Getting Drunk at The Official Meeting | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

[@josemaria8177]

Johnnie Walker is my favourite british diplomat. He truly represents the best of Scotland to millions of people worldwide

[@rotayoogundana7573]

Johnnie who walks around? Lol

[@tweezerfetish]

Followed closely by Glen Morangie.

[@jordanhicks5131]

Far from the best but ok....

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

Only if you can’t find proper whiskey...

[@josemaria8177]

@-Umut Deniz- the greatest asset the USSR ever had

[@that_bloke_kiri]

Bernard saying, "special dispensation, they have made you an honorary man for the evening" is such an underrated pure bit of script writing and delivery, this show...

[@markfox1545]

It was massively popular and successful - what part of that suggests it was underrated, cretin? Ever said something original?

[@Levelworm]

They won't make anything like this perhaps forever...

[@robertpaton9716]

It cut off a bit early but it gets to the point where Humphrey says "I think the minister has had quite enough communications for one night!"

[@that_bloke_kiri]

hahaha..... i loved this skit, they did a brilliant job.

[@alistairgeorge5082]

I'm pretty sure it was actually "I think the minister has had as many urgent messages as he can take." but yeah, still pretty funny.

[@artful1967]

No matter when you end a clip from this show there is always another brilliant bit of writing you cut off just before.

[@Fat_fat_WW]

@@alistairgeorge5082 2:54 and 3:52 his hand is literally telling hacker "bro, you had enough!"

[@davidkomakech9769]

"They have made you an honorary man for the evening" 😂😂😂

[@marcghiggeri4965]

It bears repeating...Paul Eddington (as well as the rest) we about as brilliant as you can get here...the subtle facial expressions alone are magnificent....the "Scotch office" Err "Scottish office"

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

He did play an amazing drunk

[@arcadia1081]

We used to use code words when I lived in Saudi. I brewed a beer called "Bad News". I used to phone friends "I am afraid I have Bad News, you'd better come round".

[@jkolorath]

i am the only woman here? Yes, its a special dispensation. They have made u an honorary man for the evening! LOL

[@aghiltsa]

Bhai Ivide thanne aanalle?😅 Series motham kando?

[@jkolorath]

@@aghiltsa series pande finish cheythu. Ippo idaykk ivide varum.. Varanam comment idanam ponam 😅😎

[@granthurlburt4062]

they absolutely do this! I was on an archaeology dig in Egypt's western desert and our female archaeology professors were honorary men.

[@pjninja9546]

This is my favourite episode of the entire show. This very clip was the reason why I started watching the show.

[@jonyu3597]

For diplomatic circles the amount of drinking is accurate.

[@michaelamato3533]

Great British comedy and play on words. A gem.

[@frataydnc3720]

Mr Smirnoff is my favorite russian diplomat. If i build something worthy of him one day i will certainly give his name to it.

[@VandalAudi]

Mr. Smirnoff is actually an American born British agent.

[@dorkmax7073]

The only inaccuracy for this would be that the Arab diplomats would be mad they weren't in on the booze. Alcohol is the worst kept secret of the Arab world

[@olivercuenca4109]

Well they DID discover it. It's only fair they want their cut. Their half-cut.

[@RJSRdg]

Watch the reaction of the Arab when Jim tells Bernard there's a message for him. It's pretty clear the Arab knows what's going on.

[@DoubleGauss]

Very true

[@miadjojowasitomalik]

@@RJSRdg that guy, the smiling Arab with the orange juice in the background? He's cute heehee, I think I've got a crush on him 😍😻

[@ashharijaywardena]

@@miadjojowasitomalik That smile! I wanted him to speak so badly.

[@gplusgplus2286]

Haig, Dimple, Johnnie Walker, Teachers, Bell's scotch whiskies and Smirnoff vodka mentioned in the clip. By order of appearance.

[@miadjojowasitomalik]

Very disappointed by the lack of Ms. Baileys from the Irish office 🇮🇪😢😿🥃

[@sharans8580]

@@miadjojowasitomalik They left out Vat 69.

[@johnmcaree7298]

The plan falls apart when they receive a message from Napoleon.

[@eddievhfan1984]

@@miadjojowasitomalik Ms. Baileys is usually wonderful to have around at times like this, but I wonder if Mr. Jameson would've been a better fit for the occasion. Less likely to curdle, you understand.

[@thomas.parnell7365]

@@miadjojowasitomalik maybe lacked the needed kick and orange juice doesn't blend well with baileys .unless they had coffee on offer

[@Raju-vx6ew]

I first watched this series while in England in the eighties. After that hundreds of times on CDs. I call them stress busters😂😂

[@AnthonyMute]

Always a great comic relief from this show. ☺️

[@iontwos]

Nice to see a kenyan here

[@stevenwebb3634]

Sir Humphrey of Arabia.

[@vydave]

"Sir Humphrey of Arabia - Treatises of a Humble Civil Servant. Watch now on BBC iPla-" what, nobody's watching? Uh eh-hem, "As I was saying, watch now on Netflix".

[@janeday9148]

This is really the best of many British writers actors directors etc work ,wonderful

[@deepforezt]

Soviet embassy is on the line . Mr Smirnoff. Lol

[@pbrito1868]

Excelente humor britânico, do melhor!

[@Delightfully_Witchy]

I'm astonished you understood it.

[@NicNacSN]

Bernard clearly is uncomfortable with corruption. Otherwise he wouldn't have tied himself in knots while discussing the gift with the minister's wife.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Bernard, in a sense, (partly) represents the common man’s view, amid the vested interests that are the bureaucracy (Humpy et al.) and the politicians (Hacker et al.)

[@martinputt6421]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Exactly. He's the one stuck in the middle having to balance loyalty to both Sir Humphrey and to Hacker while at the same time doing his job to a good standard.

[@ButchCassidyAndSundanceKid]

Haig's Dimples !!! Haha ! I bet it must be one of the best Scottish Whiskies !

[@dso2805]

On the same (top) level as Monty Python! Brilliant British humor @ its best.

[@loboclaud]

I was so pleased to find this clip on KZbin as I remember this episode quite clearly when the series aired in Portugal. British comedy at its best!

[@yutehube4468]

One of my favourite bits in this is when he says we need to go to this conference thing and the first thing he asks is "Wil there be drinks" 😂If there isn't "try to get me out of it".

[@telemachus53]

Wasn't there a Jack on the phone for me? A Jack Daniels? He and Mr. Beam were some of my closest mates.

[@allenjenkins7947]

This was set in a BRITISH embassy. None of that sickly sweet American stuff here, thank you.

[@miadjojowasitomalik]

@@allenjenkins7947 can Ms. Baileys from the Irish office come, please? 🇮🇪😿😢🥃

[@nmatavka]

@@allenjenkins7947 Speaking as an Englishman, the bloody Jocks make inferior swill compared to good rye whisky like Alberta Premium. Though I make an exception for Talisker and Lagavulin. Port Ellen as well (best mixer for ginger ale)!

[@theiletstrainer8069]

Wonderful show

[@lordroscoe6986]

Excuse me Minister, the Norwegian embassy is on the LINE.

[@R4rd]

Wild to think that the makers of Yes Minister based this scene on a true story from actual civil servants. This actually happened.

[@Raymond_Cooper]

3:19 is truly legendary

[@plugh1]

This is from the episode the moral dimension s03e04 of yes minister

[@guitarlover302]

Just brilliant 🤩

[@applejuice5272]

Must go and greet the Teachers! Before the Bell's goes!

[@applejuice5272]

Watching this today (23.05.22) as photos emerge of Boris Johnson drinking at parties that he said didn't happen and that the Met Police hadn't fined him for

[@presntnow]

Classic comedy! hahahahaha

[@martinwetles]

People with a tremendous sense of humour will have no problems navigating this years World Cup

[@hopeyang4265]

Could anyone please explain for non-native English speakers about the last one, the "delegation of teachers"? Which brand of liquor does this refer to?

[@tlillis4]

“Teachers Highland Cream” is a blended whiskey made in Scotland. I’m told it’s quite good although I’m more a bourbon man myself. 🥃

[@chriswatson7965]

And Bell's scotch whisky

[@いちごくん-l6d]

we don't call that liquor mind you! it's insulting !

[@hopeyang4265]

@@いちごくん-l6d sorry for my inappropriate wordings

[@fan.80s_90s]

The communication room has forgotten to get a message from a US diplomat by the name Jack Daniel.

[@fireflyrobert]

Rumour has it that this was based on a true story.

[@nmatavka]

Pakistan, 1977, Callaghan.

[@acqua61]

Buona giornata e grazie per tutto. 😎😎😎😎🤗🤗🤗😁😁

[@-amosc.presley-7192]

_Why is that show named "Yes Minister" is so, Very funny?_ *(Nonetheless, me Mr. Amos)*

[@stupidbro2301]

Everyone: Yes, minister is great show, but they sometimes go too far in parodying politicians like for instance in that drinking scene from the Arabian country. Reality: It is actually a true story, but it was prime minister Jim Callaghan in Pakistan in 1978 and yes, they really make a "communication centre" only to have a place to store booze and yes there was really a phrase "prime minister you have a call from Mr Walker". There were multiple high ranked civil servants advising on screen for the show.

[@johnking5174]

Two advisers - Lady Falkender and Bernard Donoghue were the secret advisers who worked in the Wilson and Callaghan Labour governments.

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

As a professional politician, and let me make myself perfectly clear, we cannot go on paying ourselves more than we earn. The nation does not owe us a living.

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

As I was saying, as a professional politician I can confirm that this is no parody.

[@dubey_ji]

From the scotch office

[@richardd9938]

3:52 What does "before the belscose" mean?

[@markswan3209]

“Before the Bells (a brand of whisky) goes (runs out)”

[@UnleashthePhury]

Sir Humphrey appears to be announcing his campaign to run for prime minister of Canada

[@kamranzamanifarahani3306]

They just don't make them like that anymore.

[@Trek001]

When Hacker gets his first "message" look at the guy in the background frowning - perhaps a long term civil servant who doesn't approve of such things

[@ericp7129]

Name of the Episode???

[@atikshagarwal5147]

Yes minister s03 ep04 the moral dimension

[@wedgeantillies66]

One of Hacker's worse ideas, that backfires on him spectacularly and leaves him open to blackmail from sir Humphrey later on in the episode over Bernard's misstep regarding the vase valuation.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

No Laphroaig? lol

[@BluesnCruise]

All football fans in Qatar should have a diplomatic bag.

[@Petonimies]

And, once again, based on a true story.

[@ereini0n]

World Cup 2022 fans in Qatar be like...

[@MonaMarMag]

That serial only shows how they show us to our faces what they do and we people laugh , thinking that is joke when in fact that is the truth . The thing is that really laugs who laugs the last . In the end always you get what you give .

[@pelimies1818]

There is a wild turkey loose in the pantry..

[@timetraveltvniles7650]

I am watching this and the number of views are 666!

[@WisconsininTexas]

Only Gen. Haig dates this program

[@siterioffiji]

03:09 A shout out to my home country, the Fiji Islands 🇫🇯🇫🇯🇫🇯 But as usual, Jim 'Clueless' Hacker is painfully misinformed: Grass skirts indeed🤦🏾‍♀️

[@TrollMeister_]

Yes M/PM was the apotheosis of British comedy. I don’t think even British comedy lived up to the standard created by this show.

[@aryaaswale7316]

1:00 what is thraduil king of the elves doing here?

[@narmale]

Lee pace? Really???

[@aryaaswale7316]

@@narmale he looks like him

[@narmale]

@@aryaaswale7316 sure does

[@amritbhupal8514]

Who’s here after Bojo’s BYOB party has come to light

[@badgerbalti]

Surprised this one isn't doing the rounds more at the moment

[@katherinehickey6915]

Very topical today 🤣🤣🤣

[@warnpassion]

BYOB party 👈🏾 this would had made a great episode. LMAO 😃

[@121Swaleskid]

Qatar right now

[@michaelallen1432]

In the US politicians have the option to purchase such gifts.

[@elizabethp.kanizin9009]

Prince Mohamad is alright. But Humphrey is cute!!

[@floydlooney6837]

"OMG Humphy... what are you wearing? That's offensive cultural appropriation! You'll be in the gulag for that!"

[@ROZENGIL]

clearly one has to check one's privileges xD

[@franciskaremera279]

Johnnie walker I mean

[@ProperLogicalDebate]

Very sensitive people. I don't need to comment.

[@Evemeister12]

Bernard fancies Mrs Hacker.

[@slobodanreka1088]

2021: Humphrey is culturally appropriating.... wah wah WAH.

[@blueponypics4112]

@Velvet Thunder 👏👏👏 Bloody well said 💯🐎🐎🐎🇭🇲🇺🇸

[@miadjojowasitomalik]

Booooo👎🏼👎🏼 no Ms. Baileys. 🥃🇮🇪😢😿😿

[@GalateaPolifemo]

The laughing is too loud.

[@janesmith9024]

We are not allowed to say today that they look ridiculous in robes

[@DoubleGauss]

You would get cancelled and Twitter shamed before you could blink your eye.

[@SamvedIyer]

@@DoubleGauss My thoughts precisely.

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

Why would you. He was extending courtesy to his distinguished hosts.

[@swhite7929]

Quick question, do you think togas looked ridiculous?

[@darthkun1149]

I don’t understand why people can’t just survive a couple of hours without booze.

[@dblissmn]

which I think is part of the point of the joke -- the drinking culture in the UK at that time was crazy and the writers were sort of satirizing it.

[@darthkun1149]

@@dblissmn Apparently it was based on a real event involving Pakistan

[@malcolmthompson597]

Alcohol is an addictive drug, plain and simple. But through powerful marketing we are told it is normal and even sophisticated!

[@warnpassion]

Because the writers of this show were fond of enjoying whisky.

[@ranulivy7791]

Pag sila nman

[@anthonysutherland4108]

Mrs Hacker was "Awfully pretty."

[@ranulivy7791]

May nagmamalinis pag siya naman gusto laging overtake unahan sa pila

[@ranulivy7791]

Pag sila nman? Ay nako

[@Keichwoud357]

This probably wouldn't fly today.

[@LaMortDeLaMusique]

Too close to reality

[@fan.80s_90s]

At diplomatic mission across the globe, it does happen a lot as a diplomatic mission is considered absolute sovereignty.

[@jorenvanderark3567]

The amount of people in the comment section who do not know what cultural appropriation is, yet do make fun of it, is rather astounding. Good to know that the next generation of government officials will be as moronic as the last one.

[@NirateGoel]

I reckon there's a test, if you're too intelligent you're not allowed become a politician. Instead you get sent to the civil service to run the country.

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

Here we go, thank god the leftists are here to tell us why we are wrong

[@jorenvanderark3567]

@@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock No thank god someone who reads about a subject before opening his mouth is here. But then I suppose that literacy much like preparing for bush fires is an inherently left wing skill isn't it prime minister?

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

@@jorenvanderark3567 tell me where you live so I can have my secret police deal with you

[@ranulivy7791]

Kaya dapat ilawam mana yyaya nga mauna umakyat sa bus kase ugali nun habulin kala mo mas mauna pa sa gasolina

[@PulkitAgrawal1999]

Can somebody explain to me all the references to all kinds of liquor brands in the comments? I am underage for drinking and still not much aware about types of liquor brands.

[@yvonnetomenga5726]

@Ishan Khan • Haig, Dimple, Johnnie Walker, Teachers, Bell's scotch whiskies and Smirnoff vodka mentioned in the clip. By order of appearance.

[@MinazukiShiun]

And you'll find all of them on the supermarket shelf :)

[@arrows8367]

@@yvonnetomenga5726 thanks man

[@ranulivy7791]

Makikgollu

[@florinivan6907]

'They've made you an honorary man for the evening.' This show was very progressive to include gender fluid types back then.

[@ranulivy7791]

E kht ba nman ng pagod mga tao bkt ibgay mo na lang sa iba ang upuan mo

[@ranulivy7791]

Bkt ka nakatayo e pagod ka hoy ang daming matanda sila na lang paupuin mo bkt kaya yung mga taong nagmamalinis

[@ranulivy7791]

Pano ka uupo e daming matanda yun ang bigyan mo ng upuan

[@ranulivy7791]

?wala lang maganda sa loob ng bus no dapat ladies first bkt puru lalake ang naka upo

[@camerondickson8947]

The symptomatic scraper hypothetically hover because gorilla conformably rot to a squalid bit. clever, pleasant zinc