@@chriswatson7965 it got worse and noticeable around '86-'87. You can notice when you learn that the later years of "Yes Prime Minister" were written to have Eddington seated as much as possible. In fact, Eddington is seated in this ad.
Funny enough the guy who played D.C.Jones in Minder Michael Povey in an interview was very critical of Paul Eddington when he guested in Minder. Its on a podcast on the net... Just goes to show.....
Technically it's not the characters it's just the actors - Paul clearly says "Derek". But yes, obviously an homage to the show, I can't imagine the Beeb were very happy.
Not the first time BBC actors have appeared in an advert though - John Le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe appeared in an advert for Cadbury's Wispa, and Arthur and Ian Lavender appeared in one for Barclay's Bank which was almost a sequel to Dad's Army. However I think once the series has ended, there is very little the BBC can do about it as the actors are no longer under contract.
Interestingly, apart from one episode of Minder, Paul had no TV work between Yes Prime Minister ending in 1988, and The Camonmile Lawn in 1992 (possibly due to his health) so can't really blame him for taking this for some income. Maybe Derek just agreed to be in it to help Paul out.
Every three hundred and fifty years 3 wonderfully actors align under our stars and we get what we get but know in advance it's going to be wonderfull. We just have to be alive at the time to appreciate their magic, and I was, and still cannot smiling.😅😂😁👍👌
It is clear from the ad that Eddington was doing it representing himself and not the Yes Minister character, and that he agreed to the ad because it was his favourite coffee. I'm less certain of Fowlds ethics.
It's terribly nice that Nescafe gave both actors a chance to be ......... .
Of service!
Precisely
@@vydave Quite
@@BudDylan Gentlemen of culture, I see.
Amazing to think Paul Eddington was very ill whilst they made this ad. He had skin cancer from 1987, and he fought it bravely.
He had the cancer from at least 1956. The ad is from 1989, so he wasn't particularly ill at the time.
@@chriswatson7965 it got worse and noticeable around '86-'87. You can notice when you learn that the later years of "Yes Prime Minister" were written to have Eddington seated as much as possible. In fact, Eddington is seated in this ad.
@@chriswatson7965 you say that but in yes prime minister series 2 he does sit down for most of the episodes
@@TheAnxietyCloset yes then he did minder
Funny enough the guy who played D.C.Jones in Minder Michael Povey in an interview was very critical of Paul Eddington when he guested in Minder. Its on a podcast on the net... Just goes to show.....
Technically it's not the characters it's just the actors - Paul clearly says "Derek". But yes, obviously an homage to the show, I can't imagine the Beeb were very happy.
Not the first time BBC actors have appeared in an advert though - John Le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe appeared in an advert for Cadbury's Wispa, and Arthur and Ian Lavender appeared in one for Barclay's Bank which was almost a sequel to Dad's Army.
However I think once the series has ended, there is very little the BBC can do about it as the actors are no longer under contract.
@@RJSRdg Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne also appeared in a Wisps advert.
Whilst talking about Paul doing an advert "I'll be doing that" they are doing the advert
Interestingly, apart from one episode of Minder, Paul had no TV work between Yes Prime Minister ending in 1988, and The Camonmile Lawn in 1992 (possibly due to his health) so can't really blame him for taking this for some income. Maybe Derek just agreed to be in it to help Paul out.
Now if only the coffee was good...
haha awesome. How I miss this show.
Excellent 😂❤ thank you 😊
Every three hundred and fifty years 3 wonderfully actors align under our stars and we get what we get but know in advance it's going to be wonderfull. We just have to be alive at the time to appreciate their magic, and I was, and still cannot smiling.😅😂😁👍👌
Priceless!
Can someone make a coffee commercial based off of Sir Humphrey promoting it lol
Nestle is one of the most evil big corp out there
i love nestle! best coffee ever. hehehe, sorry 'frog man', i'll be buying nescafe coffee for live, no matter how much you dislike them! hehehehe :)
@themoodybluesrock Sold? wtf. It's a Comedic tv show.
what a stupid commercial, and I cant believe they sold out and did this
It is clear from the ad that Eddington was doing it representing himself and not the Yes Minister character, and that he agreed to the ad because it was his favourite coffee. I'm less certain of Fowlds ethics.
Derek Fowlds! I’m glad you said that because I was trying to figure out why they were calling Bernard “Derek” in the dialogue! @@chriswatson7965
His first sentence is even him referencing the offer to do the ad.
It's one of these irregular verbs.
I cash in.
You sell out.
They ...
@@zapazap They put in a normal hard day's graft for a pittance ?