Women in the Civil Service - Yes Minister - BBC comedy
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2007
- The minister's looking into the issue of women in the civil service in this clip from the classic BBC political comedy.
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Of course, all of the permanent secretaries of all the divisions of British government agree that there should be more women in the Civil Service...on principle.
They will need at least one board to review the implications of such a decision and in the fullness of time, perhaps provide a referral to another ministerial department.
Unquestionably.
Most of the world isn't as civilised in this regard, unfortunately
Indeed. But there needs to be an inter-departmental inquiry on the matter. To iron-out any precipitous issues that may appear in the process.
Quite quite!
"Most of the work here needs about two 'O' levels anyway."
SPLENDID volley! 😂😂😂
too funny, most of the world wouldn't know an ''o'' level from any other, the British education system is Hogwarts as far as we can tell.
@@blackbird5634 We don’t have those anymore.
Probably Maths and English or the national language in a particular nation
Lol. And of course a degree from Oxford or Cambridge.
@@namelessnobody7611 Could you explain 'O' levels to me, and her context?
Everyone, don't forget to pick up your copy of "I want to be Free" by Milton Shulman
Why are they all called Milton?
I'm sure there was a Kaine in there somewhere.....
Milton Friedman!
Nope.
@@threesquared6720Maynard Keynes
Eleanor Bron is one of the most beautiful, intelligent and skilful actors of all time,
Hear hear well said.
Oh, Eleanor Bron, I knew I recognised her just couldn't put a name to the face.
And also the inspiration for the Beatles song; Eleanor Rigby.
Eleanor Bron is class!
It never gets old partly because politicians never change.
Eleanor Bron, the woman who was the inspiration for the Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby.
Most of the work in _most_ offices - private as well as public - only needs about two O-levels: it's the occasional, but crucial, decisions that require considerably more education and intelligence.
What's an O-level?
SCP-001 it’s what GCSE’s used to be called
@@andrewwright8929 What's GCSE?
SCP-001 the exams britsh students take at 16. Similar to SATs in the US.
Qualification inflation, when I left school many of the jobs that now need a degree or at least 'A' levels, would have only required 2-3 'O' levels.
Good God....Eleanor was stunning!!
For those of you who are saying that she is sexist, well spotted. That was the point of the joke.
This series was filmed and broadcasted to the best of my knowledge in the 1980s, this was a time when the feminist movement had just secured employment rights for women by law 6 to 7 years earlier. The Parliament of that time, whilst lead by a woman, margeret thatcher, was still a male dominated club. This show even made fun of male sexist attitudes towards women on how they shouldn't or couldn't be trusted with anything more than menial tasks. It was just highlighting and pointing fun at some of the sexist attitudes of the time, including the ones the woman made.
I just hate how she is "ALLWAYS RIGHT, ON THE RIGHT TRACK" everytime we see her... She is one of the original Mary Sue's I think... Everytime I see her I get so fking annoyed... I never even understood what she was doing there, so close to the PMs office and was suddenly introduced like: Too many men, we need a female lead.
@@fosphor8920 Lead?! She's in a single episode! And even there she barely features - it's this excerpt and the final dialogue where she announces she's leaving. Seriously, she's a character introduced to make a point, nothing more, and certainly nowhere close to a "lead".
@@icebraining In the mind of some people if you let a woman into the room she's already taken over the world.
I think Fosphor has mistaken this woman, a cameo in Yes Minister, with Dorothy who was a recurring character in Yes Prime Minister. Dorothy was a political advisor who Jim kind of inherited in his new post and she was rarely wrong, deliberately showing the potential of women in politics, yes, but also to make her a realistic foil to Humphrey.
@@ObsessedKangaroo Dorothy still had her flaws. She preferred party over democracy in the reforming local government episode.
Anything with Eleanor Bron in it, I watch immediately.
Eleanor appeared in the Beatles film "help" and Michael Caines film " Alfie" and as patsy's mother in flashback in the comedy "absolutely fabulous".
Fancied her for 45 years.
45??
@@fullmetalalchemist9126 Yes, she was in a 1967 film 'Bedazzled'
Remember when women were feminin
@@jamesnewstead7099????? There is nothing wrong for women choose their own style
@@悠悠雪野 fuck off
I used to watch this on PBS all the time.
I spent forty years in UK public service and I can absolutely assure viewers that Yes Prime/Minister is a thoroughly accurate depiction. Endless pointless meetings, money wasted at every turn on silly initiatives, staggeringly complex decision making systems that actually work against decisions being made (obviously) and huge rewards for those that climb to the top by ensuring that little really changes. Some ex-colleagues and I had a get together recently and between us we genuinely believed we had achieved far less 'real' benefit for the public than the local road sweeper. Too many career managers, way too few staff that actually do anything except create work - Sir Humphrey would be well pleased :-)
That makes me enjoy this sceen so much more!
what a gorgeous, smart and cultured woman......umm!!
She’s the female Humphrey, it’s perfect! 👌
Dear Lady......
These clips are sooooo true to life. Are the entire episodes available to view somewhere on the internet.
On Amazon prime
i just bought the DVD's of both YM and YPM from Amazon. I used to watch this show on TV as a kid.
This actress played Patsys mother in AbFab in later years.
I remember seeing this as a teenager. I love Eleanor's delivery and her sassy put-down. And very sexy.
HAHAH Only two O Levels! I so want that job!
With Eleanor Bron who I met in Barnes and Noble in Boston.
You were lucky to meet her, how was she ?
I can never see her without thinking, HELP!
I can’t help when looking at her and seeing Patsy’s mum in AbFab
Green tea. *nods*
❤️ Elinor Bron ❤️
She's probably a Paula not appalled. Bring on Maggie T...
A version of Helen MacNamara from 1982. Some 4 decades ago
ha ha i've got 2 o levels :)
In a meritocracy what matters is ability not gender
If only Sir Humphrey was here
I thought the BBC never advertised, so why did I have to sit through a silly car advert
👍😆
Shouldn't the drawers of his desk be facing him and not the other person???
Who else thought Eleanor Bron one of the most attractive women on TV? Her "Sultry" presence went far beyond the screen.......
Isn't she magnificent!
I think they're about to reboot it
40 years later and some men are still getting triggered.
THE SAME AD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
At the time, only about 5% of senior partners in law firms were women, so bringing in any significant number would have been nearly impossible. Even now, it's challenging, since government pays significantly more poorly than private business.
In London, yes. Hence their branching out to “provincial” cities… even the north (imagine that)
@almadora
She makes you want to renounce men? You don't mean your manhood, surely. Or, am I being daft?
They actually did that and it was a really bad idea.
She was quite blunt though. Not very tactful.
Yippee - it all happened. Now the country is in flames.
Why would a successful female want to work in government?
god, eleanor bron, eleanor bron... how i can i tell thee how much you turn us all on? sigh, she's just exquisite. even the sound of her voice is like a strange, light, indescribable dessert. as a girl, she makes me want to renounce men for the forseable future and just spend every waking and sleeping hour in a welsh loft, making love, and ordering chinese food and tea.
what she meant she spoke so fast
Note the casual sexism from the woman "The civil service is badly run because it's run by men."
It's what's called a "joke." That's why she said it, because this is a comedy skit: undoubtedly written by a man. Do we have to explain _everything_ to you? (Also, there's a lot of truth in that remark.)
After 45 years Adult work experience in virtually everything i.e. Civil Service,3 Inner London Councils in 7 different Departments from Education, Social Services,Finance etc , 16 years in a Nationalised Industry ( HEAVEN ! ) Private Companies all over Central and The City Of London and now owning 2 medium-sized Businesses I can tell you that a predominantly FEMALE work-force is disastrous.Most Women dislike other women on their "patch" and love being a " Queen Bee" and the SOLO attention that gives them.
Also most Women's meetings are about deciding when to have a Meeting about whether there should be a Meeting on something or other....great deal of talk,not so much action.
They are, mostly, VERY selective in what kind of Equality they want. You won't see many of them down the mines,in a sewer,up a 200 foot building cleaning windows either because they are too dirty or dangerous.
Now a "nice" Air-Conditioned Office with equal pay? YES,PLEASE !!!!
Isleofskye apparently your lack of success with women does produce sort of quient mizoginy. Get a life.
DieFlabbergast You have obviously never seen an all female workforce if you think there’s even a little truth in that remark.
This comment must be ironic, surely no-one can be that ignorant of context.
Of course, when women were brought into the labor force, salaries dropped so dramatically that we now have a situation were both men and women have to work fulltime in order to maintain a household and have children.
And then have to pay others to take care of the children . . .
But since education and daycares are also mostly run by women, feminists don't argue that point too much...
Yeah well that is where this chick is soooo wrong as I got 4 "o" levels when I joined The Civil Service in London in 1971...
'bout "only need 2 ".............lucky we had a Biscuit Trolley for a 15 minute break, twice a day to ease the pressure as 1 and a half hours lunch was not enough :(........still recovering 47 years later....:(
This show is taking the piss out if politicians and civil servants, so don't take it personally /literally
"I find it comic. It is run by men after all". So misandry is ok. Fail.
She looks a bit like Judith Light.