Pruning the civil service is a great political platform for the minister but the idea is deeply upsetting to sir humphrey appleby. Watch yes, prime minister online full episodes of season 2. Yes minister tv show season 2 episodes list next episode. It ran from 1980 to 1984 for three seasons with seven episodes each season. Language watch edit yes, minister and its sequel yes, prime minister are british television shows that were broadcast between 1980. Coronavirus new york governor cuomo provides an update.
Yes minister series 3 is a bargain as not only do you get all the funny episodes from the third series you also get the hour special party games, which is the final episode of yes minister and leads into yes prime minister. It aired from 1986 to 1988 and is the story of the continuing battles between jim hacker, who is now prime minister, and sir humphrey, who has been promoted to cabinet secretary. Yes, minister ran for three series, each constiting of 7 episodes, a series each year in 80, 81, and 82. He was played originally by sir nigel hawthorne, both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by henry goodman in a new series of yes, prime minister. Sir humphrey uses jims promise to keep a popular city farm project open to get special permission for an additional nine floors on a proposed skyscraper. All but one of the episodes lasted half an hour, and almost all ended with a variation.
Season 2 guide for yes minister tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. The pm wants sir humphrey to back him, but he refuses to participate in a coverup. Yes minister season 1 episode 1 watch online the full. Hackers plan to aid a financially troubled soccer club leads to a debate with sir humphrey over the purpose of government subsidies.
To sir humphreys great disbelief, the minister decides to recommend only those civil servants for the queens honors list who can find the 5% cut in their budgets. To correct episode titles click through the episode and submit corrections via the specific list provider. With his party now ready to form the government, jim hacker anxiously awaits a call from the prime minister offering him a cabinet post. Clips from the british satire show yes minster and yes prime minister. Set principally in the private office of a british cabinet minister in the fictional department of administrative affairs in whitehall, yes minister. Previous all episodes 22 next the quality of life poster. List of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes. When the call does come, he is named minister of administrative affairs. Yes minister series 2, episode 6 the quality of life. Split over three sevenepisode series, it was first transmitted on bbc2 from 1980 to 1984. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. A short sketch appeared as part of a christmas special anthology that was presented by frank muir just after christmas in 82 and was about 10 minutes long, and there was then a christmas special in 84 that saw hacker go from the department. In series 2, a newly built hospital has a full administration staff but no patients due to the governmentinfluenced reduction of medical staff.
Yes prime minister christmas message optional english subtitles by humphrey appleby. Aug 24, 2016 following the news of yes minister writer antony jays death at the age of 86, we look back at ten of the most memorable moments from the series 1 jim hacker takes office in the political sitcom. The first episode party games, during which jim hacker mp is elevated to prime minister, is a onehour special that aired in 1984 and is not officially part of the series. When jim decides to implement a new plan to reduce unemployment in the north, sir humphrey decides that desperate cases call for desperate measures. Yes, prime minister 20 20 blackadder goes forth 1989. Supplemental materials include a documentary on the series star nigel.
The prime minister finds himself in a bit of a pickle when he flatly denies in the house that the government has bugged mps telephones. Yes, minister, series 2, the quality of life bbc two. Reshuffle rumours yes minister bbc comedy by bbc studios. Yes minister s02e6 the quality of life video dailymotion. Jim hacker makes a rash promise to save a popular city farm from closure but he needs sir humphreys. Find out when yes minister is on tv, including series 2 episode 6. From a caste obsessed rajput senior officer who tackles the problem of his daughter dating a lower caste officer, to homosexuality, to nepotism, and cronyism the series tries to cram every evil it can come up with into 8.
This is a list of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes. For some reason, sir humphrey does not want this particular boat rocked. Yes prime minister series 2, episode 2 to distract the press from running with an unflattering story, the prime minister agrees to expel some soviet diplomats. Home series yes, prime minister dvd order season 2 episode 6 home series yes, prime minister absolute order season 1 episode 14 the patron of the arts sir humphrey works against hacker over the issues of funding the national theater when the pm asks for help containing criticism from the theaters director. Yes prime minister season 2 episode 7 the national education service by aja keviin. Watch yes minister s02e6 the quality of life voyage 1 on dailymotion.
Stars paul eddington, nigel hawthorne, derek fowlds, diana hoddinott and deborah norton. It ran for three seasons with seven episodes each season. Perhaps he can find a way to make the minister abandon the policy. Bbc two sitcom about the inner workings of government. The minister is appalled when, on the advice of his civil servants, he cant make a modest 5% to his departments budget.
S1e1 yes minister open government by thomas poundstone. Series 2, episode 6 the patron of the arts jims stuck in a tricky corner when he realises that he is due to attend an important arts sector dinner event as guest of honour, just days after a timetabled announcement of a less than generous increase in arts funding. It turns out the government was and sir humphrey was aware of it. Series two sees prime minister jim hacker still muddling through under the guidance of his machiavellian mentor, sir humphrey appleby. Yes, prime minister is the sequel to the popular british series yes minister. This is just the kind of matter, however, that the pm is particularly keen to stay ignorant of. Yes minister season 1 episode 1 watch online the full episode. This ran originally for two series, each of eight episodes, from 1986 to 1988. The sitcom was first broadcast over three seven episode seasons between 1980 and 1984.
Click here and start watching the full episode in seconds. The quality of life unbeknownst to hacker, humphrey has royally screwed him for planning permission for a bank in the area, by sabotaging the ministers visit to a city farm he ensured it was threatened so the bank could step in and save hackers reputation in. If the right people dont have power yes, prime minister bbc. However, one must never underestimate the manipulative skill of sir humphrey. Series 2, episode 6 the quality of life after visiting a city farm threatened by closure, jim rashly promises to keep it open. Yes minister, series 3 1982 viewers also bought see all. The minister is having a particularly good day and even enjoys media coverage from the bbc on a trip to a childrens city farm. Yes, minister is a british television sitcom based around the workings of the british government and the power battles taking place between elected officials and administrative staff. Dorothy wainwright yes prime minister original male characters summary. Hacker becomes privy to disturbing information concerning the sale of british arms to terrorists. Series 3, episode 6 the whisky priest after being told of italian terrorists being found with british governmentproduced arms, jim feels compelled to inform the pm and demand an inquiry. Yes, prime minister had two series of 8 halfhour episodes each that. Yes minister the quality of life tv episode 1981 imdb.
This includes a onehour special that aired in 1984. Sir nigel barnard hawthorne cbe 5 april 1929 26 december 2001 was an english actor. The first series aired 18 october to 6 december 1983, with the second originally. Each is presented in the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1. Unfortunately for hacker, hes unaware of a particularly important merchant banks plans for highrise offices on the site, and is thrown into a conflict of interests.
This box set contains every episode of the awardwinning british sitcom yes, minister. Yes minister s2 e6 the quality of life video dailymotion. Its interesting to note, that thatcher, a big fan of the series, was playing alongside two gay men, of which she probably wasnt aware who would not have been too keen on. The first show was on bbc tv as well and it was written by antony jay and jonathan lynn. The 8 episode web series however spares no effort to malign the indian army. The dates listed are when a particular episode was first transmitted on bbc2. List of yes minister and yes, prime minister episodes wikipedia. Hackers cheerful mood makes him unusually susceptible to the crafty machinations of sir humphrey nigel hawthorne. The complete collection includes all 17 episodes of series on 3 discs.
Watch yes, minister online full episodes of season 4 to. It used to be said there were two kinds of chairs to go with two kinds of minister. Mar 14, 2018 yes prime minister series 2, episode 2 to distract the press from running with an unflattering story, the prime minister agrees to expel some soviet diplomats. Mar 24, 2015 series 2 episode 1 first aired 3rd december 1987 yes minister is a satirical british sitcom written by antony jay and jonathan lynn that was first transmitted by bbc television between 1980 and 1984, split over three sevenepisode series. The english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital stereo. Yes minister special sketch christmas at the ministry 1982 by nir0bateman. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series yes, minister. Yes, minister 19801988 is a british sitcom about jim hacker paul eddington, an inexperienced cabinet minister party never specified, and his permanent secretary, sir humphrey appleby nigel hawthorne, who really runs the department. The minister has become concerned over the general quality of life and is. Derek james fowlds 2 september 1937 17 january 2020 was an english actor, known for his appearances in popular tv series including the basil brush show, yes minister and heartbeat. Yes prime minister season 2 episode 7 the national education service. Sir humphrey doesnt share hackers opinion that more women should be appointed to top civilservice jobs. Yes minister series 3, episode 6 the whisky priest.
Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessors memoirs, but it becomes a. Split over three sevenepisode series, it was first transmitted on bbc2 from. Phyllis george, the former miss america who became a female sportscasting pioneer on cbss the nfl today and served as the first lady of kentucky, has died. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon critic. Watch yes, prime minister online full episodes of season. Watch all 7 yes minister episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more.
Yes, prime minister had two series of 8 halfhour episodes each that originally aired on the bbc 19861988. Yes minister series 2, episode 6 the quality of life british. This show is a sequel to the show called yes, minister. Paul eddington is a joy as hacker, whether in mockchurchillian mode or visibly cowering whenever he is congratulated on a courageous idea. Sir humphrey appleby gcb kbe mvo is a fictional character from the british television series yes minister and yes prime minister. Hacker fights the unions, receives a death threat and endures a select committee grilling.
Only in the tangled web, the final episode of series 2, does the pm at last turn the tables on sir humphrey. Watch yes, minister online full episodes of season 4 to 1. Yes minister s2 e6 the quality of life dailymotion video. There was also a 1987 dos pc video game in which the. Yes, prime minister series 2, episode 6 the patron of. A sequel, yes, prime minister, lasted 16 episodes and ran from 1986 to 1988.
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