"Britain's Best Sitcom" - Yes minister (4/4)
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2010
- Note. It's not a claim; it was simply the name of the program: www.imdb.com/title/tt0395381/
At any rate, Yes (Prime) Minister didn't win; it"only" came in 5th... 
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Sir Humphrey wouldn't have been nearly as funny without Jim Hacker as his co-actor.
Bob Hawke asked Paul Eddington to open the Australian Federal parliament knowing exactly who he was, an actor portraying a character that poked fun at real life politicians and political situations!! And at least all the major media outlets knew this too and 'went along for the ride' in observing and then reporting on the meeting of these two men. (This is unlike how that segment in this documentary makes it appear, even though there were naturally also some people who weren't aware of Paul Eddington and who didn't 'get' the joke).
Hawke was highly socially aware and very 'worldly', had a wonderful and extremely down to earth sense of humour (that included very healthy self deprecating humour) and in his later life professed his love for shows including Fawlty Towers and Yes Minister. It was this highly relatable social yet also highly practical and humanist approach to issues and discourse, as well as his natural charisma and genuineness, that saw him be one of the most widely respected and best union leaders then Prime Ministers that Australia has ever had (and likely 'will' ever have).
Hawke won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend University College, Oxford, where he began a Bachelor of Arts course in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).[24] He soon found he was covering much the same ground as he had in his education at the University of Western Australia, and transferred to a Bachelor of Letters course. He wrote his thesis on wage-fixing in Australia and successfully presented it in January 1956.[25]
I recall that Bob Hawke didn't need to become PM to be the most powerful man in Australia, and even NZ. as President of the ACTU.
I was first a shunter at Port Melbourne docks,. and then a locomotive engineman driving trains out of South Dynon yard (Melbourne) for Vic Rail in the 70's. Our pay and conditions were downright extraordinary. WE loved Bob, and so did the NZ wharfies who got him to declare during one of their regular strikes that if the NZ wharfies demands were not met he would shut down shipping in the pacific basin. The wharfies got their deal!
He was an interesting bloke, intelligent, complicated. and a bit of shit from time to time, but jeez he changed Oz for the better as PM, IMHO.
Yes I'm afraid they played to the stereotype Brits like to have about Aussies that they are idiots. That way they can look down on them.
It's perfectly obvious even from the clip they showed that Hawke was having a joke.
The cleverest comedy ever written. RIP all concerned. Still relevant and funny. No swearing. No nudity. Should have won more awards.
yeah still watch it, still astounded at the quality...the more I know about politics/
Nothing wrong with swearing or nudity. It wasn't the lack of those that made the program great.
How many comedies have nudity? Can't think of many...
Why is there always some bluenose who thinks that there is something wrong with swearing and nudity making such irrelevant comments?
I love how the British self-servingly announce how self-deprecating they are. Very proud to be humble.
Hiding the fact you're self-deprecating isn't a very self-deprecating thing to do now is it!
@@jakechinn6561 You've a point there!
Being self-deprecating allows us to brag in a very discreet manner. We don’t like to be brash and brazenly attention seeking.
I remember watching both Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister here in America on our PBS television station. PBS was supposed to mean "Public Broadcasting System", but it really meant "Primarily British Shows". I thoroughly enjoyed it, and still enjoy watching clips and reruns decades later. As for Paul Eddington never winning an award, it always bothered me that there are no awards awarded for "best ensemble cast", when it is the ensemble cast that is the most important part of most successful sitcoms.
oh the telethons...
Not just the best sitcom there's ever been on the telly...the best THING, bar none. I still watch this all the time...every day. And still I marvel at the perspicacity of the writing, the relevance. Brilliant.
Sophisticat hmmm.... you don’t watch much Brit Com.. do you? But have to agree, this was brilliant.. but one of the best... and its all thanks to the Monty Python team for changing the face of British comedy..🤔🧐🙂
A timeless classic! Still relevant and hilarious today with phenomenal acting and a script that can't be beaten.
I was working in Papua New Guinea advising the Secretary of the Department of Mining & Petroleum, we had to explain our recommendations on various mining issues to the Minister. One one leave break I was in the ABC bookshop and found a collection of shows on cassette and brought back as a present for the Secretary. The following Monday he said very good, has helped him a lot with managing the Minister.
do tell more!
I love both Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.
As a Canadian, one of the many things I love about the show is it parallels the Canadian, as
well as the Australian and New Zealand, system of government which is based on the
British Parliamentary system.
Canada has a House of Commons, the British have a House Commons.
Canada has an appointed Senate, the British have an appointed House of Lords.
You can take every scenario on that show and superimpose it on a Canadian government
scenario.
There's no difference.
It's brilliant.
Sometimes The Truth Can
Be Funnier Than Anything
You Can Make Up
Yes Minister / PM should be mandatory viewing therapy for manic depessives. I'm currently self medicating on it as we speak.
The fact that Paul Eddington didn't win the awards indicate how useless the British Academy judges and reviewers really were and still are. They should hang their heads in shame.
Acting is not just about ranting long dialogues. No offence to Nigel, I love him but Paul was more than just rants.
Eddington was brilliant. Period.
I think Bob Hawke's grin is clear evidence that he knew who Paul was..
You wouldn't invite an actual minister to a filmed event, you need someone off the tellie..
Don't let the facts get in the way of a cheap joke.
Definitely one of the most popular shows to be on Aussie TV, but I doubt our current PM re-watches it continually like I do!! :D
@@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV This was so dishonest of the documentary I had to stop it for a second and rewind to ensure I'd heard correctly. It's a lie for the purpose of a quick and rather cheap gag. I disliked Hawke's policies but he clearly knew who Eddington was. Hawke was a Rhodes Scholar, hardly the kind of person who believes TV sitcom characters are real.
Well I am sure that the public would award Paul the award, and that’s better than any BAFTA . Wonderful actor! And gentleman.
still watching it after all these years.:)
with great pleasure ı might add.
Murat gençkal I am watching it again as well!!!
This with Hancock and On the
Hour
timeless
And still bloody relevant!
I love paul eddington he was a terrific actor but nigel hawthorn was one of the most under rated actors of our time. Elegant polished craft, oozing talent in comedy or drama, tasefully stylish not sponsered by a designers. And kept his private life private. Im fully inclusive btw but most stars today are more known for their dating and divorcing that the ability to remember impossible lines and honing of craft. However these men are in my mind 3 of our comedy greats so sadly missed
Couldn't agree more with Armando Iannnucci who has systematically shown why Yes Minister is the best sitcom ever (British or otherwise). Thank you Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. You guys are immortal. I wish I could meet you guys. It's been an honour to watch Yes Minister.
You forgot to thank Derek Fowlds, who is still with us, and was 82 last month.
Where are your thanks for Derek Fowlds?
Faisal Arab so true! Even in 2020
Sadly Derek Fowlds has sadly passed
One of a kind. Still brilliant in 2020
That sausage clip is brilliant.
Yes Minister was a roaring success because Brits have the unique character of being able to laugh at themselves.
This has endeared all people from its former colonies and beyond and is still real today. If anything is to equip a post Brexit Britain to go it alone it is this!
6:10 Bob Hawke was prime minister, not premier, he was a Rhodes scholar, not an idiot, and he was an absolute larrikin. He knew exactly what was going on.
Ah there's a reason for the 'premier' reference: the English will on occasion refer to their prime minister as the premier.
In Australia this makes no sense as we have six state premiers!! But in my experience the English have limited knowledge of Australian state politics.
I still watch these series over and over and listen to episodes on Audible books as the dialogue lends itself brilliantly to just being listened to.
That's because, for all the superb technical skills of YM interpreters, political settings (people sitting around and talking) just naturally result in what is effectively a radio play in pictures. Compare it with West Wing, which fought hard to avoid that fate by injecting constant movement and a lot of physical gags: they ended up with what is clearly a more visual and vigorously cinematic product, which simply wouldn't work as an audiobook.
@@supertoyg Quite a few TV comedies were first tried out on radio
I did not know that it was available on audible. That is interesting to me and I thank you for that sir.
I can say for certain, Australia loved this show and I think he was the Aussie's preferred PM for the UK, not the actual PM. I'm sure they knew exactly who he was.
This brilliant show and the three superb actors made the Thatcher years tolerable...
Well, at least he's still alive.
Nup.
7:48 I just love how they appreciated each other, this part always gives me tears as they're long gone. Rest in peace gentlemen.
RIP Paul eddington
Nigel and Derek.
To suggest that we Australians, from Bob Hawke on down, didn't get that this was a comedy, is childish garbage.
I was shocked when I heard this nonsense too. The program had credibility up to that point, unless that claim was some sort of obscure comedy in itself.
Indeed, Hawke was a Rhodes scholar. The suggestion he was an idiot is plainly a nonsense.
The series was well scripted, understated and restrained. Pity the same qualities did not extend to this review program.
I love all of these sitcoms it actually makes me kind of proud to be British.
Magnificent program but a gross exaggeration about Australia, we of course loved the show but we did of course know he wasn’t the PM. The scene with Bob Hawke was deliberately whimsical, he never opened parliament, he was just invited to speak at a function where he and Hawke had a bit of banter.
To say it was a gross exaggeration is to put it very mildly. I'm no Labor supporter, but I find the breathtaking audacity of this claim baffling. Bob Hawke, a Rhodes scholar was anything but an idiot, and only an idiot would claim otherwise.
That was such a brilliant show that even a show about the show is just as brilliant👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
with the death of Derek Faulds today they will be together again.
...running Heaven.
@@capcompass9298 lets hope they run heaven better than the current civil service runs the country
The quintessential quite English gentlemen who steady the ship when it could have run aground very quickly... the Brits always give a gentle nod to brilliant people but never elevate them until it’s too late..🤔🧐😕
I missed that announcement, very sadly missed and he was a prince among men. R.I.P Derek.
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Frightfully good show. Since nothing changes, it will always be so.
We saw episodes in our english lessons...here in Germany. Always a lot of laughter!
Interesting that the major political questions have not changed since the 1950s as Jonathan Lynn says at 1115 -
UK in or out of EU
USA -UK special relationship
UK-USA relationship risk to EU
unemployment
nanny-state
and israel-Palestine issue
Came across this completely by chance. More than wonderful. Thanks vvvvv much.
Reminds of the occasions when shady people used to call up George Cole with some iffy proposals and he had to remind them that he wasn't really Arthur Daly.
It will be relevant forever
What dare you say?
It's (they are) just the top group of actors and writers of British political irony, ever to grace British screens.
13:00 That's right. I remember Corbyn getting crucified in the press for saying he would never use nuclear weapons. His reasoning was almost exactly the same as Jim Hacker's in the first episode of Yes, Prime Minister!
@Aussie Pom I doubt someone who has been an outspoken CND member for 50 years would be so trigger happy about nuclear Armageddon 🤷🏼♂️
Yes, but he wasn't supposed to just say it.
@@sirravixfourhorn7681 the constitutional crisis if Corbyn had been elected PM would have been huge. I would imagine the Queen saying no to him forming a government!
It just matters that the other side believe you might.
First rule in politics: never believe anything until it's officially denied.
Hawke knew. We all did. My god
Hawke had a sense of humour and loved a good laugh. Doesn't make him stupid. God, we should all be so dumb.
Macchiavelli would laugh his ass out with this show. Better than a Master in geopolitics, to understand how our world works. And why I'm writing this comment in english.
Deserves a lot more views: and so appropriate now, at the time of our finest, and funniest hour!
yeah... i don't think Hawke actually thought Paul was the prime minister.
The most clever, and funny comedy series ever made - by a mile. But it would be woked out of existence in today's mad world.
Brawo za odwagę i prawdę przedstawioną w "Yes minister " . Mój szacunek dla scenarzysty i aktorów .
Relevant, even now, 20 more years on.
I'd say it will still be relevant in 200 years time.
This show is still relevant today, and yes, "nothing ever changes!"
I think it's rather reassuring to know that the Civil Service works so hard to keep things from ever changing.
demonella preserving the status quo is important. The defender of the status quo in the US is The Deep State or “The Swamp”.
Given the show is as politically accurate today as 30-40 years ago, and as I type the author says they looked at events from the 1960s, so make that 60+ yrs, the civil service have succeeded!!
Imagine Jed Bartlett and Jim Hacker in the same crossover situation
4:12 hacker perhaps remembering he was a graduate of the LSE...
Never tell them what your going to do, tell them what they want to hear. That's the basis of politics.
Still watching in 2020
Best show ever Paul and Nigel and Derek thank you gentlemen Paul was right it will be shown forever
Thanks for uploading.
Superb! Thank-you!
Sadly this kind of satire is gone, over and out and it will never come back ... unfortunately!.
The presenter of this show is comedy writer Armando Ianucci who went on to write The Thick Of It, a comedy what did for Blair/Cameron era politics what Yes Minister did for Thatcher era politics.
Pure Genius even in 2020.
Bob Hawke was definatley not an idiot. That sort of remark makes me sick. He would have been acting too.
Bob Hawke was Australian prime minister, not premier. He was bloody good.
So good today!!!!
As Bernard would say "What for?"
I'm a Yank who's loved BBC comedies *and* documentaries since the late 60's. However,I've always seen "Yes,Minister" as a documentary.
".. to show that nothing changes." Absolutely true! That is why it is as funny 30 years later than when it was first aired - as relevant: just think of Brexit and Nightingale hospitals to during Covid outbreaks.
what is funny about preparing for the worst? Nobody knew but scientists were predicting a rabid virus consuming half of UK. It didn't but we were as prepared as we could be if it happened. Just think of your outrage if it was required and not built???
One I'd love to watch.
The 8;30 mark resonated very well with me. As an American, everything Armando said is accurate. Our American government is just as imperfect, buffoonish, and comical, and yet rather than accepting those things, we frown upon them, which is unfortunate.
Luckly there was VEEP which of course was written by him.
It is because you thrown upon these things you have the desire to change.
G Colman I had just learned Ianucci wrote VEEP but didn’t know his connection to Yes Minister.
All governments operate by cock-up mitigation.
All governments operate by cock-up mitigation.
There is no way to compare the contributions of Paul, Nigel and Derek to the success of YM. They were an integrated team, each an actor of formidable talent, and they developed an interactive style where each character supported the mission of the whole program: to reveal discomforting realities about government, and to do so in a crashingly funny way. Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn write the scripts, but only those three could have produced the tiny movement of the head and handfs, the twitches of the eyebrows, the astonishing timing that turned the droll into the hilarious. You might as well ask who was the most important member of the Goon Show: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan oe Harry Secombe? The answer is that it simply could not have happened without the chemistry among all of the cast. YM is another example of the same thing,
Voting against Yes Minister is voting against reason and God.
I think Australia and Bob Hawke were well aware that PM Hacker was fictional. Indeed Bob Hawke was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, not the LSE...
6:11
Former Prime Minister of Australia Robert James Lee Hawke, commonly known as Bob Hawke, passed away on the 16 of May, 2019, aged 89.
He was leader like no other in Australian history. A lot of people want him back.
Gough outshone Hawke in every way. But today we have dictatorship. So it was all for nought.
Best Comedy ever.
its always been the best
I love the fact he created Veep, no guess’s where he got the inspiration.
The gentleman introducing, Armando Iannucci, wrote The Thick of It, These two, and Only Fools and Horses were the last three comedies that were actually funny. RIP comedy.
The Yeses together with "Are You Being Served," "To The Manor Born," "The Good Life aka Neighbors," and "Allo, Allo" are the best of the British Sitcoms.
Who voted these down? Probably the Civil Servants who think too much was given away.
Porridge, Open All Hours, Fools & Horses, Steptoe & Son.
don't forget rising damp, porridge, fall and rise of reginald perrin, love they neighbour, 2.4 children, there are literally 100's of totally brilliant series. Pity they can only throw up weak imitations now
Paul said ' I don't think so' and Nigel said more or less the same thing...
I bet he did :D
Who in America has a reverence for government now?
It must have been toe curling embarrassing for Paul and Nigel to act alongside Margaret Thatcher. Paul was a Liberal-SDP voter and Nigel's politics was more to the centre left, so it must have been very tough on them, but they soldiered through like true gentlemen they were.
Your personal politics should not factor in to putting on a bit of entertainment. The real problem was how poorly written the scetch was.
@@paulgaither They also felt they were being used for a PR stunt.
@@YesMinisterMuseum - Clearly they were. That would have been a better arguement than simple politics.
@@paulgaither Well, it was written by Bernard Ingham, no wonder it was utter rubbish.
I don't understand exactly why most of actor and people of art are leftists... Right is right for a reason.
@faisalarab316 why leave out Derek Fowlds?
Yes Minister is good for everything
Please do not ever delete these clips. I beg you.
What happened to part 2?
Oui, minister! :)
Au contraire, "Oui Ministre" surely.
Au contraire, "Oui Ministre" surely.
Au contraire, "Oui Ministre" surely.
The best ever❤️ but that's just me🙄👍❤️❤️❤️
Greatest show ever. Witty.
Some years ago was able to get a compendium of the show but lost it when I moved. Are the shows still available, on sale?
Bob Hawk was Prime Minister and he was an extremely smart, funny, Australian larrikin. Would have all been done in great humour.
Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia from 1983-1991 could hardly be described as an idiot. He was a character, just a bloke who liked a beer and liked a joke. He was popular with the Australian for his down to earth humour that was popular with the man in the street. He held a Guinness World Record for skulling beer (when he was at Oxford) and said publicly that any boss who fired a worker who took a sickie after celebrating Australia II winning the America Cup was a bum. He was also a shrewd politician land Hawke knew damn well who was the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom.
Could not agree more, it was simply yet another example of Poms putting down their "colonial subservients". The sooner Australia becomes a republic the better.
@@brucie-of-bangor528
I remember it was a rumour spread by the British tabloid press that Hawkie was fooled (and that they called him a premier, duh). This narrator was sucked in by his own gullibility to his own local media.
Armando Iannucci does a brilliant parody of a Party Political Broadcast at the very end of this program. "Restore the Empire," indeed. I'd hate to hear what the Indians, Egyptians and Burmese would say to that -- especially since they might not say it is English!
Absolute Gold. Would help to have in education.
The dark and humorous origins of Neigel Farage
A bit of John Barron in there as well !
Love it
Yes - he came to Australia as a joke - did ANYONE think he was real? NO. He met Bob Hawke as a publicity stunt.
Still truth world wide. I wish I can watch something similar nowadays...
If they let us to watch...
Loved this show but @ 6:15 no, Bob Hawke was not an idiot.
So many years after this show was aired the political conversation is still the same.
Well, with some pandemic and climate change peppered in.
Still relevant today in 2020 and Boris is the prime minister, by the way 😉😎😂
if he gets us out he will be regarded as great. You would have preferred corbyn?
"The question is always the same, should Britain be in Europe and should Britain have a special relationship with the US, and in this case at the expense of Europe?" Still asking the same questions in 2020 my dear.
If you want an insight into Australia's view on politicians, strongly recommend Jenny Talia, 'Bunch of Parasites'.
Where are the comedy writers today who could make us laugh at the ‘dog,
What is Henry Mancini's music from an American movie doing here?
It is music from the movie "Charade" which is very appropriate when you think about it!