"It is necessary to get behind someone in order to stab them in the back." -Sir Humphrey Appleby
@Dizzyruptor2 жыл бұрын
or to push them under a bus or train
@tomgauntlestrange2 жыл бұрын
"Not if one is in two minds." Bernard's reply, unfortunately cut off here: "Or if one has two faces . . ."
@BillConk4 жыл бұрын
YPM in th styleof General News ai, editing
@Bulbophile4 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it! That line got the biggest laugh.
@foddyfoddy4 жыл бұрын
But Sir Frank is incharge of Civil Services.. So Sir Humphrey gallantly defended...
@medavaramjitamitra81203 жыл бұрын
Ha! Thanks for reminding me - one of the best lines ever. Shame it was cut off...
@Shelsight3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, bad editing that.
@Warriorking.19632 жыл бұрын
Humphrey secured the power he wanted so masterfully in this episode.
@unrealuknow864 Жыл бұрын
1:40 Just watch Sir Nigel Hawthorne relax his scalp for that brilliant aspect of pulling away in horror without actually moving his head. What a craftsman!
@glennstewart99074 жыл бұрын
'Or will you be Mr Appleby ?' The best one liner in the whole series imho. But theres plenty of competition.
@PHILCHUDS3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's very hard to decide!
@Blackcomanche2 жыл бұрын
It's the perfectly delayed interruption that does it
@ykkrasaoz97482 жыл бұрын
but why she said that I cant understand the context
@arrows83672 жыл бұрын
@@arrows8367 Simply the civil service were being asked to redeem either their gold plated pensions , or their enoblements (CBE's , knighthoods and other honours etc).
@PHILCHUDS2 жыл бұрын
@@arrows8367 By forfeiting the honours will a title like "Sir. Humphrey" be stripped and will be called "Mr. Appleby" instead. It's a bit sharper than "or would you rather be called Mr. Appleby" hence the line's pretty shady, aiming at scolding Sir Humphrey in this scene.
@h.q.12654 ай бұрын
This editered clip is a perfect example on how to butcher a classic piece of television viewing
@joevandijk22844 жыл бұрын
You don’t have to watch it. The one who put it together did so for the benefit of others.
@bean52132 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. It loses its comedic value. I didn't realise til a third of the way through that the editing was so awful.
@mimiweeks69192 жыл бұрын
@@bean5213 we had to watch enough of it to realise it was badly edited so putting the comment up might save others the experience. If it’s yours take the feedback, learn and move on. If it isn’t keep your pointless comments.
@edg89962 жыл бұрын
Learn to spell
@mpchmr13172 жыл бұрын
Copyright issues. Too much from the episode risks the uploader getting a strike.
@danieldickson8591 Жыл бұрын
Peter Cellier (Sir Frank), one of the most unsung British actors. I just love his work.
@reenateekasingh9684 Жыл бұрын
Honorary mention to Peter Cellier for brilliantly impersonating the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury Sir Frank.
@sir_humpy4 жыл бұрын
I think his father was an actor too.
@thethirdman2254 жыл бұрын
Ruling-class oiliness at its finest.
@danieldickson8591 Жыл бұрын
"Well, Prime Minister, you gain an anxious Cabinet Secretary - is that what you want?" "Hmmm..."
@hoilst4 жыл бұрын
You have to watch the full, unedited version of this episode to get the real ebb and flow of the machinations of Sir Humphrey's turf war tactics. Edited for copyright purposes I know and it's a great shame you have to but thank you for posting this anyway.
I'm not sure I've ever seen Sir Humphrey ever act more Machiavellian than this. He positively knifed Sir Frank in the back (and sides). Normally, he stands for Whitehall, not himself, who is but a "mere mortal."
@HSMiyamoto4 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@hass-su90944 жыл бұрын
Well, sometimes one finds oneself in the circumstance of ones own and Whitehall's interests align, and in that case there is no conflict of interest, as the interest is one and the same.
@HrHaakon4 жыл бұрын
At the time this would have been quite acceptable but today's Pc would make this a knife crime and probably racist etc but feel free to tie your own label on it.
@dashcam264 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey's character is terrible ! This is usually what happens in any government in the world.
@veroniquendambo32424 жыл бұрын
@@veroniquendambo3242 what makes him terrible?
@australianword38122 жыл бұрын
"Or will you be Mr. Appleby" gets one of Nigel Hawthorne best reaction shots. Together with "There's a job center on the Horseferry Road" in The Writing on The Wall (season 1) when Humphrey gets told his minister managed to abolish his own department.
@jasperdevries17264 жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorne's best reaction is in the episode "One of Us", when the PM says: "How's the garden?" :-D :-D
@slouhend4 жыл бұрын
@@slouhend That one is almost Hackerian in its rapid range of emotions. Good one.
@jasperdevries17264 жыл бұрын
I love the strong women on YPM. Their knives are scalpel sharp and just as ready to be used.
@josephinebennington72474 жыл бұрын
could you explain it to me why she said that.. will you be Mr Appleby?
@arrows83672 жыл бұрын
@@arrows8367 Dorothy suggests Sir Humphrey could give up the Honours that allowed him to be addressed as Sir Humphrey, thus reverting to the common epithet of Mr. Appleby. Humphrey clearly regards this as far beyond the pale.
@jasperdevries17262 жыл бұрын
Great comedy! The late Peter Celier had the most wonderful speaking voice.
@philiplewis72526 ай бұрын
The squaring off of two brilliant actors as wily colleagues/rivals is well done. Hawthorne and Cellier were both amazing performers.
@tgfabthunderbird16 ай бұрын
Sir Humphrey not only skilfully deals with the threat of being dethroned as head of the civil service here, but also secures his powerbase by getting a pay rise for said service. All via the Machiavellian and underhand tactic of using Sir Frank as the ultimate scapegoat and patsy.
@wedgeantillies66 Жыл бұрын
Loved seeing Peter Cellier; haven’t seen him but once since his role as the Major, in KUA.👍
@garthhunt72382 жыл бұрын
I wish Sir Frank Gordon were to have more scenes in the series!
@victoriousrufus67474 жыл бұрын
Script writing at it's most perfect and delivery of the script also at it's most perfect,
@grahamnancledra70362 жыл бұрын
A brilliant example of the backstabbing employed by Sir Humphrey's department against the Treasury - "Et tu Brute?"
@CiceroLounge4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant actors all..
@georgel744 жыл бұрын
The constant stabbing in the back between sir Frank and Sir Humphrey remind you of anything. Australian politicis perhaps. 😁😁😎🤪🤪
@michaelnaisbitt16394 жыл бұрын
Sadly true. Hopefully we won't have to see that again for a long time to come.
@jeremyadler96204 жыл бұрын
OH boy does it ever. Particularly right now. Ever since Kevin Rudd no Prime Minister has held a full term of minister. Man those portrait painters must be running around like headless chook.
@rawyld4 жыл бұрын
@@rawyld, Sadly true. Thinking about it, I actually feel the most sorry for them! I mean, imagine having to paint Prime Ministers SO OFTEN!! Must be so tiring for them!
@jeremyadler96204 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyadler9620 They must say "Oh for crying out loud, not again."
@rawyld4 жыл бұрын
@@rawyld, I hope they get extra benefits for all their hard work. They deserve it.
@jeremyadler96204 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey is salty lol.
@ukahchiagoziem5704 жыл бұрын
Frank Underwood couldn't hold a candle to this guy
@bluefish7042 жыл бұрын
Or to his predecessor, Sir Arnold, who is possibly much more Machiavellian.
@SamvedIyer Жыл бұрын
Top shelf.......brilliant. !
@johnnygee16254 жыл бұрын
The long-running documentary masquerading as comedy.
@Nobilangelo4 жыл бұрын
Is there anything broadcasting right now similar to this i could watch?
@vim10004 жыл бұрын
@@vim1000 Prime Minister's Questions? Honestly Yes, (Prime) Minister is just as relevant (and hilarious) today as it was when it first aired. Politics doesn't change, just the faces executing it.
@TehJumpingJawa4 жыл бұрын
@@TehJumpingJawa true, another TV series i really enjoyed is Highway Patrol where there's same types of crime with newer versions as we see today
@vim10004 жыл бұрын
@EMINƎM non religious
@vim10004 жыл бұрын
@@vim1000 The Thick of It has been described as the 21st Century's spiritual successor to Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
@Blackcomanche2 жыл бұрын
Could you make one with shorter clips? This one is almost coherent.
@Gorboduc4 жыл бұрын
Haaa haaaa couldn't've put it better!
@b00i00d4 жыл бұрын
Somewhere is the "your problem" back and forth. I like that scene.
@greggweber99672 жыл бұрын
Sir Frank was the actor who played the Major on Keeping up Appearances.
@np1002 жыл бұрын
Peter Cellier
@Ater_Draco2 жыл бұрын
Sir Frank is a legend 🤣
@sjquader Жыл бұрын
I bet Humphry is glad that Dorothy isn't PM. She is a lot sharper and on the ball than Hacker.
@tom2010902 жыл бұрын
Thats why he tries to move her as faraway as possible in Number 10 from Hacker in Number 10- see the episode "The Key" which explains their mutual dislike. In fact she reminds me of a certain Margaret Thatcher
@jonathanfraser3212 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanfraser321 Yep...which backfired on Humphrey (I think that is my favourite episode!)
@tom2010902 жыл бұрын
1:10 Hmmmmmm 😂 😂 😂
@uweinhamburg4 жыл бұрын
Sublime !
@anthonyakester40534 жыл бұрын
"Your Problem" was a great moment.
@ProperLogicalDebate3 жыл бұрын
Best show of all time
@west66bestx832 жыл бұрын
SID VICIOUS, VIRTUALLY ALL THESE TOP CLASS BRITISH ACTORS HAVE GONE NOW.
@MrDaiseymay4 жыл бұрын
The Hilarious part in ALL of this Backstabbing is -- NOTHING ever got done. Lol. 😂
@blueberry7keys Жыл бұрын
ohh dear .. 😍😍
@MuhammedMuhammed-vd5or4 жыл бұрын
Art usually copies reality, but these days it is the other way round
@craighudson72944 жыл бұрын
Craig Hudson 28 days
@SD-li9g4 жыл бұрын
Hope Bureaucracy in Pakistan learns from BBC to make life comfortable here.
@farhanzeb857211 ай бұрын
That won`t happen until civilians run Pakistan and not the military.
@justonecornetto806 ай бұрын
Lol The Civil Bureaucracy is just as worse as those louts of Kakul
@hamzaferoz6162Ай бұрын
it's so good when Sir Humphrey throws someone under the bus.
@richardouvrier30782 жыл бұрын
When Humphrey and Frank are alone , it's almost as if their equals.
@snelgrave1016 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@CiceroLounge4 жыл бұрын
This is a great edit. Thank you!
@Ansible10004 жыл бұрын
Agree
@Starwithnonname4 жыл бұрын
Yes, just one thing, Bernard's comment on two hats were cut off. One of the best things with this series (and the first one) was Bernards hilarious and head-on-the-nail one liners. I think he said something like "two faced" or similar other not so flattering wording.
@bennylloyd-willner96674 жыл бұрын
Pretty lousy. The transitions are too abrupt and you can't shake the feeling that essential dialogue was cut out. Get the real thing. Find the complete episode.
@jdrancho18644 жыл бұрын
@@jdrancho1864 I somewhat agree on the transitions but for the "full episode" it's too easy to get it pulled off by copyright robots.
@bennylloyd-willner96674 жыл бұрын
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Yes, it seems copyright is aggressively enforced soon as a streaming service or someone like Acorn buys the rights to shows that have been around for decades. Holders of original copyright like the BBC or ITV seem to be less inclined to yank their old shows. Even so, this and other shows can be found in their original length, just sometimes you have to put up with picture-in-picture or sped=up audio. Small price I am willing to pay for such quality shows like YPM.
@jdrancho18644 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey always seems to pull the Prime Minister’s puppet strings
@jayjay-bz3rr4 жыл бұрын
When the BBC was relevant and didn’t suck..
@thermionic12345674 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Morrissey it always sucked we’re just a little bit more aware nowadays
@SD-li9g4 жыл бұрын
Seton During Dunno. Never could figure if Hacker was Labour or “Conservative.”
@thermionic12345674 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Morrissey Sir Antony Jay got a knighthood because he wrote speeches for Thacther basically ,not to mention the sitcom. He was a Tory but you have to say when they started writing it must have been said between them to make it neutral, but on saying that it’s got Tory’s written all over it
@SD-li9g4 жыл бұрын
Thrown to the wolves. 😂😂😂
@patrickromanowilliams48782 жыл бұрын
Jim Hacker hacked to bits in editing. Ugh.
@petyrkowalski98874 жыл бұрын
I wonder if George R R Martin watched this show and based Baelish/Varys on Sir Humphrey. The whole show is like a comedic version of GoT’s small carbinet meetings.
@ProfPlump-ug3xeАй бұрын
You see, you APS. This is how you negotiate a pay rise
@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock6 ай бұрын
Smooth
@chrisshelley30272 жыл бұрын
Ug, the transitions were jarring. Bad editing.
@godfrey_of_america4 жыл бұрын
"Y P" "Your Problem"
@ProperLogicalDebate2 жыл бұрын
Who edited this?
@greebo78574 жыл бұрын
😂
@jeffreykagbu13294 жыл бұрын
How classical！
@user-kc5jc6qb4h2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@peterpanoalwaysland52334 жыл бұрын
That has cut the episode to incoherence!
@davidcook78872 жыл бұрын
Poorly edited together. Misses out Bernard's 'two faces' gag which is a highlight. Nice idea but does not do justice to a classic episode.
@afinecity18302 жыл бұрын
3:02 What the hell was Bernard going to chip im with....
@oxyiscool2 жыл бұрын
"Or has two faces" Bernard
@rgearr18082 жыл бұрын
🙂😜😀😅
@Nahid13472 жыл бұрын
Hi,AVery unhappy eveningBe aise theres no warm rice.
@hidayatsatari13152 жыл бұрын
Humphrey sold Frank like an ugly cousin
@haseebuddingilani23204 жыл бұрын
This is to close to the bone , not to be true . . . .
@welshpete124 жыл бұрын
welshpete12 they had very good sources
@SD-li9g4 жыл бұрын
Yup editing can be a real bitch! :-))
@taunteratwill17874 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey mispronounced “de jure”? I thought he studied Latin!
@saoirsedeltufo74364 жыл бұрын
de jure is french.
@Quantum-yz9fc4 жыл бұрын
Quantum it’s Latin (although he’d have mispronounced it if it was French)
@saoirsedeltufo74364 жыл бұрын
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 oh wait you're right but most people pronounce it wrong anyway. The way "de jure" is pronounced in Latin is "de yoo-re" since there's no distinction between i and j in Latin. The j sound at the beginning of "de jure" is not at all from Latin.
@Quantum-yz9fc4 жыл бұрын
Quantum exactly. It is just a facetious comment due to Sir Humphrey’s elitism
@saoirsedeltufo74364 жыл бұрын
“De Jure” pronounced “de yure” is Latin for “at law”. De jour is French for “of the day” ie soup de jour is soup of the day.
@brynmsmith_author4 жыл бұрын
Hi, e
@hidayatsatari13152 жыл бұрын
M
@Chochma6284 жыл бұрын
C
@Herman474 жыл бұрын
Well put.
@RabbiHerschel4 жыл бұрын
To be honest, I would have sworn it was D, but you live and learn.
@ericdunn5554 жыл бұрын
Some terrible editing here..... 😏
@stevies.19754 жыл бұрын
Awful editing.
@Oners824 жыл бұрын
What a bad edit
@stevenwright94224 жыл бұрын
Very poor editing, not watchable at all...
@daryl2510 Жыл бұрын
They're going to reboot the show with a bunch of black, Islamic lesbians.
@smguy74 жыл бұрын
Diane Abbot?
@aljack19794 жыл бұрын
Steven Guy pretty sure mr lynne and mr jay would have something to say about that please god
@SD-li9g4 жыл бұрын
Would they be the one-legged Irish, black Islamic lesbians or am I thinking of something completely different?
@ericdunn5554 жыл бұрын
why are people like you so weird lmao you worry about political correctness more than people who are actually politically correct lol get a fucking life
"It is necessary to get behind someone in order to stab them in the back." -Sir Humphrey Appleby
or to push them under a bus or train
"Not if one is in two minds." Bernard's reply, unfortunately cut off here: "Or if one has two faces . . ."
YPM in th styleof General News ai, editing
You beat me to it! That line got the biggest laugh.
But Sir Frank is incharge of Civil Services.. So Sir Humphrey gallantly defended...
Ha! Thanks for reminding me - one of the best lines ever. Shame it was cut off...
Agreed, bad editing that.
Humphrey secured the power he wanted so masterfully in this episode.
1:40 Just watch Sir Nigel Hawthorne relax his scalp for that brilliant aspect of pulling away in horror without actually moving his head. What a craftsman!
'Or will you be Mr Appleby ?' The best one liner in the whole series imho. But theres plenty of competition.
Yes, it's very hard to decide!
It's the perfectly delayed interruption that does it
but why she said that I cant understand the context
@@arrows8367 Simply the civil service were being asked to redeem either their gold plated pensions , or their enoblements (CBE's , knighthoods and other honours etc).
@@arrows8367 By forfeiting the honours will a title like "Sir. Humphrey" be stripped and will be called "Mr. Appleby" instead. It's a bit sharper than "or would you rather be called Mr. Appleby" hence the line's pretty shady, aiming at scolding Sir Humphrey in this scene.
This editered clip is a perfect example on how to butcher a classic piece of television viewing
You don’t have to watch it. The one who put it together did so for the benefit of others.
Totally agree. It loses its comedic value. I didn't realise til a third of the way through that the editing was so awful.
@@bean5213 we had to watch enough of it to realise it was badly edited so putting the comment up might save others the experience. If it’s yours take the feedback, learn and move on. If it isn’t keep your pointless comments.
Learn to spell
Copyright issues. Too much from the episode risks the uploader getting a strike.
Peter Cellier (Sir Frank), one of the most unsung British actors. I just love his work.
Honorary mention to Peter Cellier for brilliantly impersonating the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury Sir Frank.
I think his father was an actor too.
Ruling-class oiliness at its finest.
"Well, Prime Minister, you gain an anxious Cabinet Secretary - is that what you want?" "Hmmm..."
You have to watch the full, unedited version of this episode to get the real ebb and flow of the machinations of Sir Humphrey's turf war tactics. Edited for copyright purposes I know and it's a great shame you have to but thank you for posting this anyway.
“The national interest” = Sir Humphrey’s interest
Excellent series. Superbly written. Mrs Thatcher’s favourite programme apparently.
I'm not sure I've ever seen Sir Humphrey ever act more Machiavellian than this. He positively knifed Sir Frank in the back (and sides). Normally, he stands for Whitehall, not himself, who is but a "mere mortal."
👍🏻
Well, sometimes one finds oneself in the circumstance of ones own and Whitehall's interests align, and in that case there is no conflict of interest, as the interest is one and the same.
At the time this would have been quite acceptable but today's Pc would make this a knife crime and probably racist etc but feel free to tie your own label on it.
Sir Humphrey's character is terrible ! This is usually what happens in any government in the world.
@@veroniquendambo3242 what makes him terrible?
"Or will you be Mr. Appleby" gets one of Nigel Hawthorne best reaction shots. Together with "There's a job center on the Horseferry Road" in The Writing on The Wall (season 1) when Humphrey gets told his minister managed to abolish his own department.
Nigel Hawthorne's best reaction is in the episode "One of Us", when the PM says: "How's the garden?" :-D :-D
@@slouhend That one is almost Hackerian in its rapid range of emotions. Good one.
I love the strong women on YPM. Their knives are scalpel sharp and just as ready to be used.
could you explain it to me why she said that.. will you be Mr Appleby?
@@arrows8367 Dorothy suggests Sir Humphrey could give up the Honours that allowed him to be addressed as Sir Humphrey, thus reverting to the common epithet of Mr. Appleby. Humphrey clearly regards this as far beyond the pale.
Great comedy! The late Peter Celier had the most wonderful speaking voice.
The squaring off of two brilliant actors as wily colleagues/rivals is well done. Hawthorne and Cellier were both amazing performers.
Sir Humphrey not only skilfully deals with the threat of being dethroned as head of the civil service here, but also secures his powerbase by getting a pay rise for said service. All via the Machiavellian and underhand tactic of using Sir Frank as the ultimate scapegoat and patsy.
Loved seeing Peter Cellier; haven’t seen him but once since his role as the Major, in KUA.👍
I wish Sir Frank Gordon were to have more scenes in the series!
Script writing at it's most perfect and delivery of the script also at it's most perfect,
A brilliant example of the backstabbing employed by Sir Humphrey's department against the Treasury - "Et tu Brute?"
Brilliant actors all..
The constant stabbing in the back between sir Frank and Sir Humphrey remind you of anything. Australian politicis perhaps. 😁😁😎🤪🤪
Sadly true. Hopefully we won't have to see that again for a long time to come.
OH boy does it ever. Particularly right now. Ever since Kevin Rudd no Prime Minister has held a full term of minister. Man those portrait painters must be running around like headless chook.
@@rawyld, Sadly true. Thinking about it, I actually feel the most sorry for them! I mean, imagine having to paint Prime Ministers SO OFTEN!! Must be so tiring for them!
@@jeremyadler9620 They must say "Oh for crying out loud, not again."
@@rawyld, I hope they get extra benefits for all their hard work. They deserve it.
Sir Humphrey is salty lol.
Frank Underwood couldn't hold a candle to this guy
Or to his predecessor, Sir Arnold, who is possibly much more Machiavellian.
Top shelf.......brilliant. !
The long-running documentary masquerading as comedy.
Is there anything broadcasting right now similar to this i could watch?
@@vim1000 Prime Minister's Questions? Honestly Yes, (Prime) Minister is just as relevant (and hilarious) today as it was when it first aired. Politics doesn't change, just the faces executing it.
@@TehJumpingJawa true, another TV series i really enjoyed is Highway Patrol where there's same types of crime with newer versions as we see today
@EMINƎM non religious
@@vim1000 The Thick of It has been described as the 21st Century's spiritual successor to Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Could you make one with shorter clips? This one is almost coherent.
Haaa haaaa couldn't've put it better!
Somewhere is the "your problem" back and forth. I like that scene.
Sir Frank was the actor who played the Major on Keeping up Appearances.
Peter Cellier
Sir Frank is a legend 🤣
I bet Humphry is glad that Dorothy isn't PM. She is a lot sharper and on the ball than Hacker.
Thats why he tries to move her as faraway as possible in Number 10 from Hacker in Number 10- see the episode "The Key" which explains their mutual dislike. In fact she reminds me of a certain Margaret Thatcher
@@jonathanfraser321 Yep...which backfired on Humphrey (I think that is my favourite episode!)
1:10 Hmmmmmm 😂 😂 😂
Sublime !
"Your Problem" was a great moment.
Best show of all time
SID VICIOUS, VIRTUALLY ALL THESE TOP CLASS BRITISH ACTORS HAVE GONE NOW.
The Hilarious part in ALL of this Backstabbing is -- NOTHING ever got done. Lol. 😂
ohh dear .. 😍😍
Art usually copies reality, but these days it is the other way round
Craig Hudson 28 days
Hope Bureaucracy in Pakistan learns from BBC to make life comfortable here.
That won`t happen until civilians run Pakistan and not the military.
Lol The Civil Bureaucracy is just as worse as those louts of Kakul
it's so good when Sir Humphrey throws someone under the bus.
When Humphrey and Frank are alone , it's almost as if their equals.
Brilliant
This is a great edit. Thank you!
Agree
Yes, just one thing, Bernard's comment on two hats were cut off. One of the best things with this series (and the first one) was Bernards hilarious and head-on-the-nail one liners. I think he said something like "two faced" or similar other not so flattering wording.
Pretty lousy. The transitions are too abrupt and you can't shake the feeling that essential dialogue was cut out. Get the real thing. Find the complete episode.
@@jdrancho1864 I somewhat agree on the transitions but for the "full episode" it's too easy to get it pulled off by copyright robots.
@@bennylloyd-willner9667 Yes, it seems copyright is aggressively enforced soon as a streaming service or someone like Acorn buys the rights to shows that have been around for decades. Holders of original copyright like the BBC or ITV seem to be less inclined to yank their old shows. Even so, this and other shows can be found in their original length, just sometimes you have to put up with picture-in-picture or sped=up audio. Small price I am willing to pay for such quality shows like YPM.
Sir Humphrey always seems to pull the Prime Minister’s puppet strings
When the BBC was relevant and didn’t suck..
Jeffrey Morrissey it always sucked we’re just a little bit more aware nowadays
Seton During Dunno. Never could figure if Hacker was Labour or “Conservative.”
Jeffrey Morrissey Sir Antony Jay got a knighthood because he wrote speeches for Thacther basically ,not to mention the sitcom. He was a Tory but you have to say when they started writing it must have been said between them to make it neutral, but on saying that it’s got Tory’s written all over it
Thrown to the wolves. 😂😂😂
Jim Hacker hacked to bits in editing. Ugh.
I wonder if George R R Martin watched this show and based Baelish/Varys on Sir Humphrey. The whole show is like a comedic version of GoT’s small carbinet meetings.
You see, you APS. This is how you negotiate a pay rise
Smooth
Ug, the transitions were jarring. Bad editing.
"Y P" "Your Problem"
Who edited this?
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How classical！
Hahahaha
That has cut the episode to incoherence!
Poorly edited together. Misses out Bernard's 'two faces' gag which is a highlight. Nice idea but does not do justice to a classic episode.
3:02 What the hell was Bernard going to chip im with....
"Or has two faces" Bernard
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Hi,AVery unhappy eveningBe aise theres no warm rice.
Humphrey sold Frank like an ugly cousin
This is to close to the bone , not to be true . . . .
welshpete12 they had very good sources
Yup editing can be a real bitch! :-))
Sir Humphrey mispronounced “de jure”? I thought he studied Latin!
de jure is french.
Quantum it’s Latin (although he’d have mispronounced it if it was French)
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 oh wait you're right but most people pronounce it wrong anyway. The way "de jure" is pronounced in Latin is "de yoo-re" since there's no distinction between i and j in Latin. The j sound at the beginning of "de jure" is not at all from Latin.
Quantum exactly. It is just a facetious comment due to Sir Humphrey’s elitism
“De Jure” pronounced “de yure” is Latin for “at law”. De jour is French for “of the day” ie soup de jour is soup of the day.
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Well put.
To be honest, I would have sworn it was D, but you live and learn.
Some terrible editing here..... 😏
Awful editing.
What a bad edit
Very poor editing, not watchable at all...
They're going to reboot the show with a bunch of black, Islamic lesbians.
Diane Abbot?
Steven Guy pretty sure mr lynne and mr jay would have something to say about that please god
Would they be the one-legged Irish, black Islamic lesbians or am I thinking of something completely different?
why are people like you so weird lmao you worry about political correctness more than people who are actually politically correct lol get a fucking life