Greatest Moments from Series 1 - Part 2 | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 

"Ah, Goofy!"

"You're speaking in riddles, Bernard." "Thankyou Sir Humphrey." "THAT WAS NOT A COMPLIMENT."

"Nurses and teachers can't vote against me until the next election. Backbenchers can vote against me at 10 o'clock tonight." LMAO.

"Who knows Foreign Office secrets apart from the Foreign Office?" "Oh, that's easy. Only the Kremlin."

Brilliant how Humphrey switches from super arrogant and self assured to meek, humble and frightfully neurotic so easily.......such superb acting!!!!

I often use Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister shows to help my wife understand what is really going on in current politics. It is amazing these shows are still so relevant. The satire is just so on point, as is the acting. I never get tired of watching them.

Absolutely superb. Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are the finest comedies to have come to our screens 😂💎😂

Never understood this show as a child back in the early 80s. But the adults in the room would be in hysterical stitches. Definitely find it funny now. British humour at its dry and droll finest.

It's quite impressive how they manage to deliver these convoluted lines so flawlessly

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath." Lol brilliant

It's a shame that they no longer do this type of documentary.

This is one of the best television shows in TV history.

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath..." what a wonderful observation...

Dad's army, Fawlty Towers, Yes minister/ Prime Minister and Blackadder The very best of British sitcom writing and acting.

"you lured him into a true sense of security"! brilliant!

“You were a back bencher MP 5 years ago” she says and his response “I was the exception” 😂😂😂😂 I like the ego

This is over 40 years old! As funny (and true) as ever.

They'll never be anyone as good as Yes Minister again. This and Fawlty Towers - the pinnacle of British comedy.

The caricature of an MP has not changed! Brilliant.

Such a brilliant trio of actors, bringing remarkable scripts to the screen. Paul E was just classic and Sir H...a masterstroke of writing and acting.

12:43 _St. Georges Island_ and all the talk around it: that sounds very much like the _Yes, Prime Minister_ version of what happened in Grenada in 1983

"So who is in charge if you are not. -Nobody really". Priceless documentary this.

Pure genius. The sad part is that nothing has changed since Sir Humphrey was in the job.

The scene with the Israeli ambassador is fantastic. The actor who plays him is excellent. The way he says "I know" is perfect. I love the exchange "They seem to think that 800 fully armed paratroopers was an awful lot to send on a goodwill visit" "Nooooo it's just an awful lot of goodwill."

PM: who knows foreign office's plan apart from foreign office? Bernard: Oh! that's simple, only the Kremlin.

Priceless humour! Outstanding! Absolutely outstanding! Three cheers for Yes, Prime Minister!!!

I do love this series. The quality of acting was top notch. The storylines were brilliant, and the cast was perfect. Maybe if the BBC was producing programing like this now, people wouldn't be complaining about the Licence fees. This series is a real reminder of what is missing in British Television.

Having just retired from civil service duty in Whitehall after 35 years, I'm afraid there are one or two gaping holes in Yes Prime Minister. Firstly, Sir Humphrey Appleby would now have an office only yards from Jim's; and there would be ornaments on the filing cabinet.

Please put this series back on our TV in 2022 - it has never been more relevant

'who's in charge'? 'No one really'. Welcome to the UK August 2022.

7:53 “the UN is the accepted forum for the expression of international hatred” oh buoy is he on point.

27:33 "I can't tell you how happy this makes me" proceeds to cover his face with an handkerchief cause he's laughing for real 😆 best comedy ever 💖

What a brilliant show! A real documentary. Nothing like this now days. Sadly.

Absolutely brilliant writing and acting. So may of these episodes ring as true to day as they did when they first aired. Since it is so dialogue based it translates perfectly to Audible and I spent many, many months listening to these episodes on my depressing long rail commutes in to and out from London and to this day this is still my go to series to watch when I have the odd hour or two to spare.

I loved watching this when I was younger, wish they would bring it back! Such accurate representation of how government works! Hilarious! 😂

BEST COMEDY OF ALL TIMES. LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE, SORELY NEEED IN THESE TIMES. THANK YOU TO A GREAT TEAM.

Sir Arnold is played wonderfully

"Better still one can have it read to one" 🤣🤣🤣 One for Hackers few wins over Humphrey!

Viewing such a masterpiece makes me to conclude that TV is garbage today

"I don't think Sir Humphrey understands economics, he read classics" - Yes Minister/Prime Minister is always relevant.

One of the most comical series ever, timeless .

Halcyon days when government incompetence was at a level with which we could comfortably cope. 🤣

One of my favourite comedies ever it could almost have been a reality series

You know a comedy is top quality when it seems contemporary to today, no matter how long ago it was made. British humour at its best. I want to live in another country away from this troubled little island. Now and then I feel proud to be British though. Our comedy, our ability to laugh at ourselves, to laugh at Human politics from local to global, is something that makes me proud of our struggling, poor, tiny Island, who has people who still believe we rule the World. Comedy-wise, we're amongst the top. That makes me proud to be 3rd generation British. Also, that just about all of us, and our language, are immigrants if we go back just a few generations. Britain is family - I want to live elsewhere, but I love and will always be proud of my home. If you don't get it, watch the opening ceremony to the 2012 Olympics. A beautiful story of who we are and the best of what we give the World.

This show is genius. If only American politicians were this clever. We could have had some good TV.

Nowadays this would be a documentary rather than a fictional comedy 😂

Everything is based on real events. The bit about St. George's Island is actually about Grenada, a Commonwealth island nation in the Caribbean near Trinidad, the capital of which is the city of St. George's. Reagan invaded it in 1983 in response to a military coup. The government was already revolutionary and Leninist, having taken over the country in a bloodless coup 4 years earlier, but the military thought the PM was insufficiently revolutionary since he actually paid attention to economic realities. The military government began cooperating even more closely with Cuba than the civilian government had been. I'm sure the US invasion was in response to legitimate requests from other nations in the area such as Jamaica, and also from the Governor-General by secret channels, but it also happened to align very nicely with its interests in the region and Reagan's anti-Soviet policies. For the purposes of fictionalizing events the island was renamed for the real island's capital and moved to the Persian Gulf, but this is more or less how it went down. The matter of the bishop was about the real life Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins. Shortly after his nomination he made a number of public statements expressing doubt over some key tenets of Christianity such as the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. It was absolutely middle-of-the-road stuff for university theology faculty, as he had been, but it was the first clue a lot of Anglican believers had that at least some of their bishops might not adhere to the same beliefs they had been taught. There was a huge uproar. Jenkin's career wasn't exactly the same as the summary for Canon Stanford that Bernard read out, but it was more or less along those lines. Jenkins' consecration went ahead despite the protests, and took place at York Minster. Three days afterward, a freak storm passed by and lightning struck the roof of the South Transept, setting it ablaze. Believers took this as a sign of divine disapproval.

I'm 35 next Thursday I only came across this show via RU-vid a few weeks back & I've since watched the entire show & it's sister show. This isn't retro it's modern day

This series has so much gold.

Each year, the scripts seem for the present year, I always watch the series like it's my first time. It never ceases to amaze me. Actually, I've learned a great deal of how governments around the world function and that what we read or hear is not what is really happening. I can't thank you enough for this both entertaining and educational series.

I loved Yes Minister when I was a young teen back in the early 80s, I still love it the same way today. The series is timeless.

Researching for this program not wanting to embarrass the current governments, the writers reviewed newspapers from 20 years back. They discovered that what was happening then was still happening in the late 70s. Here we are 40 years after then and its all still going on. Nothing changes.

Loved to watch this when I was a kid. It's just as good today.

I learned the finesse of the English language thanks to these amazing actors. It was soooo funny at the time and now it has become real which makes it either funnier or rather depressing as it is not even close to the ridicule reality has become. 5 PM …….not tea time…..but 5 prime ministers in 6 years !!!! No Schadenfreude there as it is even more ridiculous in France. Thanks for allowing to laugh our belly off and hat off to these amazing actors long gone now.

There is a class description of politicians in this clip which are more accurate than most of us really realise.

Lulled him into a true state of security 😂

This was wonderful! I do wish that current programmes were so much fun.

Paul Eddington was a National treasure

A masterpiece of a series!

This and Fawlty Towers. Pinnacle of TV humour.

The writing is superb!!!

might one be so bold as to suggest that in order to avail oneself of the finest moments of this rather excellent political satire, one instead of perusing a half-hour selection of chosen nuggets one merely watches the entire series of this along with its predecessor where the incumbent prime minister cut his teeth as the minister for administrative affairs as frankly it is rather difficult, no, impossible to expect even a highly trained and experienced editor to conduct the onerous task of selecting a selection of selected clips and claim the resulting selection of said selected clips to be of greater comical impact and indeed importance than any other in this particularly fine televisual feast...

Such a pleasure to see it again.

So much truth behind this fantastic comedy.

Luke was actually right about Afghanistan, the Soviets wasn't really there to invade another country but to help an unexpected ally, Afghanistan was in civil unrest mostly because of Pakistani influence, which they fear that an aggressive Afghani government that claims Baluchistan will cause war so they support local rebels to keep the Afghani occupied, Soviets wasn't actually prepared to intervene at first and declined the petition for help, but decided to send in troop eventually, its very similar to what happened in Vietnam.

This is the second time I comment here, but Humphrey saying to Bernard that he was flexible was probably a much bigger compliment than anyone would realise.

Hilarious then, hilarious now, and still right on the mark...

Goodness, this is hilarious.

No OTHER WORD FOR THIS SERIES.SUPERB,SUPERB

Arnold threatening the PM at 28:09 so casually

As accurate now as it was then. Don't for one minute think this is comedy. This is exactly how the Civil Service operates - presented in a jokey manner - but absolutely spot on.

"May I clarify the question? Who knows Foreign Office secrets apart from the Foreign Office?" "Oh, that's easy. Only the Kremlin."

Great memories, a perfectly wonderful comedy series throughout...

Absolutely brilliant

"Who do you want to be the next PM? Truss? Sunak? Starmer?" "Hacker"

One of the best comedies ever made ❤ this from the first show ing.

Like fine wine, this series improves with age.

17:57 Having just gone through the UMC disafiliation this line is so much more true than anyone realizes.

Press statements are not delivered under oath; cracks me up every time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The humor is timeless.

I just now found this! It’s fantastic!!!😂

Hacker to Sir Humphrey, “there’s something I want to talk to you about; something very secret” Hacker contemplates. Humphrey interjects, “Would it be easier if I wasn’t here?” 😂😂😂😂

isnt it funny, this is almost 40 years old, Yes prime minister (like many others) is a great slice of art / cultural history that told more trues then anything

Who would have dreamed that this was a documentary!

Funny but terrifyingly accurate

Some of the best, most intelligently written comedy ever produced.

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II passed yesterday and I am unsure as to why I'm here. Perhaps to contemplate her life in a space where I may counter this very sad historical moment? The Royal Family were never part of the cutting humour of the show's creators & writers, which probably shows their great respect for the Queen. Rest In Peace, Your Majesty. 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

19:47 So the pound had another bad day 😄 This is so prophetic xD

"Press statements aren't delivered under oath"...

Just unbelievable!!!

This program was and is true today on how this country is run,for the good of themselves and not the country.

It is amazing these shows are still so relevant.

"You lulled him into a TRUE sense of security?"

In the 80s Margaret thatcher confesed that yes prime minister was her favorite program because it was so acurate

Excellent and still applies to today.

The Americans invaded Grenada, a British protectorate, without telling us. Maggie went ballistic and gave Regan a right bolloking. Regan apologised.

A timeless programme

As others point out was Margaret Thatcher''s favourite show and found it totally relevant to day to day politics. However the show itself is timeless and absolutely hilarious.

Comedy gold 🤣

Yes minister - the epitome of clever comedy.