Yes, Prime Minister - The Defence policy

[mattwho81]

Next line: "Ordinary, simple people walking in and out of factories, offices and the cabinet"

[KnaphillKid]

Makes me feel a lot safer lol

[caggles1]

great stuff, I've never heard such loud canned laughter though, it's drowns out some of the dialogue . . .annoying

[sorryman105]

@caggles1 Not canned, live

[Kverul]

@caggles1

They played in front of an audience.

[caggles1]

@Kverul

Regardless of the source of the laughter the sound still has to be mixed and balanced from several different microphones, what I should have said is that it's not very well balanced, anyway, not a big deal. Happy Christmas!

[VigilanteAgumon]

This makes sense more now than ever with the recent defence cuts.

[klnine]

WE have it 24-7 here its called the Australian general election ! (They actually think its reality down here , haha )

[YodatheJedi12]

@klnine Afraid so

[svartekaptenen]

This is quite brilliant, as a nonBritish I can only say this:

the language and the vocabulary are spectacular!

[CurtHowland]

@svartekaptenen Classically trained actors, not just pretty faces.

Nigel Hawthorn was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for "The Madness Of King George", and DESERVED IT.

I've also seen him doing Shakespeare, he was wonderful in that too.

[Kalnaf]

@CurtHowland He was a theater actor - of Shakespeare plays, before being a screen actor. You know, most of the 'best' actors from England tends to have Shakespeare background.

[JoshuatheKodiak]

@Kalnaf

That is because shakespeare is such an horrible author that it just NEEDS good actors for it to work.

[Kalnaf]

@JoshuatheKodiak That's very Courageous thing to say.

[CashOnTheNail1955]

Looking for clip where the UK must be defended against the French

Yes Minister & Prime Minister far-more informative than [so-called] Prime Ministers Question Time

[321womble]

@CashOnTheNail1955 Sorry might not be that one exactly but it is the Nuclear Deterant episode.

[runpussyrun]

this comment fight is entertaining keep on fighting for our entertainment ............

[mikeybrumbrum]

Waht you miss is that i just cnt be boehterd to slwo down and type propwerlyand jusyt gove you the fastest flick of the keyboard, out of some sort of twisted disrespect. Which has obviously affected you enough to mention it, and makes me feel really satisfuied.

Binned, mean i've thrown in my bin, mentally. Disregarded you completely, as not worth listening to. And thats because you are rude, and unable to actually make any point other than an insult.

If you read some books, it might help.

[mikeybrumbrum]

Look, facil is obviouslty a new word for you, but as i said yesterday, ive BINNED you. Your comment NEVER contain ANY information, only insults and "corrections" of grammer, spelling etc.

You are a monkey, who has been tought to spell, thats all. You have no brains, and make silly dances to try and look touch - how ridiculous - WOOOH HAAAh !!

ha ha ha ! bye !

[mikeybrumbrum]

You are repetitive because you cannot accept anyone even suggesting that you are worng. You are probablyof some officer class,or ruling class, in some way. I have actuially come across you before, i think, and the same thing hapened.

You hsouted yuor mouth off, and i eventualluy binned you,and went somewhere else.

I say the "same thing" cus thats what im doing now !

Bye, gummy !!

[mikeybrumbrum]

gunner, you are SOOOOOO dumb, and un-educated !!

[mikeybrumbrum]

Yiu have still failed to construct any objection or correct me,in any way, other than insults.

you sound liek a copper - no sense, just insults, and attack.

However, if you read your own coment, you shoudl start to realsie, that ademon has got into your mouth, and shit itself !!

[mikeybrumbrum]

please go away and stop trying to strike up a conversation.

You seem to think i am a teenage gay person, and yet you wont go away. I feel a little sick and disturbed by your constant approaches, so please go away.

Is that clear enuf ?

[relmmih6]

lol

[mikeybrumbrum]

If you are the kind of person who tries to spark conversations with teenagers, thats your problem, mate.

the answers are no, no no and no !

I hope the rest of your battallion dont find out what you're up to on the internet - gunner !

[mikeybrumbrum]

The real question is, one WAHT ?

ha h ah aha !

[mikeybrumbrum]

whilst you offer an intelligent comment ?

You are another you tube "insulter". You go orund insulting anyone who tells the tirth, whilst offering NOTHING to replace it.

I i am alier, fine. But you ownt even share a lie ! That makes you "retentive" !!! ha ha !

[stefanboro]

Considering the recent top secret documents that have recently been declassified this is extremely accurate!

[mikeybrumbrum]

Fantastic series.

Notice how "sir humphrey" pops up so much, in every episode.

This is relative to the ACTUAL time, some civil service agent spends in the PM's presence.

They pass on all kinds of "advice", which the PM's normally feel COMPELLED to take (due to the humphries experience, or whatever).

So, the "royalist" humphries, spend a lot of time advising ALL ministers.

Get the PICTURE ????? Civil servants are loyal to the royal (family).

So WHO runs the show ?

[cleaverwielder]

Only Hawthorne could pull of this kind of acting, the way he says "No Bernard" in such a dismissive way, it's good writing don't get me wrong but the way Hawthorne executes just makes it ten times as funny. Humphrey Appleby is really one of the great examples of perfect casting.

[youngThrashbarg]

So the brits got the same defence policy that Finland has :)

[Nuclearcx]

It works fine until the bluff is exposed :>

[Gorbi1985]

Dont worry, its the same in Czech Republic and the other European countries :)

[youngThrashbarg]

I guess so, and in this financial situation no one has the money to go to war anyway.

[theGetRealGuy]

It's Funny because it's true.

[Kiadimundi2006]

Erm, for those who are worried that 'they will never make a programme like this again', I'd advise you to look up 'The Thick of It'. It's a new BBC series and pretty much a 'Yes Minister' for the 00s. It's just as funny too.

[KingofKlubs]

This actually is still very true today only instead of Russians, it's the "terrorists". Just goes to show that politics will always be the same, lol

[60sThru80s]

I was lucky enough to find this on the Arts & Entertainment network in the mid-80's (back when they used to broadcast quality). No one will ever be able to make a show this good again. It would require too much of an attention span from the audience. To make a comedy of 3 middle-aged men sitting around a table talking for half an hour requires such a high calibre of comedic writing and comedic acting that are totally lacking today.

[tessieinc]

absolutley agreed. i had the pleasure of watching this show all throughout my childhood and some teens and whilst i never quite knew exactly what they were talking about i was completely and utterly entertained.

[mehandas]

but surely there are enough intellectuals around to make it worthwhile to have such comedies.

This comedy in my opinion is one of the best ever- the acting especially of nigel hawthorne is amazing.

[DraculasHenchwoman]

@60sThru80s I agree, there'll never be a show like Yes, Minister again. But that doesn't mean modern comedy isn't good too! What about 'Extras' - that was fantastic!

[60sThru80s]

@DraculasHenchwoman

(as an old fan of 30s-70s horror films, your name gets an automatic applause)

As for "Extras", I'm afraid I don't know what it is. I have no doubt that occasionally someone can still make a film or TV series of quality. But life is short, and I equate it to looking for a diamond in a pile of crap. The more crap there is, the harder it becomes to find the diamond.

[60sThru80s]

@DraculasHenchwoman

(2 of 2)

There is quality now, there was crap then. But I know that STATISTICALLY, the further back in time I go, the less likely I'm going to land in a pile of crap.

I could live 6 lifetimes and never run out of good talented films and television from 30, 40, 50 years ago. Life is too short to wade through crap looking for the odd diamond. I know where to go...

[slornie]

this is great - 'not the russians, the british - the russians know its not' :P

[tessieinc]

agreed!

[merlinnz1006]

can you post the clip from the same show where humphrey explains how to get what you want from a survey?

[merlinnz1006]

do you have the suvey clip betw bernhard an dhumphrey from the same show??

[uzebdrumz]

an excellent series...thanks for posting

[whufc4vida]

hahahahaha

hilarious !!!