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Sir Humphrey is caught on tape candidly sharing his offhand views on unemployment and fears he may soon find himself with a firsthand view instead.
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@marcghiggeri4965 2 года назад

"Put out a press statement expressing sympathy for the unemployed" - "Because you may be joining them any moment" - Brilliant

@dubey_ji 2 года назад

Bernard was the one liner king of the show 💕

@aidansiggins5983 2 года назад

@Paul Mathews pu

@harryturner8701 2 года назад

@@dubey_ji yes he always gets the punchline

@tonywilson4713 2 года назад

Arguably the BEST political show in the history of any from of media.

@iandhr1 2 года назад

@@dubey_ji yup. My favorite was Humphrey: "What about people who read The Sun. Bernard: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country just as long as she has big tits."

@andyray89 2 года назад

"Maybe he hasn't read you live in abject poverty on £81,000 a year." Bernard's sarcastic quips towards Sir Humphrey whenever he got a chance is so pleasing as an audience.

@nadw 2 года назад

Just done the inflation converter - that's £370,000 / $482,000 in 2021

@nicholashylton6857 2 года назад

@@nadw Sir Humphrey was the icon of a lowly civil servant living hand to mouth, selflessly sacrificing everything in service of his country. LOL God, YM/Y,PM was such an awesome series.

@quintuscrinis8032 2 года назад

Yeah, the progression from Humphrey lecturing Bernard in the first few seasons to Bernard quipping to put Humphrey down in the last season is delicious. Finally getting his own back on the mam who used to almost enjoy mocking him.

@nielsjunge5917 2 года назад

😫8

@seidr9147 2 года назад

Whoever is uploading these clips, huge thanks to you and please continue doing it. This show is 42 years old and still relevant to this day.

@andrasfogarasi5014 2 года назад

It's literally the BBC. You may look at the channel name to see for yourself.

@johnking5174 2 года назад

@@andrasfogarasi5014 BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, who are a very differently run company than the licence fee funded BBC divisions.

@andyray89 2 года назад

Unfortunately, this is the final clip from this brilliant series.

@williammaloney8434 2 года назад

What a great piece of television, still good after all these years. Well done.

@HPRam 2 года назад

So lovely to see Bernard basking in the limelight for once, instead of just his droll one-liners, delightful as they were. The greatest show ever made. So thankful to my dad recording these on VHS even before I was born and then introducing it to me when I was growing up in the Middle East. Timeless.

@josemaria8177 2 года назад

I love these moments where Sir Humphrey messes up. They are some of the funniest moments in the show

@nadw 2 года назад

One of the things this show demonstrated was that characters such as Sir Humphrey and, to a lesser extent, Bernard tended to be considerably smarter in the confines of Government buildings than the Minister/Prime Minister Jim Hacker, but as soon as they were in front of the cameras, radio or in conversation with the public, they quickly got out of their depth and needed saving themselves, often by Hacker...

@shqa574 2 года назад

Sir Humphrey Appleby could talk circles around Minister/Prime Minister James Hacker. Sir Nigel Hawthorne was one of the great British actors of the 20th century. I loved his acting performances.

@markstarmer3677 2 года назад

With you on that.

@annieng5109 2 года назад

"keep your mouth shut in future" Best advice ever to Sir Humphrey. Well done Bernard. I grew up watching these, still have the same feeling. Great actors/comedians 👍

@jeremy1860 2 года назад

Many shows struggle with giving good final episodes to say farewell, but I'd say YPM did well for itself, giving Hacker and Bernard one final win against Humphrey 😊

@mareky1234 9 месяцев назад

Agreed. Winning in the final episode and in such a spectacular way too, was the perfect ending. And not only did they win, it’s still one of funniest episodes of them all, to boot.

@sierrabravo7156 2 года назад

Interviewer was Ludovic Kennedy, a serious political commentator playing himself. I loved the line "My dear Ludo..."

@edipires15 2 года назад

Blackmail? It’s just a deterrent so that the BBC won’t ever give in to government pressure 😂

@g-forcemapping8454 2 года назад

Instead the Government gives into the BBC's pressure

@sugarnads Год назад

The BBC never gives in to government pressure

@ristags 4 месяца назад

But the BBC can never give in to government pressure 😂

@mustafasahidmahamoud4942 2 года назад

A valuable lesson in treating every mike as a live one, especially if you are a high ranking official and/or politician.

@yourmum69_420 2 года назад

mic

@highpath4776 2 года назад

@@yourmum69_420 either, lol

@baardkopperud 2 года назад

I do believe PM Hacker makes that point later in the episode... 🤣

@nicholashylton6857 2 года назад

@@baardkopperud Yep!

@BertPreast 2 года назад

Gordon brown agrees!

@NeathSpadge 2 года назад

There are few shows that never become tired and boring. This be one of them.

@carnivaltym 2 года назад

Simply the best comedy of the last 50 years - it hasn't dated a day.

@Wol747 2 года назад

As ever, Bernard had the best lines - if the fewest.

@e.p.4767 2 года назад

Nigel Hawthorn had the best lines in almost all episodes of the series, and that is a fact.

@nicholashylton6857 2 года назад

@@e.p.4767 Sir Nigel did get all the juiciest lines in the script. It was kind of unfair to the other members of the cast - especially when nominations for the best actors came around.

@baardkopperud 2 года назад

From the last episode! Many thanks to the great characters and the wonderful cast who brought them to life, and to the excellent writers and creators of this fine show!

@fsdds1488 2 года назад

I love the fact that Bernard is showing signs of surpassing Humphrey in this conservation.

@hagamapama 7 месяцев назад

Bernardd sves Humphrey's wrinkled Oxford ass in this video.

@markfox1545 Месяц назад

Conservation?

@greigs9384 2 года назад

One of the best episodes along with ‘The Key’

@ws5290 2 года назад

I have this complete series on my laptop and watch an episode or two whenever i need a good laugh, for me this is the best British series ever

@manojha3390 2 года назад

Sir Humphrey's expression was sharp yet true. Very different to what he is know for

@shqa574 2 года назад

He (Sir Humphrey) has a razor sharp mind and tongue. He would have been a great dialog coach for the British actors, who may not be eloquent in real life, umming and aahing, and you knowing in their interviews. 🤭🤭🤭

@Treblaine 2 года назад

And what he said came to pass, he essentially describes how the system currently works with funding being withdrawn if the unemployed don't look for and accept employment.

@jeanc819 2 года назад

And yet, I still feel a bit of sadness for Sir Humphrey as he feels completed defeated.

@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles 2 года назад

His expression of utter terror when the penny drops is as convincing as it is excellent!

@johnking5174 2 года назад

The irony of Sir Humphrey Appleby blasting people who live on unemployment/housing benefit, yet his own salary/expenses is also paid for by the public as he is a civil servant. Sir Humphrey's salary actually cost the tax payers more per year than around 100 umemployment claimants back then. Irony.

@dubey_ji 2 года назад

You forgot about the fruitful work sir Humphrey did

@yourmum69_420 2 года назад

He worked for it though... although his work usually involved screwing people over, so make of that what you will.

@johnking5174 2 года назад

@@yourmum69_420 "Worked" - I love that, Sir Humphrey and his like never did a hard days work in their lives. All those permanent secretaries acting like Gods in their department left all the work to the admin staff, people like Bernard in fact.

@andyray89 2 года назад

@@johnking5174 Sir Humphrey's work is measured in terms of activities. Even if they are pointless :)

@highpath4776 2 года назад

Arguably 100 persons are more likely to spend in Tescos, or local shops, problem is if the money goes on exports (beer, wine, tobacco, etc).

@michaelscott6022 2 года назад

"Hello, I'd like a job here, please." "Well, you certainly appear qualified for it...but you have no work history. What have you been doing all this time?" "Looking for a job." "Why haven't you gotten a job?" "...Well they wouldn't hire me, apparently because I have no experience." "Why don't you have experience?" "...Because no one would hire me?" "Why wouldn't they hire you?" "I just said, I don't have any work experience. Because no one will hire me, because I have no experience, because no one will hire me!" "Well, why don't you just go out and find a job?" *angry strangling noises*

@LuqmanHM 2 года назад

Bernard lines were short but very well convey the message and humor 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bappamukherjee6016 2 года назад

Unemployment is painful but this episode certainly makes it bearable.

@dubey_ji 2 года назад

Switch it on Bernard - you may learn something .. he did Bernard also created a mess with press later in the show

@THE_GUY_ONE 2 года назад

He actually did it prior to this.

@dubey_ji 2 года назад

@@THE_GUY_ONE ohh this was in a later episode ? Sorry made mistake 😬😬

@THE_GUY_ONE 2 года назад

@@dubey_ji This is from show's final epidode.

@Whisper555 2 года назад

A scene from the very last episode Such a loss to the world that more episodes could not be conjured forth

@e.p.4767 2 года назад

Unfortunately Paul Eddington was gravely ill... (this had even started to show on camera)

@Yngvarfo 2 года назад

I think it's great that they ended with the show still being on top rather than letting it decline like so many others.

@THE_GUY_ONE 2 года назад

There couldn't be a better plotline for the show's final episode.

@markdouglas5310 2 года назад

Timeless classic comedy by masters of their craft.

@bigdmac33 2 года назад

Ah, fantastic. Genuinely funny and delivered by consummate experts.

@maestroazzey Год назад

This is why - so far - I have rejected any invitation to conduct an interview, Facebook Live or TikTok session as a govt policy adviser. Even when my manager thinks it will probably be harmless (as long as I stick to the predefined script). To me, written interviews are much more safe and convenient to do because I can blue-pencil the answers haha xD

@outlookesp 2 года назад

absolutely brilliant

@nicholashylton6857 2 года назад

Omg, I loved that show so much when I was growing up! There was never a word or subtle gesture made that did not have a meaning to the story.

@santanuroy1434 2 года назад

Absolutely brilliant.

@samdumaquis2033 2 года назад

Thanks so much for sharing this

@Thepourdeuxchanson 2 года назад

So absolutely brilliant. Nothing these days comes close.

@McRocket 2 года назад

Ohhhh...how I miss this show. Or other, incredibly, high quality entertainment. ☮

@fatjon99 4 месяца назад

Amusing, and true.

@paulc9139 2 года назад

It's still going on in 2022

@anthonyalao7635 Год назад

What a series

@philnolan7193 2 года назад

Seems like a good way to fix unemployment, just what we need in NZ.

@SuperAna1954 2 года назад

Clever and hilarious

@brendonwest-m1n 2 года назад

Can't...... breathe..... ooooooo!

@rmrm1229 2 года назад

2:03 The moment you wish you’d just kept your mouth shut and gone home without slagging off the idiots you work with…

@nettaglover8183 2 года назад

I love him.

@andreashaynes3346 2 года назад

WHOOPS!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@TimberwolfC14 6 месяцев назад

Got to admit Sir Humphrey gives fantastic impression of someone about 3 seconds from having a major stroke.

@florinivan6907 2 года назад

'there's genuine unemployment in the North' he said that with an almost 'who cares about those Neanderthals' attitude.

@LS-oq3qh 2 года назад

There's a saying "Even the walls have ears".

@christopheroshea9799 2 года назад

To the BBC comedy That excelled in political skullduggery and horror of real politics I thank you ❤️ from the republic of Ireland a former colony who knows superior quality wen he sees it

@arnavmathur7646 2 года назад

Did England treat you just like they treated us (india)?

@christopheroshea9799 2 года назад

@@arnavmathur7646 brother your suffering is beyond acceptable ,Britain like most empires was beyond cruel ,but we must look at each other's history and not be bound to it ,ireland after independence was not a glowing reference for care for the underclasses Rome rule and the the rest is shocking disclosure of unparralled crime by Irish state angencies and mother church India is also crippled by it's obsense hiaarchy of state neglect and religious backward approach to suffering ,please don't take my words as hate full ,I love many aspect of ancient Indian culture ,let move forward in peace and forgiveness , Shalom to you and all India

@tacitus6384 2 года назад

Based Humphrey lol.

@colinrgage 2 года назад

priceless

@hamiltongitau4979 2 года назад

😂😂, brilliant . This needs a reboot the Tories are comedic gold.

@dresca2501 Месяц назад

0:30 here we are in 2024 and this has a fair point about unemployment today. Time loop we are stuck in

@rncbshef84 5 месяцев назад

Having just finished the complete Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister I wonder whether the unfortunate interview with Ludovic Kennedy got into the hands if Iain Dincan-Smith. Sir Humphrey gaves us... Forty years in advance.... Universal Credit and sanctions. Lynn and Jay were wonderful scriptwriters

@snaiper195 2 года назад

Why was this released just now

@madwhitehare3635 2 месяца назад

I bet the Beeb doesn't side with Humphrey...😏

@shanevonhoven4665 2 года назад

It's funny, but he is right about government's role!

@leerobinson590 Год назад

Gillian Keegan probably watching this and cringing.....

@astrocat84 Год назад

The first clip I thought of while reading that news 😂

@KristiContemplates Год назад

Hot mic can lead to hot mess

@jonaboktr5269 2 года назад

3:48

@naly202 2 года назад

What sir Humphrey says is absolutely correct. There are lots of people who live on subsidies, although they are young and able but they spend most of their time refusing job offers.

@HPRam 2 года назад

What’s the factual basis for this sweeping claim?

@tolep 2 года назад

@@HPRam Working immigrants

@HPRam 2 года назад

@@tolep That’s not a factual source. Thanks for your erudite contribution.

@PrimetimeX Год назад

@@HPRamStatistics can demonstrate this. If youre asking him to provide statistics off the cuff, then you are clearly not approaching the topic with honesty as it is impossible to source this without hours of meaningful research. What he is describing is whats known as a political statement, based on general notions in the aether rather than sourced directly from a study. It is demonstrably true, but whether it is true or not is not reflective upon the principle of whether unemployment benefits are justified.

@PhillRobinson 2 года назад

When the truth hurts

@eliotreader8220 2 года назад

don't upset the person behind the screen

@aryaaswale7316 2 года назад

I never watched this which episode?

@mzk1489 2 года назад

The US requires accepting job offers, although they have to be appropriate, but over time one is supposed to be flexible. Depends on the State of course. And there s certainly is abuse of the system.

@JKH133 Год назад

Would that actually work?

@julianaylor4351 2 года назад

The unemployed have always been picked on by the rich. It's not really that funny. But it serves him right. 😁

@nigelkthomas9501 2 года назад

How did Appleby get out of this mess?

@lukemarshall1701 2 года назад

Bernard helped him. He'd been at Oxford with the producer of the programme, or some such person.

@jameswebb4593 2 года назад

What was so brilliant with this series was it spoke the truth disguised as humour. Stop the lazy and scammers and pensions could be doubled.

@driveincanada9713 2 года назад

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@henrikpersson1962 2 года назад

This kind of satire would not be possible to do today, the Western World has become too politically correct.

@lordulberthellblaze6509 2 года назад

Veep was pretty good

@Blinkxworld876 2 года назад

I hate Yes PM becoz how much they nerfed sir Humphrey complete contrast to shrewed and manipulative Humphrey in Yes M. I did enjoy certain moments in Yes M when he got outplayed by Hacker but making him complete fool in YPM was really bad character progression from writers part. They should have molded him into another Sir Arnold in YPM.

@mithrandir491 2 года назад

Back then viewers demanded more victories for Mr Hacker and Bernard.

@dubey_ji 2 года назад

Sir Arnold 2.0 would've been boring imo ... but they still delivered a good show for a spin off

@اممريم-ب5ب7ك 2 года назад

معك الأخت أم.....من فلسطين غزة وقسم بمن رفع السماء بلا اعمدة لا يوجد عندي بيت غرقة زينقو لا تصلح للعيش وعندي طفلين مرضا مزمن استحلفكم بالله العظيم تساعدوني في علاج اولادي والله علي ما اقول شهيد ابني المريض بقعد بلاقي برجف من السقعه و الله الفيران عايشين معنا بنفس الغرفة الزينقو و الله ما عندي ولا اي نوع اكل في ثلاجتي اشفقو في اولادي ساعدوني بأي شيء علاج ابني اول. اكل لاولادي انا مش طالبة شي غير لقمة اولادي..

@andrasfogarasi5014 2 года назад

Verily, good sir.

@اممريم-ب5ب7ك 2 года назад

@@andrasfogarasi5014 Xahiş edirəm oğlumun müalicəsində mənə köməklik edin.Kamera zəng vurdu, gördüm necə yaşadıqlarını, Allah bizə hökm etdi.