lost nothing of its currency since the time of filming. Although 'raves in the naves' of the cathedrals stolen from Rome after Henry VIII's apostasy were considered impossible when this episode of Yes PM was written and recorded. So if one does a 'fast forward' from there, then the state of the CofE is utterly dire now in direct comparison. 'Collapse' and 'Oblivion' are now the words to describe the process and outcome of the CofE. Once a formidable, even if heretical and protestant denomination, the CofE is finished - apart from in the Global South which will last a little longer, but where the end is assured. Ave Virgo Sanctissima! Exterminatrix of Heresies!
@kyle3810002 ай бұрын
Once again, this scene is another example of some of the most brilliant writing, dramatic or otherwise, ever seen on television.
@kaycey73612 ай бұрын
Salami tactics is not a joke. The chinese are doing it in the himalayas. This show predicted the future.
@syang77752 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@whiteshadow85202 ай бұрын
Why can’t he have lunch with Bernard?
@ThomasShelby-to7oy3 ай бұрын
Greatest sitcom of all time. Uk is class at these
@lynneleeluckdowsing66543 ай бұрын
The goddess, Ma'at, with sword in mouth, skilfully wielded, cojones a-piling. Heh, heh.
@qingyangzhang60933 ай бұрын
Reality is stranger than fiction, in light of the latest revelation that the disgraced Post Office boss Paula Vennells was on a 3-person shortlist to become Bishop of London. Revd Vennells was a village vicar in name, because she had to wear many hats - Post Office CEO, C of E Ethical Investments Committee Chair, Torturer of postmasters, etc.
@qed4564 ай бұрын
Of course Mr Hawthorne played the Archdeacon in The Barchester Chronicles so should know !
@RahulPatel-wn8gv4 ай бұрын
How much of the salary comprisrs of "" allowances, Sir Francis ? A modest portion... London city allowance - Dorothy... Is that counted as part of ur salary, Sir Francis? Allowances do not comprise as part of the civil servants salary, Dorothy, am sure u'd know... Are they, the allowances, returned to the treasury? Most certainly not Dorothy... Allowances are given to the civil servants to meet a certain standard of living befitting their status , takibg into consideration, the nature of duties they perform in the interests of the sovereign... How much, 25 % or 50% of the civil servants salary cimprises of London city allowances? Around 35-40%... Why's the Healthcare system, the NHS in comolete shambles, Mr Humphrey... How many nurses & Doctors on the govt NHS - payroll, Humphrey? 6530 nurses & 4250 Drs plus Junior fresher Drs... technicians... And the number of patients? Itsca long waiting list, round the year, Dorothy... Why's that, Humphrey..... Shortage of qualified staff, Dorothy... Whereve all the Drs & nurses gone, vanished? Hv the medical colleges shrunk? Not in the least, Dorothy... Pvt hospitals... multi speciality ones hv sprung up..... hvng a glitzy corporate look n feel... highly qualified professional MBA marketers employed by these Pvt hospitals.... And what kind of marketing these highly qualified MBA professionals are engaged into, Humphrey? Offering discounts on Dominoz pizza ? 2 free tkts to the Lord of the rings movie on a weekend? Why not shut down the NHS altogether? What'll happen to the thousands of qualified nurses & drs n technicians? The PM would be in an embarassing spot... Am sure he'd never concur to such an outrageous thought... Then why allow soo many pvt multi speciality hospitals? To meet the pent up demand... year long wait lists.... what would a patient in need of acute emergency aid do? Book a slot in the graveyard, Mr Humphrey ? On the contrary, he'd be guided most helpfully by the highly qualified professionals... n sent on the nxt available flight to, Bombay or Madras... And the travelling, hotel stay, expenses? who bears? London corporate pvt hospitals - Sales n marketing promotion expenses? allowable tax deduction expense? It'd be a most profitable expedition for the English patient, Dorothy... In fact he'd end up saving a considerable sum of sterling pounds! And the quality of professional attn & treatment in India, Bombay n Madras n Delhi? At par with the West or dare i say notch superior... for the Drs recommended are most of the ones hvng spent considerable time in London / EU / US - hospitals... its a well oiled professional network... Integrated tightly by the giant Pharma & Insurance corporations Mr Humphrey? U see given the Rupee - Pound / USD value its a win win equation for our citizens.. besides the pvt super speciality hospitals in Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Bangalore are patronised, exclusively n largely by the Emirati Arab - Isam - Sheikdoms of entire Middle East.... Our patients, Britishers, are made to feel a Dubai / UAE / Kuwait / Bahrain stay!!! On steroid aggressive sales & marketing staff in the Indian super speciality corporate hospitals, promoting medical tourism... And if the fastidious, Arab - Islamic Sheikdom is satisfied n happy with the professional attn & devoted care recd by him / her, absolutely no chance of even remote harm to our patients... Would u prefer Mr Humphrey to be treated in India instead of London ? Mr PM would most certainly preempt such an exigency, i'm confident... After all its the matter of the defence of the realm, isnt it Mr PM?
@chescabenitez4 ай бұрын
Dictators
@chescabenitez4 ай бұрын
People are free to decide
@lockleaze4 ай бұрын
Hilarious. This comedy is a bit too close for comfort. A bit too real. A bit too honest. Sounds like a normal day in Parliament.
@RahulPatel-wn8gv5 ай бұрын
What's the raise Sir Frank that u've granted urself, lavishly generously? It hardly amounts to 6 % pa Dorothy.... Really Sir Frank, is it 6 %? back of envelope calculations yield a figure in excess of 43 % pa Sir Frank.... We've handed over the entire boxes of files containing detailed workings, schedules, calculations for the entire civil service, Ms Dorothy... Where's the Schedule K, Sir Frank? Humphrey? Aaahh its in the bottom of the 6 th box, Dorothy.... Aaahh, here it is Mr Humphrey.... What've u indexed the pay scales & raises of the civil service to Mr Humphrey? Ti the industry standards, Dorothy... Soooh u believe in extracting a profit out of serving the nation,? serving ur country-pplz ? We're merely following the well est customs &, norms set in motion since centuries.... Who're we to upset the well oiled cart running smoothly for hundreds of yrs? Oil & Gas / Energy industry, u choose to benchmark ur pays & raises? Onerous duties & responsibilities we shoulder Dorothy.... Of loooking far faaaaar ahead, peering into the nxt century, unlike.... unlike what Humphrey? unlike the back bencher MPz, the politicians looking at their survival from one friday to nxt friday? Uhhhmm sadly but unfortunately, Yes Prime minister... Really Mr Humphrey, Sir Frank, u look far ahead into the nxt century or is it merely a matter of enhancubg, furtgering, cushioni g, feathering a golden nest for ur nxt generation, & nxt to nxt generation? and soooh onn in perpetuity....? And what was the base year uve indexed to ur pay raises, Sir Frank? The usual one Dorothy... a few yrs ago.... Few yrs? or is it few decades, Sir Frank? 1973 to be precise.... the great Oil shock year? Looking at the onerous loads we carry on our slender shoulders, of balancing the best interests of England vis a vis the Amerikans, the entire Arab world, & above all the Russians i hardly thinks it attracts an objection or adverse glance, Dorothy.... Why not apply the same standards, the Oil & Gas, the Energy industry pay scales to the entire Civil service hierarchy, Sir Frank? It does apply, in fact Dorothy, effectively the take home pay amounts to much more than the Oil & Gas industry employee.... Take hime, pay in Cash &, or in kind? How many civil servants hv we sacked, punished for unethical, dishonest, fraudulent profiteering out of their service to the nation, Mr PM ? That's interesting query, Dorothy..... let me recolkect... which was the last year a civil servant was sacked, Humphrey..? Last decade u mean, Mr PM? Half a century ago, maybe, Mr PM ? But if u look carefully, Dorothy, u'll notice, we've reduced significantly the civil servants in force, over the years.... Ooohh yeeaah really Sir Frank...? And how've u managed that miracle, Sir Frank? By merely transferring them to Museums, Trusts, where they do not count as civil servants anymore, & yet continue to be eligible for the same lavish pay scales, perquisites lifestyles as the Oil & Gas / Energy industry? And in any case, Sir Frank, since the govt passes on any & every hike in the fuel price to the end user, the common pplz, why should the same principle not apply to the civil servants too, Sir Frank? Negatuve incentives? That'd be preposterously absurd, Dorothy.... Surely u cannot propose punishing us for the vagaries of the LME & Brent crude index, Dorothy? But aren't the consumers, the end users being punished, precisely for that? Vagaries ofcthe LME / LSE? Why should they suffer while the civil servants continue to remain insulated forever from any & every Oil price n / or natural disaaters / shocks?
@NoName-ds5uq5 ай бұрын
The most hilarious series ever, in my opinion! Oh, and I was raised as a non-practicing Anglican in Australia. So non-practicing I became an atheist as a 10 year old after my only 3 church services I only went to because of a Christian youth club I briefly joined. 🤣
@jeromemckenna71025 ай бұрын
There is so much wonderful stuff in this short bit
@williamdrijver41415 ай бұрын
Sir Humphrey was brilliant, but Sir Arnold was the true master of the game 🙂
@TheTruthKiwi5 ай бұрын
If only America had this mindset. What a shame
@TheTruthKiwi5 ай бұрын
Well, it must be said that modern science and religion do mix. If it wasn't for the studies in DNA they may never have caught a certain number of catholic preists
@zippy_uk10465 ай бұрын
Absolutely timeless
@supercitizen20215 ай бұрын
I have the book. Very spectacular read 😂👏🏻
@supercitizen20215 ай бұрын
Prime Minister: 310,000 pounds? This is absurd. We must do something, Humphrey. Bernard: put the dog back?😂😂
@tamas59315 ай бұрын
this is great 😅
@chillycheeks53185 ай бұрын
Just fabulous! They don’t make em like this anymore. Clever whit and clean humor. Takes great skill.
@davidgillies6205 ай бұрын
The four-stage strategy was how the political class acted every time something obnoxious emanated from Brussels, and would still given the chance. As time goes by this seems less like satire and more like a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
@kerry55865 ай бұрын
That really is apt considering the Church of England that we have now!
@colinslant5 ай бұрын
When Gus O'Donnell was Cabinet Secretary he used to sign documents with his initials: GOD.
@robkeeleycomposer5 ай бұрын
The perfect description of the contemtible Justin Welby.
@robkeeleycomposer5 ай бұрын
Just how did Jay and Lynn predict the irresistible rise of Arturo Welby?? Sheer prophetic genius.
@JonTanOsb5 ай бұрын
If something is funny, we don't need a laugh track to convince us.
@Dafmeister19785 ай бұрын
And yet we still keep politics and religion further apart than the Americans...
@lomax3435 ай бұрын
The Church of England caters for those who like going to church but who don't believe in god.
@tonyallen38895 ай бұрын
Always had a crush on the PM wife as I grew up
@paulgibbons23205 ай бұрын
Poor old Dominic Cummings. Can't really say he helped things much.
@patnor73545 ай бұрын
Amazing how something can be this funny and depressing at the same time...
@paul68z5 ай бұрын
Also according to the book of the series the idea of linking MP pay to civil service pay and the index linked pensions was also a real one introduced in the Thatcher era and announced just as Parliament rose for the summer recess/ holiday so got no publicity.
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I bought in the Great Covid War... and ended up in Colney Hatch...Asylum... So much for British Honor 😮😮
The Prime Minister has an aura of darkness about him. A Sith i smell.
Surely not 😂
OK, but why dose he need 41?
A battle that Hacker comes out on the winning side thanks to the Israelie ambassador giving him a helping hand. Which he uses to to give the foreign office and Humphrey bloody nose and shoes himself in a heroic churchillian light.
Humphrey is so duplicitously Machiavellian as he leads jim up the garden oath in respect of the dog and uses the cost of said operation to vget hacker to back dowen over defence cuts.
Its Machiavellian brilliant to see that as soon as they get a whiff of advancement or demotion, that both Humphrey and Frank haver the knifes out and doing their level best to preserve their position or nick their colleagues. Climbing the greasy pole as it were.
I wonder if George R R Martin watched this show and based Baelish/Varys on Sir Humphrey. The whole show is like a comedic version of GoT’s small carbinet meetings.
Absolutely hilarious, yet depressingly timeless.
Watching this & they're all passed now...😢 Brilliant series. Could it be made today..?
43%
I use this as a reference whenever I debate the merit of poles.
Some of the best writing in the history of UK television went into YM and YPM. No exaggeration to say we may never see their like again.
I often wonder if we should do away with politicians and let the Civil Service rule but- of course - they already do.
4:30 reminding me of the USA's stance on Israel Palestine crisis
Absolutely brilliant - it has lost nothing of its currency since the time of filming. Although 'raves in the naves' of the cathedrals stolen from Rome after Henry VIII's apostasy were considered impossible when this episode of Yes PM was written and recorded. So if one does a 'fast forward' from there, then the state of the CofE is utterly dire now in direct comparison. 'Collapse' and 'Oblivion' are now the words to describe the process and outcome of the CofE. Once a formidable, even if heretical and protestant denomination, the CofE is finished - apart from in the Global South which will last a little longer, but where the end is assured. Ave Virgo Sanctissima! Exterminatrix of Heresies!
Once again, this scene is another example of some of the most brilliant writing, dramatic or otherwise, ever seen on television.
Salami tactics is not a joke. The chinese are doing it in the himalayas. This show predicted the future.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why can’t he have lunch with Bernard?
Greatest sitcom of all time. Uk is class at these
The goddess, Ma'at, with sword in mouth, skilfully wielded, cojones a-piling. Heh, heh.
Reality is stranger than fiction, in light of the latest revelation that the disgraced Post Office boss Paula Vennells was on a 3-person shortlist to become Bishop of London. Revd Vennells was a village vicar in name, because she had to wear many hats - Post Office CEO, C of E Ethical Investments Committee Chair, Torturer of postmasters, etc.
Of course Mr Hawthorne played the Archdeacon in The Barchester Chronicles so should know !
How much of the salary comprisrs of "" allowances, Sir Francis ? A modest portion... London city allowance - Dorothy... Is that counted as part of ur salary, Sir Francis? Allowances do not comprise as part of the civil servants salary, Dorothy, am sure u'd know... Are they, the allowances, returned to the treasury? Most certainly not Dorothy... Allowances are given to the civil servants to meet a certain standard of living befitting their status , takibg into consideration, the nature of duties they perform in the interests of the sovereign... How much, 25 % or 50% of the civil servants salary cimprises of London city allowances? Around 35-40%... Why's the Healthcare system, the NHS in comolete shambles, Mr Humphrey... How many nurses & Doctors on the govt NHS - payroll, Humphrey? 6530 nurses & 4250 Drs plus Junior fresher Drs... technicians... And the number of patients? Itsca long waiting list, round the year, Dorothy... Why's that, Humphrey..... Shortage of qualified staff, Dorothy... Whereve all the Drs & nurses gone, vanished? Hv the medical colleges shrunk? Not in the least, Dorothy... Pvt hospitals... multi speciality ones hv sprung up..... hvng a glitzy corporate look n feel... highly qualified professional MBA marketers employed by these Pvt hospitals.... And what kind of marketing these highly qualified MBA professionals are engaged into, Humphrey? Offering discounts on Dominoz pizza ? 2 free tkts to the Lord of the rings movie on a weekend? Why not shut down the NHS altogether? What'll happen to the thousands of qualified nurses & drs n technicians? The PM would be in an embarassing spot... Am sure he'd never concur to such an outrageous thought... Then why allow soo many pvt multi speciality hospitals? To meet the pent up demand... year long wait lists.... what would a patient in need of acute emergency aid do? Book a slot in the graveyard, Mr Humphrey ? On the contrary, he'd be guided most helpfully by the highly qualified professionals... n sent on the nxt available flight to, Bombay or Madras... And the travelling, hotel stay, expenses? who bears? London corporate pvt hospitals - Sales n marketing promotion expenses? allowable tax deduction expense? It'd be a most profitable expedition for the English patient, Dorothy... In fact he'd end up saving a considerable sum of sterling pounds! And the quality of professional attn & treatment in India, Bombay n Madras n Delhi? At par with the West or dare i say notch superior... for the Drs recommended are most of the ones hvng spent considerable time in London / EU / US - hospitals... its a well oiled professional network... Integrated tightly by the giant Pharma & Insurance corporations Mr Humphrey? U see given the Rupee - Pound / USD value its a win win equation for our citizens.. besides the pvt super speciality hospitals in Bombay, Madras, Hyderabad, Bangalore are patronised, exclusively n largely by the Emirati Arab - Isam - Sheikdoms of entire Middle East.... Our patients, Britishers, are made to feel a Dubai / UAE / Kuwait / Bahrain stay!!! On steroid aggressive sales & marketing staff in the Indian super speciality corporate hospitals, promoting medical tourism... And if the fastidious, Arab - Islamic Sheikdom is satisfied n happy with the professional attn & devoted care recd by him / her, absolutely no chance of even remote harm to our patients... Would u prefer Mr Humphrey to be treated in India instead of London ? Mr PM would most certainly preempt such an exigency, i'm confident... After all its the matter of the defence of the realm, isnt it Mr PM?
Dictators
People are free to decide
Hilarious. This comedy is a bit too close for comfort. A bit too real. A bit too honest. Sounds like a normal day in Parliament.
What's the raise Sir Frank that u've granted urself, lavishly generously? It hardly amounts to 6 % pa Dorothy.... Really Sir Frank, is it 6 %? back of envelope calculations yield a figure in excess of 43 % pa Sir Frank.... We've handed over the entire boxes of files containing detailed workings, schedules, calculations for the entire civil service, Ms Dorothy... Where's the Schedule K, Sir Frank? Humphrey? Aaahh its in the bottom of the 6 th box, Dorothy.... Aaahh, here it is Mr Humphrey.... What've u indexed the pay scales & raises of the civil service to Mr Humphrey? Ti the industry standards, Dorothy... Soooh u believe in extracting a profit out of serving the nation,? serving ur country-pplz ? We're merely following the well est customs &, norms set in motion since centuries.... Who're we to upset the well oiled cart running smoothly for hundreds of yrs? Oil & Gas / Energy industry, u choose to benchmark ur pays & raises? Onerous duties & responsibilities we shoulder Dorothy.... Of loooking far faaaaar ahead, peering into the nxt century, unlike.... unlike what Humphrey? unlike the back bencher MPz, the politicians looking at their survival from one friday to nxt friday? Uhhhmm sadly but unfortunately, Yes Prime minister... Really Mr Humphrey, Sir Frank, u look far ahead into the nxt century or is it merely a matter of enhancubg, furtgering, cushioni g, feathering a golden nest for ur nxt generation, & nxt to nxt generation? and soooh onn in perpetuity....? And what was the base year uve indexed to ur pay raises, Sir Frank? The usual one Dorothy... a few yrs ago.... Few yrs? or is it few decades, Sir Frank? 1973 to be precise.... the great Oil shock year? Looking at the onerous loads we carry on our slender shoulders, of balancing the best interests of England vis a vis the Amerikans, the entire Arab world, & above all the Russians i hardly thinks it attracts an objection or adverse glance, Dorothy.... Why not apply the same standards, the Oil & Gas, the Energy industry pay scales to the entire Civil service hierarchy, Sir Frank? It does apply, in fact Dorothy, effectively the take home pay amounts to much more than the Oil & Gas industry employee.... Take hime, pay in Cash &, or in kind? How many civil servants hv we sacked, punished for unethical, dishonest, fraudulent profiteering out of their service to the nation, Mr PM ? That's interesting query, Dorothy..... let me recolkect... which was the last year a civil servant was sacked, Humphrey..? Last decade u mean, Mr PM? Half a century ago, maybe, Mr PM ? But if u look carefully, Dorothy, u'll notice, we've reduced significantly the civil servants in force, over the years.... Ooohh yeeaah really Sir Frank...? And how've u managed that miracle, Sir Frank? By merely transferring them to Museums, Trusts, where they do not count as civil servants anymore, & yet continue to be eligible for the same lavish pay scales, perquisites lifestyles as the Oil & Gas / Energy industry? And in any case, Sir Frank, since the govt passes on any & every hike in the fuel price to the end user, the common pplz, why should the same principle not apply to the civil servants too, Sir Frank? Negatuve incentives? That'd be preposterously absurd, Dorothy.... Surely u cannot propose punishing us for the vagaries of the LME & Brent crude index, Dorothy? But aren't the consumers, the end users being punished, precisely for that? Vagaries ofcthe LME / LSE? Why should they suffer while the civil servants continue to remain insulated forever from any & every Oil price n / or natural disaaters / shocks?
The most hilarious series ever, in my opinion! Oh, and I was raised as a non-practicing Anglican in Australia. So non-practicing I became an atheist as a 10 year old after my only 3 church services I only went to because of a Christian youth club I briefly joined. 🤣
There is so much wonderful stuff in this short bit
Sir Humphrey was brilliant, but Sir Arnold was the true master of the game 🙂
If only America had this mindset. What a shame
Well, it must be said that modern science and religion do mix. If it wasn't for the studies in DNA they may never have caught a certain number of catholic preists
Absolutely timeless
I have the book. Very spectacular read 😂👏🏻
Prime Minister: 310,000 pounds? This is absurd. We must do something, Humphrey. Bernard: put the dog back?😂😂
this is great 😅
Just fabulous! They don’t make em like this anymore. Clever whit and clean humor. Takes great skill.
The four-stage strategy was how the political class acted every time something obnoxious emanated from Brussels, and would still given the chance. As time goes by this seems less like satire and more like a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
That really is apt considering the Church of England that we have now!
When Gus O'Donnell was Cabinet Secretary he used to sign documents with his initials: GOD.
The perfect description of the contemtible Justin Welby.
Just how did Jay and Lynn predict the irresistible rise of Arturo Welby?? Sheer prophetic genius.
If something is funny, we don't need a laugh track to convince us.
And yet we still keep politics and religion further apart than the Americans...
The Church of England caters for those who like going to church but who don't believe in god.
Always had a crush on the PM wife as I grew up
Poor old Dominic Cummings. Can't really say he helped things much.
Amazing how something can be this funny and depressing at the same time...
Also according to the book of the series the idea of linking MP pay to civil service pay and the index linked pensions was also a real one introduced in the Thatcher era and announced just as Parliament rose for the summer recess/ holiday so got no publicity.
play eu4 🤣🤣🤣