I love the fact that in the dinner conversation scene you can see the people in back talks and laugh energetically, there are dynamics, waiter taking orders and menus, actual conversation between the ladies and gentlemen instead of people behaving in a static way, mechanically repeating the same thing over and over.
When Yes Minister began, Hacker was quite a goofball. As the seasons progressed and he was made the PM, he became more and more versed in the political game. By this point the tables have turned.
It never really turned, its just that hes more capable of dealing with these tricks, the majority of the time Humphrey still got his way and it the books, he got total victory over Hacker.
Fun fact: In 1986 the project of a British made early warning plane the Hawker Siddney Nimrod AEW.3 was cancelled, numerous technical issues plagued the project, but most importantly, the project costed around £1 billion while early estimates were just £400 million, and the radar system was still keep intact, later sold to China for £66 million.
You can notice a marked change in the appearance of the wonderful Paul Eddington. His skin cancer started to "take a leap" as he said, in between Series 1 and 2 of Yes Prime Minister. However it didn't affect his performance as Hacker. Still top class delivery here.
I noticed his hair changed, (which I guess is a sign of the progress of the disease) but I always admired that, like Pete Postlethwaite, his performance never wavered even though he was very ill-a true professional
@@EastEndBen Yes, the hair was a sign, but also watch material from Series 2, and you will see up close the BBC make up team at work also on his face. One of the side effects of treatment was blotches appearing on his lips and mouth, with discolouring of his skin. Make up did help to cover that. Even though his skin cancer did slow down a tiny bit come 1990, it would not reach a terrible scale until around 1993 when it really did leap ahead and caused Paul to have terrible discoluring on his face and marks.
also you notice that he always sat down in series 2 or when standing little movement i think this and the french visit was the only time he stood up in the series
@@alexlazebat839 Jonathan Lynn, one of the writers said he and Anthony Jay the other writer agreed that Hacker just needed to stay sitting. He said it worked, as Hacker was getting pompous and felt he was like an emperor, who would like people to stand while he sat. So it kind of worked.
I know the episodes of all five series very well, but I still marvel at individual details. Every line that Paul Eddington delivers in this scene has a different, comic inflection. Absolutely masterful.
The wonderful Nigel who became a good friend went to visit him in the hospital when he was dying and said when he came out he cried and begged God to let Paul die his skin cancer was sooo bad. Poor Paul.
Hacker VS Humphrey & The National Theatre | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 1808pm 25.8.22 he makes an allegorical statement with his net bread sticks... and foregoes the gross sticks.
'spent 5 million on radar equipment for a fighter plane' I wonder if this was a reference to something real. It seems a bit too highly specific to be included here by chance.
The writers inside sources were Bernard Donoughue and Marcia Falkender, both worked for Harold Wilson during his tenure as Prime Minister 1964-1970 and 1974-1976, they passed on inside information, so we can assume it has a basis in reality.
@@soulsphere9242 Possible, and there's a few others like it. The whole TSR2 project was abandoned, and there were several plans to upgrade the EE Lightning, Buccaneer and Vulcan before they were all eventually scrapped (and sometimes replaced with better, cheaper options that already existed)
The tone change in "I'm sure you understand me" part. He turns from a goof to a darklord.
Indeed. Eddington would've been an interesting alternative to Macdarmid re' Palpatine.
Absolutely CORRECT. That is the final tool of Prime Ministers and Presidents.
I always love it when Hacker gets one over Humphrey! The civil service really underestimated him.
Didn't this plan come from Dorothy Wainwright?
@@nigelrg1 Yes, and like every Prime Minister they take the credit.
So it's time to shuffle the body off the stage.
Say...44 days?
I love the fact that in the dinner conversation scene you can see the people in back talks and laugh energetically, there are dynamics, waiter taking orders and menus, actual conversation between the ladies and gentlemen instead of people behaving in a static way, mechanically repeating the same thing over and over.
Or engrossed in the phone.
I just love at 5:07 how Hacker looks with a little bit of disdain at Sir Humphrey when he says "civil servants".
When Yes Minister began, Hacker was quite a goofball. As the seasons progressed and he was made the PM, he became more and more versed in the political game. By this point the tables have turned.
It never really turned, its just that hes more capable of dealing with these tricks, the majority of the time Humphrey still got his way and it the books, he got total victory over Hacker.
Hacker was intelligent from the start, he’d come from being in the press after all. He was just a bit naive in how the government worked.
Fun fact: In 1986 the project of a British made early warning plane the Hawker Siddney Nimrod AEW.3 was cancelled, numerous technical issues plagued the project, but most importantly, the project costed around £1 billion while early estimates were just £400 million, and the radar system was still keep intact, later sold to China for £66 million.
You can notice a marked change in the appearance of the wonderful Paul Eddington. His skin cancer started to "take a leap" as he said, in between Series 1 and 2 of Yes Prime Minister. However it didn't affect his performance as Hacker. Still top class delivery here.
I noticed his hair changed, (which I guess is a sign of the progress of the disease) but I always admired that, like Pete Postlethwaite, his performance never wavered even though he was very ill-a true professional
@@EastEndBen Yes, the hair was a sign, but also watch material from Series 2, and you will see up close the BBC make up team at work also on his face. One of the side effects of treatment was blotches appearing on his lips and mouth, with discolouring of his skin. Make up did help to cover that. Even though his skin cancer did slow down a tiny bit come 1990, it would not reach a terrible scale until around 1993 when it really did leap ahead and caused Paul to have terrible discoluring on his face and marks.
also you notice that he always sat down in series 2 or when standing little movement i think this and the french visit was the only time he stood up in the series
@@alexlazebat839 Jonathan Lynn, one of the writers said he and Anthony Jay the other writer agreed that Hacker just needed to stay sitting. He said it worked, as Hacker was getting pompous and felt he was like an emperor, who would like people to stand while he sat. So it kind of worked.
Also spends a lot more time sitting down and you rarely see him on his feet during series 2.
I love it when Hacker gets a nice sweet victory against Humphrey!😁👍
I know the episodes of all five series very well, but I still marvel at individual details. Every line that Paul Eddington delivers in this scene has a different, comic inflection. Absolutely masterful.
I just wanted to watch the video about who reads the papers, and now I've link-surfed through two dozen of these. It was such a good series.
Best thing is, everything mentioned in this show had a basis in truth. Scary but funny
The wonderful Nigel who became a good friend went to visit him in the hospital when he was dying and said when he came out he cried and begged God to let Paul die his skin cancer was sooo bad. Poor Paul.
The threatening way he says Middlesbrough
Humphrey doing what Humphrey does best ! 😂
Hacker VS Humphrey & The National Theatre | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 1808pm 25.8.22 he makes an allegorical statement with his net bread sticks... and foregoes the gross sticks.
@@JJONNYREPP yu
'spent 5 million on radar equipment for a fighter plane' I wonder if this was a reference to something real. It seems a bit too highly specific to be included here by chance.
The writers inside sources were Bernard Donoughue and Marcia Falkender, both worked for Harold Wilson during his tenure as Prime Minister 1964-1970 and 1974-1976, they passed on inside information, so we can assume it has a basis in reality.
@@soulsphere9242 Possible, and there's a few others like it. The whole TSR2 project was abandoned, and there were several plans to upgrade the EE Lightning, Buccaneer and Vulcan before they were all eventually scrapped (and sometimes replaced with better, cheaper options that already existed)
Jim doesn't get the drop on Sir Humphrey too often, but oh, how sweet it is when it DOES happen.
The look on his face when Hacker said Middlesbrough 😂 must be an awful place. As a Londoner I wouldn’t know 😝
Good God it is
I have a friend who lives there, and he said it makes Moscow look like New York City
It's always great when Humphrey gets owned.
Humphrey at his best 😂👍
Jim actually looks and talks like Emperor Palpatine here!
This has basically just happened to the English National Opera.
Brilliant writing and delivery 👏
Hacker won that one 😊
Love the Balliol tie
7:27 kidney machines 😂
Wonderful memories …..
Game, set and match to Hacker for a change
They all can fight dirty ;-)
Behind the closed door... So that we, the herd, never know about it.
Was that waiter Rowan Atkinson? Looked remarkably like him!
Too tall, i think
And on a closer look when he comes to their table, no, not him for sure.
No, Rowan never worked on Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister. By 1987 he was well famous for Blackadder for him to play a bit part in this.
@John_King True. By this point, he'd be a "special guest" if YPM actually did such things.
which they never did.
RIP virtually everyone you see here.
It is sad to think that in today's realpolitik everything is biddable or worse...
L