Any other institution would change management.

@@dadikkedude so true. But the problem was everyone had become accustomed to the idea that one could never get fired from a government job.

Was it the Department of Administrative Affairs, by any chance?

A department is not evaluated on results, it's evaluated on activity. {:o:O:}

Dr. Thomas Sowell was a communist before working in the U.S. State Department. Running into the same situations as you did, and coming up with solutions that nobody was interested in, he started looking for evidence that his own beliefs led to anything good. Discovering quite the opposite, he became a capitalist, convinced of the incompetency of governments and the idiocy of intellectuals.

It's not relevant to today...it was relevant then and for the history of any and every government that ever was? Never studied history????

@Vincent I don’t know a national integrated database of the public’s information feels surprisingly relevant especially considering the controversies surrounding the UK care data scheme and their wider relevance for biomedical research from as recent as 2015.

Forty

@@MrGranfield Hah! Live and learn. Thanks!

@@jairkerker2821 I know you would do the same for me lol.

In my country too

@@vim1000 Would that be Sri Lanka?

I dimly remember reading that John Cleese was sounded out to play Humphrey. Back then, in my teens, I was a fan of Terry Thomas and thought that he too would have made a great Humphrey. And Norman Wisdom as Hacker? Delicious!

Comedy? As a former civil servant, I can assure you that this is a documentary.

@@Phriday13th😂😂😂

@@Phriday13thThat has always as I saw it.

I'm currently re-reading my aunt's hardback copy of Yes Minister. Must be the seventh or eighth time. I'm also lucky enough to have watched both shows in three countries. When enacted, the humour hits so much quicker and is so much ticklier, what with the actors' expressions and all.

Yes. Frighteningly so.

TY!

Yes, baby!

Thank god for DVD's!

LOL. I have been watching Reginald Perrin lately.

been watching for pass 40 years odd years!

We’ve come a long way since the 80s.

Certainly in the Covid outbreak! Hancock announcing things that hadn't even launched repeatedly

Try playing at .75 speed instead of normal

They speak in the English manner. A lot faster than some other groups

That is now commonplace in the UK, we are the victims of the usual liberal left thinking by making everyone seemingly as clever as the next...

Very Interesting Thank You

Stretching the format and playing at a higher speed is a common sleazy trick to avoid copyright strikes.

Is that why Humphrey and Bernard seem to be talking so much faster and higher pitch voices. It just seems weird.

Nah, this is English sped up to avoid copyright strikes, fixed if reduce the speed to 0.75x

quite right. English people speak fast. Especially in comedy.

Then the BBC would force KZfaq to delete it

So it doesn't get detected by the KZfaq copywrong algorithms and taken down?

@@samsowden You mean there are *still* conspiracy theories floating around regarding _"Fair Usage Policy"_ under International Copyright Laws Sam? That's incredible! KZfaq stopped using *ALL* algorithms to detect illegal breaches of copyright, way back in May 2016, when the UK and US governments agreed to a joint fair use policy. Then I think Australia, Canada and Japan signed up to it next, followed eventually by the rest of the world with very few exceptions, most notably China, North Korea and some of the smaller African countries. All anyone has to do to comply these days, is acknowledge who owns the original copyright in the info beneath the video if known. In other words, avoid claiming it to be there own property. So you, I, or anyone else could upload full HD episodes of _"Yes Minister"_ to KZfaq *as long as* we acknowledge in the written blurb underneath, that the copyright of the material is still owned by the BBC. Sorry to be so long-winded, but I hope that's clarified things for you? Take care.

The dialogue is still heard

@@mavisemberson8737 Why do you think society moved on from radio to television Mavis? What century were you born in for god's sake!

@@DrAnne-mc8er I was a WW II child and graduated from Edinburgh in 1965. We were taught courtesy to strangers throughout my education.. We are all strangers on the internet. so please be polite please explain the radio to tv comparison . We must make the best of what we can get free. Otherwise read the books.

Totally agree ....... unwatchable!

@@annettekleynhans7956 Then don't watch.

This is to avoid a copyright strike...

It's the only way to get around copyright so we can watch it for free. If you want to watch it properly then you have to pay for it.

No complaints here,better than nothing.

That is because you are a foreign twat...

British English, innit😁?

.......yet, FREE.

The PM'S HOUSE is number 10,it's the prime minister's address, number 10 downing street ,the PM isn't number 10 himself (or herself)

That's what he meant - who lives at nos. 1 to 9?

@@michelez715 well that's not what he said

I have posted information below. It is from Wikipedia, so take with a grain of salt. They are usually broadly correct, although there may be incorrect details. This always has been very interesting to me, (The British Prime Minister's abode.), as our President's Official Residence is The Élysée Palace on the Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement and the French Premier, (Our PM.), lives at The Hôtel de Matignon in Paris, located in the 7th arrondissement, just south of the Champs-Élysées, and both residences sound a bit Posh. The British PM sounds like he lives just up the street and commoners can just drop round for a spot of tea and a biscuit! Probably not, but I'll just imagine Boris sharing a pint with a constituent. -1-8 Downing Street were the houses between Number 9 and Whitehall that were taken over by the government and demolished in 1824 to allow the construction of the Privy Council Office, Board of Trade and Treasury offices. -9 Downing Street, named in 2001, is the Downing Street entrance to the Privy Council Office and houses the Department for Exiting the European Union. (Booo! That's me, the girl making this comment, not Wikipedia, sorry. We'll miss you Brits and Scots, Welsh and N. Irish.) It was formerly part of Number 10. -10 Downing Street is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The two roles have been filled by the same person since the 1720s with almost no exceptions. It has fulfilled this role since 1735. Originally three houses, Number 10 was offered to Sir Robert Walpole by King George II in 1732 and now contains approximately 100 rooms. A private residence occupies the third floor and there is a kitchen in the basement. The other floors contain offices and conference, reception, sitting and dining rooms where the Prime Minister works, and where government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries are met and entertained. At the rear is an interior courtyard and a terrace overlooking a garden of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2). Other residents of 10 Downing Street are the Spouse of the Prime Minister and family, Downing Street Director of Communications and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. -11 Downing Street has been the official residence of the Second Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1828. The residence was built alongside the official residence of the Prime Minister at Number 10 in 1682. -12 Downing Street, formerly the Chief Whip's Office, houses the Prime Minister's Press Office, Strategic Communications Unit and Information and Research Unit. In the 1820s it was occupied by the Judge Advocate-General, although it remained in private ownership. It entered government hands when purchased by the East India Company in 1863, and was occupied by the marine and railway departments of the Board of Trade. It was badly damaged by fire in 1879, and underwent further changes. -13 Downing Street was originally part of 12 Downing Street before the housing area was partially re-built and re-numbered in 1876. -14 Downing Street formerly closed off the western end of the street. It was leased as a town house from 1723 to 1797. It was acquired by the Crown in 1798, and was used by the War Office and Colonial Office in the 19th century. Some parts were demolished in the 1860s, and by 1876 it had been removed completely. -15-20 Downing Street, long since demolished, were at one time houses leading up to Horse Guards Road. -15-16 formerly housed the Foreign Office, which also occupied two houses on the south side of the street. -18 was occupied by the West India Department of the Colonial Office -20 was occupied by the Tithe Commission.

@@andersonsmith979 Thanks

You can play this at 0.75 speed, it's in the menu you can access by clicking the 3 dots in the upper right corner of your screen.

Exactly

You're right, it shouldn't be...on the other hand where it isn't cropped and sped up you have to pay for the privilege, so just mark this under beggars can't be choosers

​@@89Keith I do pay for the privilege, I subscribe to KZfaq Premium and it really annoys me to see that.

@@preschau yeah that doesn't really make a difference as KZfaq aren't the holders of the copyright, that would likely be the BBC

@@preschau KZfaq Premium is garbage. I recommend you save your money.

@Jim Alley Hi Jimmy, you obviously do. Goodbye.

They are trying to beat the KZfaq contentID system. Honestly if you don't want to pay for it (is it on BritBox?) there are better places to locate it.

@@mygaffer Yes, I have the choice to watch a video, or not. If it is well done, I will, if it is a butchered mess then I won't, and not my fault if the channel loses viewers, and income from YT. I have seen the series elsewhere, once when these episodes came on on TV, and years later on other web sites.........for free as well...:) But if you like watching rubbish videos, then that is your choice, and hope you enjoy them...:)

@Andrew Thanks, I will look it up as long as I don't have to hand over my credit card details to watch anything....:)

I agree it is awful, really awful sound and video. Rubbish👎🙀

Ah, you do know that this show is over 40 years old right? It's a tape no such thing as digital back then. Or are you just whining for the sake of it? This was pre recorded you idiot.

Donna Evans hey I am not an idiot!! I just made a comment and you are so very rude! ( I am being very, very polite in my reply- which I actually do not intend to be taken as a true response ). Don’t be so silly!

call it as you see it. fucking bullshite posting for profit. what a dick

What profit ?

there are no ads on my side, I think he doesn't get squat

@@hellbender31 The poster of this episode went to a lot of trouble to keep it on this platform.

This is why you play it at 0.75 🤯

Try speed 0.85

It was fine. The programme was made around 40 years ago, what do you expect?

orlando098 the video is cropped and has a vignette with the aim to circumvent the copyright bots of KZfaq with the aim to avoid the video to be taken down.

Reduce to 3/4 speed

@@orlando098 Bravo..... could I add to your obvs -- and FREE

@Ruth Collins 🤣😂😅 you are very _very_ stupid aren't you? This has been magnified and fucked about with unnecessarily. It's not a matter of when it was made. I saw these when they first came out. If you have a copy all you have to do is upload it! Not fuck with it. P.s. I think you should go and live in scunthorpe