Yes, Prime Minister - The Defence policy

The Defence of Britain

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Comedy

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[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.

[slornie]

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

[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!

[Kverul]

@caggles1

They played in front of an audience.

[mattwho81]

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

[KnaphillKid]

Makes me feel a lot safer lol

[sorryman105]

@caggles1 Not canned, live

[caggles1]

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

[VigilanteAgumon]

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

[Kalnaf]

@JoshuatheKodiak That's very Courageous thing to say.

[JoshuatheKodiak]

@Kalnaf

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

[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.