3 Hilarious Jim Hacker Scenes | Yes, Minister | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

[@votemonty1815]

BREAKING: Jim Hacker has surpassed Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in an unexpected victory.

[@jayturner3397]

Pmfsl 🇬🇧 uk

[@Kill3rballoon]

If only!

[@CJ11425]

Don’t tease me. It’s frightening how relevant the first clip is to the moment

[@CJ11425]

Don’t tease me. It’s frightening how relevant the first clip is to the moment

[@sarahrigby7580]

I wish!

[@jameskvo]

"There is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement" - GENIUS!!! 😂😂

[@aritragupta4182]

"Every little bureaucratic Bonaparte in Brussels" - That's a good one 😂

[@danieldickson8591]

Especially because Hacker when he finds out he's PM, puts his hand inside his jacket in the classic Bonaparte gesture.

[@1830mof]

Boris Johnson used the same material decades later.

[@alcohol-freebeer3642]

​@@1830mofthat's because Yes Minister and Yes PM were documentaries people somehow keep mistaking for comedy.

[@Kim-gv5bw]

Again with the British sausage!!I just love the way Jim Hacker occasionally takes on Winston Churchill's voice(and totally sticks it to Humphrey!)RIP Paul Eddington,loved you in "Yes Prime & Minister" and "The Good Life'.

[@iandhr1]

" Honesty always gives you the advantage of surprise in the House of Commons." Are we sure this isn't a documentary?

[@hairyscary8511]

LMFAO

[@lestrem11]

It could be….

[@stevetournay6103]

PM Thatcher saw this series similarly, as uncommonly accurate. It was a favourite of hers.

[@vastariner]

2:58: "Here I stand". 3:01: sits down.

[@MoviePolitik]

"Honesty always gives you the advantage of surprise in the House of Commons" Boris Johnson should've watched this scene beforehand

[@bozm9961]

I never get over this tv series,it's a gift that keeps giving 😂🙏

[@cfb15jan]

Absolutely, Boz, spot on.

[@brianthesnail3815]

I'm pretty sure I heard the 'sausage' speech at least twice this year and every year ever since 1979. Timeless.

[@samuelfawell9159]

God it’s depressing that a pretend PM is in every way better than anyone trying to be British PM

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

Surely it couldn't have always been like that.

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@Delightfully_Witchy lately the British pm seems to be trying to outdo the previous in terms of terribleness

[@hairyscary8511]

And Jim is a hack job of a politician😆

[@Kim-gv5bw]

🤭✌Absolutely!!

[@Kim-gv5bw]

@@Delightfully_Witchy They're all corrupt,haven't you figured that out yet??

[@crypticTV]

1:23 Europe 2:03 British sausage Martin Luther 4:40 kiss hands 6:59 honest vs politics 9:01 verbosity 9:32 lied

[@mikewilliams4499]

Paul E was comic gold in this series, after being soft and forgettable in The Good Life. Brilliant writing. Brilliant cast.

[@malbarlow4991]

i love how he slips into Churchill speak

[@hairyscary8511]

Well if you were married to Margo😏

[@duncanholding7636]

When I watched it 40 years ago I didn't realise just how good Paul Eddington was in this . Watching it in modern times I appreciate he was brilliant

[@wedgeantillies66]

Yes minister and yes prime minister, classic British comedy and comedy gold at its finest. As a satire of political life and democracy in Britain in the 80s.

[@marcghiggeri4965]

Could watch a thousand times….never gets old…..

[@mellon4251]

Long live James George Hacker, the saviour of the British Sausage

[@ramzimakarem1837]

Each year, the scripts seem for the present year, I always watch the series like it's my first time. It never ceases to amaze me. Actually, I've learned a great deal of how governments around the world function and that what we read or hear is not what is really happening. I can't thank you enough for this both entertaining and educational series.

[@prvz_k]

Paul Eddington was a class apart. What an actor.

[@votemonty1815]

A sub above.

[@Tomgood1984]

He was brilliant in the good life as well.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

"I know this is a difficult concept to get across to a politician." Hahaha.

[@FreakyTeeth]

"Not while I'm here." Brilliant because it is both a promise and an implication that he is the best person for the PM job and the people would be unwise to remove him.

[@luminair11]

Brilliant comedy, acting and writing......they really should make more shows like this....we need to be able to laugh at out politician!

[@lestrem11]

We do….

[@CX06]

"Garlic ridden greasy foods" is probably one of the best descriptions of a food ever!

[@MrEst1953]

BEST BRITISH COMEDY SERIES BY A COUNTY MILE . REMEMBERED WITH GREAT FONDEST MEMORIES.

[@lestrem11]

On a par with Fawlty Towers. So equally’ the best’.

[@jayturner3397]

Docudrama, who knew ? 😆 🤣

[@williamrauschenberg8383]

Last Segment Shows just how savvy Hacker is in his element.

[@evagelianaki9353]

Masterpiece!

[@jeanettemccormack1041]

There has never been a Sitcom more perfèçtly cast than Yes Miñister

[@defaultyorker6096]

Timely upload. Anyway, always great fun to watch.

[@warrenookland8169]

For my money one of the best lines delivered was said at 5:35 in this video and the response was perfect.

[@Noobsaibot21]

Shame the clip moved away. He switches to an admiral pose with that "noble" face just perfectly

[@colindowd9756]

Keep adding the Minister to your downloads. Look at the views they get !

[@childofthe50s53]

No matter how often I watch YM or YPM, I laugh. Best show ever on British TV. No political correctness, just intelligent humour

[@justin.booth.]

On the contrary this is probably the most politically correct show ever put on British television

[@lachyt5247]

@@justin.booth. In a sense you're both correct. It is important to distinguish between modern and traditional meanings of politically correct. Traditional PC is negatively geared - i.e., it involves omitting language and topics people may find offensive. YM is certainly very PC in this sense. Modern PC is positively geared - i.e., it involves actively including language and topics designed to pander to people. YM is not PC in this sense.

[@itskdog]

​@@lachyt5247 I think they meant "politically correct" as in correct about what happens in politics.

[@teawaruaedwards274]

Isnt Rishi and Truss the name of sausages.🤥🤥🤣🤣🤣

[@philipusher4282]

Hacker and Appleby always jabber and stutter in exactly the same way when they are caught in a lie or have committed a faux pas of some sort. Great acting technique for maximum comedy effect.

[@danieloehler2494]

when Jim becomes prime minister he does the Napoleon guesture at minute 5:41

[@stevetournay6103]

Interesting that Lynn and Jay did not imagine Brexit...

[@alanprior7650]

Jim Hacker for PM!

[@hornclicks9608]

Prophecy of brexit

[@seanburns4168]

Wait a minute we must defend the British Sovereign; so that we can purchase for hire the British Sausage.

[@seanburns4168]

We must always be ready to defend the British Sausage; we cannot is let them threaten the British Sausage

[@harishs9003]

Aged like wine

[@JJONNYREPP]

3 Hilarious Jim Hacker Scenes | Yes, Minister | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats 2109pm 4.9.22 westminster sauces suggest the sausage could be another banana skin? i bet he spent all day concocting these retorts to prove to some bint he was "in charge".

[@FM-xx8ws]

Please stop with real politic enjoy the show for what it stands for brilliant comedy with fantastic writing and actors all of them. There are other platforms for this.

[@itskdog]

The best comedy lies in reality. YM & YPM were inspired by information from moles inside parliament and the civil service. It is funny, yes, but also educational as to how politics really works. Thatcher was said to be a big fan and made sure to tape every episode so she wouldn't miss one.

[@redmachine7]

One of Rees Mogg's better speeches.

[@Boa_Omega]

There were two advisors to the show. Worked in both a Labour govt and Heath's tory govt. The point is Hacker could fit in either party right wing of labour or left wing of the tories. Mainly economics that he understands. Well as much as anyone could expect from someone burdened with an education from The London School of Economics. As far as politics its mostly just sloganeering and vague emotion. Loves his country. Loves Europe. Vain, people pleaser with a pleasant public demeanour who can memorize and read good speeches. Competent reader of complex documents. But no firm opinions about anything concrete and lacking the moral courage to stand up for anything that risks his career. Probably wins his election and if high enough in the polls after 4 years can call another and win that before wearing out his welcome. Resign the office to take some post in Brussels before retiring to run a college in his golden years. Stable but boring and forgettable.

[@Wiintb]

Reminds me of Rishi Sunak.

[@dutchymcdutch2553]

This speech sounds differently after brexit...

[@malcolmwilkinson4449]

God this was comedy back then….. it’s Tory policy in 2022😡😡😡😡

[@ryanalving3785]

It's been the policy of both parties for a lot longer than that.

[@theresebradley9335]

T. Ty. T. T

[@MrEst1953]

Everyone played their part then company new they had a WINNER

[@Kim-gv5bw]

Jacinda Adern,the New Zealand Prime Minister is one of the few world leaders I have any degree of respect for!Do the research peeps,your leaders are lying to you.

[@atfjacknz]

She is hopeless.

[@neilgerace355]

Martin Luther had a lot of other words, some of them rabidly antisemitic.

[@StarboyXL9]

He did? Based

[@martinguerra5152]

maybe he was very anti-colonialist

[@MonsieurPhilippe1]

Why did they bug Hugh Halifax's phone? Why not Guy Montréal's?