HACKER VS HUMPHREY: A Compilation | Yes, Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 

Documentaries??? Well yes, I reckon you're right, fiction sometimes reveals the bare truth...! Will we ever get a Yes, Boris?

LOL

I don't know the American House of Cards was a pretty good documentary.

Indeed. They had Yes Minister for their look into Politics and Fawlty Towers for their look into the tourism industry.

Yes we are , have you seen the series, I Claudius? Brilliant.🇬🇧🇨🇦

No surprise they were in their forties or fifties and this was 40 years ago. But alas all left a great legacy.

True but the actress who played Annie Hacker (Diana Hoddinott) is still alive.

@@craigfowler7098 Yes, I am sure there are other people associated with the show, like the tea lady for example, who are also alive.

well said. as Shakespear. "ne'er a true'(r) word but (of that) spoken in jest!"

Comedy? I thought this was an inside expose of the Democrat bureaucracy in Washington D.C.

Yes. I am word perfect...

Still actual ! I love iT !

Accurate maybe, but the Comedy of it all would not have even registered which Thatcher!!😂

@@petermills542 it was actually such that Thatcher was a huge fan of the comedy series. She even got the actors to do a live action performance with her, when she was still PM. Her reason: it was so accurate and a great way to make light of otherwise debilitating situations.

Funny but a perfect reflection everyday life even today 2023.😅😅😅😅

That was wonderful years of Doordarshan. I had the privilege of having one amongst many of talented programmes. How it expanded today.etc..to be continued..

@@lakshmivuppala9484 it was broadcasted in doordarshan back then?

@@Blinkxworld876 Yes

This is not a satire. Here in Australia it is a documentary on what our government looks like

@@marknorman3658 you don't even understand how lucky you are. What would I give to have a government like this! Despite some minor, how would I call it, moments of apathy and miscompetence, people are actually, well, nice and generally well-meaning and not at all prone to belligerence, torture and tyranny. Also, I haven't noticed Sir Humphrey building himself a palace with stolen money. I was quite young when I've watched this this series for the first time, and it was very important for me growing up as anglophile. :) I've also watched somewhat similar, although not as great, Australian series, "The Hollowmen", and I loved that one too. Them are good people, government officials in that series. I would love to be governed by them, as opposed to what I have now, and would have for a pretty long time, for rulers don't change in Russia...

Yes, a really small success.

May I ask why it was a superlative script?

@@rohithparashivamurthy3268 No, you may not.

I just heard that and had to check the comments to ensure others appreciate how great it was. 25:20

@@SojourningOnline Well RE is still taught in school, and has a predominant focus of Christianity, and Christian schools do hyms during assembly's, they just don't do them in non-religious schools because they are open to all faiths and so don't pick favourites. But even as someone who went to school when church visits were a common occurrence even for a state school, and as someone who went to Sunday school a lot, and as someone who also went to a Christian primary school, I didn't learn about the 30 pieces of silver until I was an adult choosing to learn about different religions in my own time. Maybe it was just me who completely missed it and it is less of a deep cut than either of us realise, and just as many people of my age are aware of it as of your age. I could be the exception haha

@@MrMyers758 What are you talking about?

@@SojourningOnline you can’t just delete your own comment and pretend I’m responding to you utterly randomly

@@MrMyers758 Grow up and go away!

None amongst the trio are really incompetent, they just specialise in different aspect.

He was never really incompetent, merely inexperienced. By the end of Yes PM he has Humphrey almost entirely under control.

@@M1tjakaramazov I hated this as a kid, but with current events I find it funny.

He became more cunning as he learned from Humphrey’s machinations: they had such an interesting relationship!

Honestly my favourite thing in the series is that you’re always wondering who will win between hacker and Humphrey. They both get wins here and there so it’s a great series.

… and they made a formidable pair when their interests aligned and they worked together. Yes, absolutely brilliant writing.

Nothing comes close. Brilliant all around. The writing, the acting, all on point. Sublime, Glorious, Brilliant!

Why was my first thought "They're all dead, Dave'?

All over the world ! I have seen most off them. And see, nothing have change. It’s worse .

Savour

Well saved!

Hear! Hear!

Three amazing actors passed away, leaving now this series to be safely kept in our memory. RIP boys.

Precisely May generations to come listen and enjoy timeless classic comedy

I watched a documentary on him … apparently he remembered them all years after the show.

Yes, minister

Yes.

All part of the joke

No it doesn't - too true

As reveling and relevant to day , just the names have changed.

sure we will. you just have to switch to the channel that shows debates in the parliament...

albeit that most of the civil service don't work in Whitehall in reality. I am sure you know most of the DM rhetoric on the civil service is written as if most civil servants are bowler hatted mandarins etc when no one wears a bowler hat and most are not on good wages

The Thick of It

It's so near many folk's perception of government... The writers ARE " naughty", aren't they ?!😊. And Nigel 's face is SO expressive ! 🇬🇧💕🇬🇧😊🇬🇧

Around 33 min's : Sir Humphrey threatens to drop the Minister "in the Moral Dimension "! L.O.L. !😊 🇬🇧💕😊🇬🇧💕😊

....Said every politician ever....

Love it

Not really. There are just a vast variety of brilliant British comedy series out there. And it is always on the list - even though it is how many years old now?

I find it very odd.

@@user-ik4mf2lu1h That doesn't really countermand what I said...

@@user-ik4mf2lu1h Again to each his own, but no other British comedy, neither Fawlty Tower nor Blackadder comes close to Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister in terms of the nuance in the dialogues and the acting. Unfortunately, average viewers appreciate slapstick more than witty comedy.

@@andyray89 I agree, although Fawlty Towers will always be a favourite of mine, even if it is mainly because I find it hilarious to see John Cleese "acting" a "character" that is just literally himself.

9:08 'Minister, the traditional allocation of executive responsibilities has always been so determined as to liberate the ministerial incumbent from the administrative minutiae by devolving the managerial functions to those whose experience and qualifications have better formed them for the performance of such humble offices thereby releasing their political overlords for the more onerous duties and profound deliberations which are the inevitable concomitant of their exalted position.' Hacker: 'Humphrey, for God's sake for once in your life put it into plain English.' Humpy: 'if you insist: you are _not_ here to run this department.'

Many years after they filmed a look back on the series, and the producers were appalled to know that Nigel had retained all his monologues in full and said that they were horrified they had filled such a brilliant mind with nonsense. It was a well known party trick of his to recite them when prompted.

The need to know!

Also quite badly written in parts, with numerous examples of unrealistic or contrived dialogue which was written in a way nobody would actually speak solely to arrive at a particular punchline.

​@@HampsteadOwl Which is the same with all sitcoms.....? I get what you mean, but I personally think this is the best written since Fatty Owls.

I only came to it in 2014, and have loved it ever since, so it truly is timeless. My parents' favourite thing about me is that when I was 8 years old I could understand all of Humphrey's monologues without anyone explaining them 😂. It's the first thing they tell any of their friends when talking about me. Also so many adults have said that I remind them of Humphrey, despite the fact that I'm a 15 year old girl 😂

@@fatty_owls Make the most of your talent!!

Classic!

Although the only time they go head to head (the Transport Supremo episode) Humphrey and Hacker win!

I recall in the early 1980's hearing about 'Think Tanks' and 'Public / Private partnerships' on the radio in Australia. Our Ministers and Councillors look to Britain for policy ideas to copy, even to this day.

I wish that were true in New Zealand.

It’s the government’s how to Manuel

I understand your comment, but the current Australian government are a bunch of grubs and bullshit artists, unlike “Yes Minister/PrimeMinister” which was clever and funny 😄.

In Chinese government service circles also.

But it's ranked one of the Top 20 BBC Shows, it is quite Popular.

@@raistormrs i guess I'm talking more about the US.

Do short governments work differently?

@@timnor4803 haha, typo, edited it out, thanks

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Maybe the BBC has run off all the great writers and they cannot produce great TV like this. They must want to be as lowbrow and trashy as American TV. DiversityInclusionEquity and Quality CANNOT coexist.

Can’t have the peasants getting an inside look into the mind of their rightful masters, get me Fam?

You must mean the previous govt if you are in the US. I can't wait to see a documentary or better, a comedy series about the Trump administration - they wouldn't have to make anything up at all, but just use the real words and real situations. It would also make a really good history/civics class.

@@user-ik4mf2lu1h Im not in the US. I was referring to the current UK government although the same can indeed be said about the Trump era😄🤮

@@gretareinarsson7461 Oh, ok, yeah Boris is interesting.

@@user-ik4mf2lu1h Boris indeed. Who ever saw a clearer example of crass stupidity and heartless exceptionalism in the light of a major national crisis.

Then you have obviously missed the entire point of the satire - it is independent of any political party and in a deeper sense any country in this world. Its clothing is British but it is profoundly relevant to the entire political world. Also, take a look at the Labour shambles that was the 1970’s and the state of economy at the end of the Blairite years. Government failings are also universal and not limited to one party or the other. Grow up.

a bit difficult to have watched it 'in the late seventies' when it first aired in February 1980.

@@embreis2257 i guess you are right :D Memory glitch !

@@embreis2257 the slightly-late seventies

Now the sitcom is at Downing Street, but you are still making us laugh.

So was Derek Fowlds. I actually think he was rather good waiting for such a long time for his line.

@@shawnkristoferu8303 Agreed 100%. He had quite tough position. He did very good!!

@@deserteagle9025 My favorite statement from Bernard: SUN readers don’t care who is the Prime Minister as long as she has big tits.

@@shawnkristoferu8303 😄Yes,...!! That's a true killer.

Older students perhaps.

@@user-ik4mf2lu1h much older

To never ever happen again. bbc is now woke.

Complete with heavy cocaine usage?

35:53

H00kers should be subsidised on mental health basis.

Idk if i could agree with that generalization. I know hacker and his Party were specifically written to not be read as political. But tbh, as a leftist myself, I always seen him as labour politician as well. His will to implement swift changes, a surprising want to help his constituents. Imho those are (especially the need and will of change) are specifically liberal characteristics. And even tho i know this was done mostly as a plot mechanism (if hacker did nothing it would be simply quite boring) I still stand by my view

@@shindenfighter3303 dont know, the need and will of change is in all parties the question is what change otherwhise right wing or conservative parties would just have "do nothing" on their party programm. The changes he wants to implement dont realy seem swift or radical but just fast because he already waited years for them to be done and is frustrated about the delaying tactics of others and doesnt want to postpone something for the 100th time. Also from the way he talks about education, defense, parenting he seems more like a mild conservative but mostly a pragmatist who bends in the wind like a thin branch while having small moments of idealism. Im not from the uk so i could be wrong in that but the uk "labour party" seems to be everything BUT liberal considering the laws in regards of political correctness and quotas on minority recruiting in jobs. Maybe that wasnt the case when this shiw was made, who knows, i certainly dont know with absolute certainty

I always had the impression that Hacker was a member of a centre left party, (he was a journalist by trade and a graduate of the London School of economics - looked down on by the snooty public school public servants) who, over time has his ideals about 'open Government' etc, be slowly encased in the labyrinth of 'governing'. Culminating in him eventually losing any sense of moral 'right and wrong' and simply wanting to hold on to power as PM. Probably my favourite TV series ever. Brilliant insight into the workings of the Westminster system of Government. To quote Sir Humpy 'You don't run this Department, Minister. I do.' Brilliantly written, and as always Bernard gets the best lines. 'You cant have both a graveyard and a minefield, Minister... the bodies would go boom! (or something like that :) )

In these clips Fowlds does appear to be doing just that, but his character is quite brilliant as a background/holding it all together/getting in his own educated sway & advice character, and who is which is spot on.

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