Yes Minister 3.5 - PM's Constituency
2015 ж. 23 Қаң.
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I do not own the content in this video, it is from Yes Minister series owned by BBC. The series is called "Bed of Nails."
I do not own the content in this video, it is from Yes Minister series owned by BBC. The series is called "Bed of Nails."
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "You can trust me Minister." Plausble deniability in action.
At this point Humphrey knows exactly what Hacker would do.
Before becoming an MP and Minister of the Crown Hacker was a journalist.
O'.... look a park.....That line deserves a nobel prize in comedy writing if there ever was one set up.
"Oh, look...a park!" like seeing a birthday cake before cutting it.
I prefer the bit when Sir Humphrey talks about the the press getting hold of a copy due to the large quantity of them and Hacker going “oh dear!”. Still hilarious though 😄
Or David Horton looking through the Bible for a passage to justify him not spending money to get a local bus service for Dibley.
I read the rest of that sentence in Hackers voice too 😆
I know this comment is old, but it made me laugh like a honking goose.
@@ciaranhagen thank you, sir!
Sir Humphrey and Jim working together for once... an unstoppable team. Bernard looking on in awe... and learning how it is done. Derek Fowldes passed away the other day. The last survivor of this dream team. Sadly missed... all of them.
Unfortunately yes. But perhaps the greatest genius of them on, Sir Arnold Robinson, continues to live on in our world in the form of John Nettleton at the age of 92.
@@SamvedIyer Diana Hoddinott who played Annie Hacker is alive and may be Neil Fitzwiliam who played weasel sorry Weisel
@@gbalaji2023 Fitzwilliam may well still be alive, but he suffered brain damage in a car accident over 30 years ago.
Peter cellier i think is alive too (sir frank)
@@SamvedIyer But this was one occasion when Humphrey and Hacker united to beat even Sir Arnold.
I love how Jim knows exactly where to hit the PM; right in the constituency.
That's how the EU does it as well. If there is a trade war, the EU does not impose tariffs on big important products. Instead, they have a look at the companies that have an influence on the policy makers, and target their products instead. No big impact, but it piles a lot of pressure on those politicians.
Hacker's fussy, distracted manner often led one to underestimate his shark-like political instincts.
@@danieldickson8591 As Sir Humphrey himself puts it, Hacker does have "the killer instinct".
😂😂😂
Humphrey is sooooo proud. It's like seeing your toddler riding his tricycle. :)
Heck, he's even surprised by how ruthless Hacker is being to make damn sure this proposal is shot down.
I reversed my tricycle into our pond - my mum was greeted by the sight of a sopping wet toddler on the back doorstep!
@@applejuice5272 Yes ... Hacker does that often enough as well.
I don't know what's scarier : when those two argue, or when they work together...
About the same i think
@@Andrew81au1 LOL you're right !
Definitely when they work together. It's not as bad when things don't change. That's normal. When things change, that's when people are affected...
well, when they argue nothing is achieved. when they work together they are virtually unstoppable. you do the math.
This is government in a nutshell.
"Oh look a park" I died lol
Let's ruin it.
*apalled groan*
I've replayed that part at least 40 times now, but I'm still laughing.
In India we had a political satire movie in 1982 They actually plan a skyscraper by removing a Christian cemetery
@@anuradhajoshi7389 Was it mostly Britons buried there?
One of my literature professors at uni told us how surprised she was about students missing the obvious sarcasm and irony in one book we were reading, and I can't help but think that watching Yes, Minister has given me an unfair advantage.
What book could it be?
@@irix5093 It was Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
@@musmus-culus Missing Conrad's sarcasm is a pretty widespread problem. Maybe we ought to teach "Secret Agent" instead for a few years, I feel like that's got Gen Z relevance
@@musmus-culus To be fair, it's a rather difficult book for a modern audience, although I would expect college students to be old enough to get through it. But IIRC I read it in high school and could barely understand what was going on.
And Hacker wondered why the PM called him Two-Faced in his memoirs. :D
Abe Lincoln , no less, was once accused of being 2faced. He replied if that were true do you think I would have chosen this one-something for Biden to use against trump!
That's exactly how I play SimCity
YES YES YES
Unbelievable. I remember playing the Simcity 2000 edition when I was watching this.
Wouldn't it be great if SimCity had an actual political system?
@@Dayvit78 You mean every time you try to do something, you get a message why it cant be done, while the AI plays the game by itself all the time?
@@dalemrgh1819 I don't understand? I meant, having elections with different voting patterns in your city. Basically, like Tropico, but for a 1st world country.
Some of the funniest bits are when Hacker and Humphrey are on the same side for a change.
I love this scene so much. It starts off with the usual rather caustic interchange between the two of them, right up until 0:44, when Sir Humphrey cottons on to what Jim is planning and realises that it could be a beautiful triumph of Machiavellian scheming. Watching the two men riffing as they find more and more outlandish ways to make the new transport policy unappealing is an unalloyed joy, especially where they feign concerns about what they are planning. It's sad that we don't get this kind of comedy writing any more.
Pressing the nuclear button and education are favourites of mine though to be fair there was never a single bad episode of Yes (Prime) Minister.
Genius doesn't occur too often.
Or alternatively, despite the wonderful overview and summary from leopold, one could actually watch it for oneself.
@@davidelliott5843 My all time favorite is Who Reads the Papers.
Humphrey in fact at some points seems taken aback at how ruthless Hacker is willing to be to make this utterly unacceptable
I honestly wish our government was this intellectual, informed and organised.
Thirty years on, Britain still awaits a national transport policy. I wonder why?
Because you don't have transport supremo? 😁
It works in the Netherlands. Attain arrives in a station and bless me thee is a bus waiting
They haven't asked the Dutch how to do it
@@sailormanoyster1849 It is a British democracy, after all. 😉
Sir Humphreys
"Buses to cease at 6:30" They are describing Shropshire beautifully.
same for Lincolnshire stupid as hell, most working ppl need a car to get home after work and yet they want more ppl to take public transport.
Kru Ploppy Dorset? Hm, never heard of it - is it anywhere near Wessex? Also, buses isn’t a thing that ever actually existed; it was only a concept drawing of Leonardo da Vinci's, sorta like his helicopter drawing except in this case it never materialised. Although now that I think about it, there was mention of a soup-powered multi-person vehicle called ‘avtoboos’ (after the Russian “автобус”, I imagine) in a low-rent steampunk novel I once read. Can’t recall the title, unfortunately.
Everything ends at 6.30pm in Shropshire!
Well just anywhere outside the M25 really
I used to live in shropshire in 2008/2009 and I can attest that the bus timetables for the villages were terrible even back then
All aspiring actors should watch YM & YPM over and over. Every scene is a masterclass on how to act. This is the gold standard.
The writing in this series is brilliant.
PointyTailofSatan surreal.
Indeed!
Yes, genius level.
Possibley one of the best things the bbc has done in a long time
Derek Fowlds, started off as Basil Brush's sidekick and ended up as one of Britains best loved actors. R.I.P.
Blackbrooke boom boom
More often than not, Jim and Humphrey are at loggerheads trying to out-manoeuvre each other in their own self interest. But when they find themselves on the same side, watching their combined machiavellianism is a delight. Until one realises that this actually happens in politics, and then one curses the swines for holding us back for all these years...
Yeah. Fuck politicians.
This could’ve been written yesterday.
It could all have been written any time.
or tomorrow
@@francesbecker1755 2235 KZhead algorithm recommended it to the public video list in the constituency where it was happining. After a good laugh there were riots. After riots we drank tea.
Or yesterday
Nah, way too civilized. These days it's more like "The New Statesman."
You wonder if the British government and civil service use this series as an instruction book of how to do it.....
This series is based entirely as a form of satire commentary on exactly how the government and the civil service operate
Margaret Thatcher called this series a documentary.
@@db417 she would
As the other commentators have noted, very much the other way around.
Apparently it has led to a huge increase in the power of political "advisers" (like Dominic Cummings), because thanks to "Yes Minister", politicians don't trust the Civil Service any more and have shredded the power of "mandarins" like Sir Humphrey.
"Do you mean we plural or do supremos now use the royal pronoun?" lol
In 2023 all these white men would be replaced with 240 pound black they/them scumbags
This has never dated for me. Absolutely brilliantly written and performed.
That’s the true brilliance of the writers’ insight into West Minster Politics, it’s as true now as it was when it was written and will continue to be for decades to come
YM and YPM are timeless, as is human nature and the intoxicant of power
this series is a great example of writers who actually understand the particular subject they are writing about. If only more movie and TV sci-fi was equally written by experts in science.
Of course they're also good at making jokes. You can be an expert at something and lack the ability to joke(in fact most experts lack an effective sense of humor).
If science guys write science fiction it would be boring trust me on this one
@@dubey_ji You haven't read a lot of Arthur C Clarke.
They had people on the inside who told them stories. In fact, most of their stories either really happened or were extrapolations of things that happened. For some they even wondered if the public would believe it could happen even though it did (like the booze in the communications room).
@@PointyTailofSatan I have come to my senses I was wrong .
Hacker was a boob in some ways, but his instincts for manipulating the media and crafting public appearances were very sharp. And when combined with Humphrey's deep understanding of the mechanisms of government, when they worked together they were nearly unbeatable.
This is gold! I love it when they unite over something. Acting is beyond belief. World class performance right here!
Humphrey is about to cry he's so proud.
My favourite line "Oh look a Park " 😂😂
Bernard is amazing without saying a word.
An absolutely genius and brilliantly acted scene. Yes Minister (and its successor, Yes Prime Minister) were absolutely brilliant and still very relevant!
I love how Sir Humphrey is always deceiving and scheming. He caught on to the Hacker's plan immediately.
He probably already had a scheme in mind, hence why he was already having dinner with the editor of the paper.
Heck this is one of the few times he seems genuinely taken aback by Hacker’s political instincts given his moments of surprise if not shock at what Jim suggests
This is why hacker became prime minister.
He... HACKED teh elekshon! (Please ecuse me)
@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 You're excused
@@walesdoesntsuck6635 I agree. That pun wasn't the best of puns, but it was not too shabby either.
It’s underrated but the bit where Hacker goes “oh dear” after Humphrey points out loads of copies will have to be made, increasing the likelihood of a leak. Just completely insincere concern 😄
One of the best scenes in one of the best episodes of one of the best TV series anyone ever put together.
Tru dat!!!!
Sad thing is, managers talk like this in retail, especially when discussing how to sack people. I worked as a supervisor in a warehouse and they spoke in such a way as to not directly tell me someone had to be suspended but instead implied it. Lots of double speak and words that can be interpreted in both ways. Its very scummy
It's incredibly funny to see Humphrey and Hacker actually work together.
Sir Humphrey is my spirit animal
Hans Gruber Love how Hans Gruber says this
Mr. Beetleman And in the late great Alan Rickman’s voice too, whom I miss as much as I miss these three brilliant actors! *sobs brokenly*
I have used his rhetoric, so many times. It just befuddles people.....not to mention me. I adore the whole series.
The best episodes are always the ones where Hacker and Humphrey team up against somebody else.
It’s always a joy to watch great actors at work. Perfect craftsmanship
Greatest Documentary ever.
"Oh look, a park" -- in the United States -- at least until the 1970s -- parks were seen as the idea location for freeways, including interchanges. That's one reason many freeways run along rivers and creeks, even if there are many curves along the route. You can probably find examples in your own city.
Yeah, there's a good reason for that. The government owned the parks. They did not own the houses and businesses and would have to etiher eminent domain or negotiate to gain the use of that land. It's just common sense to build new things on land you own rather than land you have to go to a lot of trouble and possible legal hassle to obtain.
I just noticed the minister looks like Senator Palpatine.
The only thing more satisfying than Hacker and Humphrey working together is Hacker getting one up on Humphrey.
I love it when they work together. Two oiled Weasles in a bag.
Love it, sir humpherys actually proud of hackers plan, a tear in tye at the end, as if to say, ive taught you well :)
Sir Humphrey and Jim are scary when they work together.
This describes the planning of my childhood town in a nutshell
The PM won't know what hit him...if these two are working together 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Both a bus and a train coming out of the same workshop
Hacker and Sir Humphrey scheming like this remind me of The Senate and Plagueis. 😅😅
Have you heard the tragedy of Darth plagueis the wise?
That container lorry park would come in handy now...
Another superb scene from a wonderful episode.
He pointed out the park with the same predatory glee that someone looks at a choice piece of meat
I love it when they work together.
There is probably nothing funnier in the history of the universe yes Minister rules
And also 'Yes, Prime Minister'
he would have made a good civil servant.
Voice From the Mist As Bernard said, "It's the ultimate compliment."
Actually it’s that Hacker is a politician that makes him so dangerous here in combination with Humphrey, he’s immediately aware of how badly received some things will be that Humphrey doesn’t expect (ie cancelling commuter discounts) while Humphrey is able to send a few less obvious but equally “courageous” ideas his way.
"He's a pleasure to work with."
And that’s why Heathrow still has two runways. ( while every airplane has to circle for 15 minutes over London before the can even begin a approach.) The rail network hasn’t improved since Victorian times. The roads are narrow and not fit for purpose. Nothing in this country is done in the national interest because of local politics. But let’s not change anything and point our finger at Europe’s direction instead. Brilliantly accurate this is.
The covered the EEC (EU) just as well.
Although I agree wholeheartedly, I have lived and witness what life was like, living in an environment where the politicians seats are cemented and democracy, not tyranny, is used a boogeyman. If they want to build something, they could come in and evict you in a blink of an eyes. Infrastructures cover the sky but nothing is done to improve the life of the people in the neighbourhood. There’s no quiet zoning areas where children can run around their neighbourhood, there’s only shops next to residential and everyone live in constant noise. We give up certain things for another.
valicourt - Heathrow should not be expanded due to many reasons, one of which is that it’s rather silly having people travel by land long distances to get to an airport. A proper study should be done to look at how regional existing airports could be better used. A private airfield within three miles of a large city not far from me closed (sold by the owner) and is likely to have houses built on it. A shame, as it could handle all the large passenger aircraft. Oh, and it’s literally right next door to a railway line, so it would have been easy to built a proper exchange terminal. Most of the U.K. airspace is strictly reserved for the military, so often a ‘direct’ flight is not very direct... No technology currently exists to make any significant difference to the carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft engines, so no government should be encouraging an increase in air traffic. The railways, as well as metro and underground systems have been underfunded for political reasons for many, many years. And apart from line of route and structures (bridges, tunnels, station buildings etc.) there is very little left of the so called ‘Victorian’ railway. The rails, sleepers, signalling systems, telecommunications network, electrical supply systems have all been renewed/replaced since then. However, governments can find money when they want to, to fund and build new roads, including motorways. And to add a fourth/fifth lane under the so called ‘smart’ motorway scheme (and never mind about the safety of the unfortunate motorists who break down where the hard shoulder has been replaced by an extra lane... So as is normal in politics, the politicians blame everyone but themselves as they only look after people who they think will back them, or donate to them/their party.
I'll bite. What do you do about narrow roads? Knock down huge numbers of houses and other buidlings to make room to widen them?
@@jamespotter4010 According to OECD, the UK is among the countries with the highest road traffic densities in the world. So the roads may be fine but certainly are more crowded than elsewhere - nothing to do with the daftness of drivers, really.
I liked it when Humpy and Jim battled it out. But I actually liked it better when they worked together... like here. Thank you for posting this scene. ☮
Funny my local council done a vision paper that sounds like it was written like this.
They probably watched the episode and thought "good idea!".
We love this show..this show single handedly absolves the POMS...hilarious.
One of my favorite scenes across both series. It is pure brilliance, and Bernard's reactions crack me up. 😂😂👏
After watching this, I have decided to move to wherever the prime Minister’s constituency is! Whenever Britain choses a new one I’ll move! Even a bench in park!😅
Honestly, watching Hacker and Humphrey on the same page is just as entertaining as watching them at odds.
Its easy to forget that he is not a stupid man and DOES know the game of politics in terms of getting votes :D
I never had the sense Hacker was stupid, just out of his depth in terms of dealing with the Civil Service - especially one as capable as Humphrey.
Pity that the PM is normally in a safe seat and wouldn't be impacted by lost votes on their constituency.
Beautifully charming...
i miss these guys
Amazing serie 👍😆
Don't think they need the container lorry park anymore.
Sheer brilliance.. From the Royal pronoun, to the park, to the trust me. :P
"You can trust me" In politics that is one scary thing to hear....
"First rule of trust, never trust anyone who says 'trust me'."
How Yellowhammer was written... :)
They don't make them like this anymore..
I so exciting when they work together
Looks like he's learning a few things from Sir Humphrey!
A few, though at the same time it's kinda clear that Hacker being a politician opens him up to ideas that don't occur to Humphrey because he's worried about votes whereas Humphrey doesn't have to be.
By Jove, I think 'e's got it! :)
Make sure you push the envelope all the way in the back of their mailbox, using an envelope that is the exact same color as their mailbox interior.
Bureaucrats will never work harder, nor faster, than to ensure that nothing gets done.
does anyone watch the ads that precede these clips? or are you like me and find them extremely annoying and skip them asap??
Dr. Cocteau meets Emperor Palpatine
Two lovely men. And so... real.
The pupil has at last become the master.
This is beyond...and the Iron Lady loved the book which I do recommend as well. :)))
I love how pleased Humphrey look with his idea at 2:32
Too cute!!!😊
Absolutely hilarious to watch someone describe the US's public transit policy as the kind of thing you suggest when you're trying to get fired
Hacker is making the mother of all omelettes, can't fret over every egg
Wasn't Margret Thatchers constituency in Finchley in er, ah, um, North London? Just asking?
Yep, now Finchley and Golders Green
that’s where I’m from 😀
Boris Johnson's is in northwest London. Jeremy Corbyn's is in north london too. Tha'ts why both left and right savour it and both have lots of trains tubes and bus services.
The only American TV show I can think of that combined wit, policy, and flawless performances so well was M*A*S*H.
That on another...lower...level.
@@neville132bbk if it is, it's not much lower
Machiavelic duo
Caution! Too much Yes Minister can crack ya ribs.
Hacker and Humphrey stick it to the prime minister
The bit about paying "full economic fares" does irk me. Yes, Commuter Rail is usually run at a loss. But so are the roads- for which motorists rarely pay ANY fares. Use of Commuter Rail reduces reliance on the roads, and so actually saves money in the big picture (though ideally, both Motorists and Commuters should have to pay "full economic fares"- this would actually make rail CHEAPER than driving, so greatly are Motorists subsidized...) Parking should also never be required by law: this is just a massive incentive on driving. Parking fees should be set by the market- i.e. so high that constructing parking lots is just as profitable as constructing buildings... (eliminating thos subsidy on parking would make parking rightfully MUCH more expensive- but goods and services and housing that compete for the land MUCH cheaper...) I know they're just trying to mess things up, but some of their logic for certain changes is utter bollocks...
Roads are paid for by a fuel tax aren't they?
@@rowancrouch4789 You'll find most taxes and duties go into a general taxation pool, so it's quite difficult to discover who is paying for what...this gives rise to a lack of accountability to any potential widespread (ie ordinary folks) lobby that ministers seem to find appealing...besides it allows business or other potentially valuable corporate lobbies more unobstructed access...
In most European countries, people owning cars pay special taxes, not to speak of the incredible over taxation of fuel (100+x% tax), which are rarely only used on related costs. So, no, motorists get the butt end of the deal.
@@rowancrouch4789 No, roads are paid for via general taxation, so everyone pays to maintain them whether they drive cars or not.
The funny thing is is that most of this is written from actual true events.
For once, yes, he can trust you.
so this is just kent now.
Which platform showcases this old TV series? I’ve checked Apple TV, Amazon and Netflix but cannot find this series listed under any of these platforms.
Britbox
People who wrote the script are beyond knighthood. They should be able to bestow knighthoods as they see fit.
Apparently I grew up in the PM's constituency
fantastic script writers