text: [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yesminister.jpg]][[caption-width-right:300:'Almost all government policy is wrong, but frightfully well carried out.'[[note]] Left to right: Sir Humphrey Appleby, Jim Hacker, Bernard Woolley.[[/note]]]]''Yes, Minister'' (1980-1988) is a [[BritCom British]] SitCom about Jim Hacker (Creator/PaulEddington), an inexperienced cabinet minister ([[NoPartyGiven party never specified]]), and his permanent secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby (Creator/NigelHawthorne), who really runs the department. The original three seasons were followed by ''Yes, Prime Minister'', in which Jim Hacker became PM. There was also a 1987 DOS PC [[VideoGame/YesPrimeMinister video game]] in which the player acted as Hacker and tried to make it through a week without tanking in the polls.The episodes focus on Hacker determinedly attempting, for political and occasionally idealistic reasons, to rock the bureaucratic boat by introducing some popular (and occasionally necessary) change, with Sir Humphrey just as determined to make sure that nothing comes of it. Hovering between them is Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), Hacker's still idealistic and ingenuous Private Secretary, torn between his loyalty to Hacker (his political master) and his loyalty to Sir Humphrey (his civil service superior).The political {{satire}} dealt with both specific issues and general principles of governance. It brought up issues such as a National Integrated Database, Trade Unions, Britain's relationship with Europe, Bribery, replacing Polaris with Trident, and a recurring theme of cutting government waste and slimming the civil service.Margaret Thatcher, the real-life PM at the time the series was first shown, was a huge fan and "wrote" [[SelfInsertFic a sketch featuring herself, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey]] (in fact Sir Bernard Ingham wrote it). It can be read [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thatcher_script.jpg here]].Ranking sixth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom'', the show has quite a legacy. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_(cat) Humphrey the cat]], the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1989 to 1997, was named for Sir Humphrey Appleby.Any modern commentary on the civil service will almost certainly reference the series; a BBC look at Cabinet Secretaries through history was entitled "The Real Sir Humphrey", and interviews with the living office holders show they are intimately aware of the series' finest moments, and "[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17723935 Yes Ministerism]]" is even used to describe when civil servants are said to be controlling matters, and even in 2012 creating a "[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9739000/9739765.stm mock interview in the name of Sir Humphrey Appleby as a doyen of Whitehall]]" (voiced by Michael Simkins from the stage version).''Series/TheThickOfIt'' is a sort of SpiritualSuccessor. ----!!This show provides examples of:* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Normally reserved and aloof, Sir Humphrey is visibly amused at Hacker's description of who reads [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers the newspapers]]. -->'''Hacker:''' Don't tell me about the press, I know exactly who reads the papers: the Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; the Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; the Times is read by people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; the Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and the The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.-->'''Sir Humphrey:''' Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?-->'''Bernard:''' Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as [[PageThreeStunna she's got big tits]].** And note that [[DoubleEntendre the Prime Minister at the time]] was UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher.* AdHominem: Used in "Man Overboard", where Sir Humphrey decides to derail the Employment Secretary's military relocation proposal by attacking the Employment Secretary's character (by framing him as disloyal to the Prime Minister and plotting a leadership challenge) rather than attacking his proposal. He lampshades it by announcing that he's "decided to play the man instead of the ball". It ends up backfiring, however; Humphrey puts so much energy into discrediting the Employment Secretary that he doesn't remember to address the plan at all, which means that once the Employment Secretary's gone, there's nothing to stop Hacker safely implementing the plan. * {{Adorkable}}: Bernard and his "''Gosh.''" and "''Crikey.''" and occasionally speaking at length about etymology.* AlternateHistory: The show is set roughly contemporaneously to when it is made and frequently alludes to actual world events that take place during the 1980s (such as the Falklands conflict) but UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher doesn't appear to exist and the Prime Minister whose cabinet Hacker serves in is male. And, of course, Jim Hacker himself becomes Prime Minister in about 1986.* AnalogyBackfire: This exchange between Bernard and Sir Humphrey:-->'''Bernard:''' Well I can't accept that, Sir Humphrey, no man is an island.-->'''Sir Humphrey:''' I agree, Bernard, no man is an island, entire of itself, and therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee, Bernard.* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: In "Official Secrets", Prime Minister Hacker's predecessor is writing his memoirs, which will be very embarrassing for Hacker, when, in the next episode ("A Diplomatic Incident") he suddenly drops dead from a heart attack. When Hacker learns the news, and just before he remembers that he's supposed to act with dignified shock and grief, for a moment he has the biggest, happiest grin we've ever seen on his face. * AnimationBump: The series goes from the pilot's title sequence (which isn't animated at all), to the sequence used for the rest of ''Yes, Minister'' (which has the characters being drawn on-screen, but only very basic expression changes), to the ''Yes, Prime Minister'' title sequence (which is much more elaborately animated, including full body movements).* {{Antidisestablishmentarianism}}: Used for a quick laugh in "The Bishop's Gambit" when Sir Humphrey tells Hacker that a nominee for bishop is a disestablishmentarian.--> '''Hacker:''' ''(shocked)'' Ooh!\\''[Pause]''-->'''Hacker:''' ''(confused)'' What?* AnswersToTheNameOfGod:-->'''Bernard:''' ''(reacting in terror as Humphrey suddenly storms into the room)'' Oh God!-->'''Humphrey:''' ''(furiously)'' No Bernard, it's just your boss.** Also see FunWithAcronyms below.* AntiquatedLinguistics:** I inquire of your presence to place your distracted attention from the apparatus to which you view these aptly pages to a passage of text spoken before from another character. Sir Humphrey often used this technique to obfuscate issues, or, ironically, when he was having a hard time saying something. Similar to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness because of its usage.** Sir Humphrey's wish of "Happy Christmas" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShJa6GobFQ this Christmas sketch]].* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: In "Party Games," Hacker becomes visibly and genuinely upset when he thinks Humphrey is dying, and then, at the end of the episode, Humphrey is beaming with happiness and pride when he addresses Hacker as Prime Minister for the first time.* BadBoss: It's stated in the series and [[AllThereInTheManual especially the books]] that Hacker and the then [[NoNameGiven Prime Minister]] had a somewhat adversarial relationship (Hacker having run a rival contender's in-party campaign for nomination as Prime Minister – and while they lost to the PM, he still holds a grudge). Indeed, it's stated that the reason Hacker was appointed to the Department of Administrative Affairs when he'd been the Shadow Agriculture Minister for seven years was because the DAA was considered [[KickedUpstairs a unglamorous political graveyard]]. (That, and the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture had begged not to have him he'd have known too much!.) Indeed early in the series the PM comes close to abolishing the entire department and by extension Hacker's career – altogether. However there is a turning point in their relationship where the PM becomes ''slightly'' more of a BenevolentBoss.* BalanceOfPower: Explicitly, and pretty truthfully, lays out Britain's primary foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: Create a disunited Europe.* BanOnPolitics: [[AvertedTrope Surprisingly averted]]. For the most part, the focus of discussion is usually on the intelligence of the plot and dialogue, and the acting of Eddington, Hawthorne and Fowlds. Whatever political discussions do occur are either good natured, in keeping with the humour of the show or just kept down to a minimum. You get the odd exception, but considering how heated political discussions can get, it's actually quite refreshing.** It helps that the satire is focused on the political machine, with the actual politics being fairly incidental to the thrust of the episode. The series avoids stating which party Jim Hacker belongs to, and there are never any scenes from in the House of Commons.** One episode involves Hacker meeting the former minister for his department, now in opposition, and the two clearly get along quite well. The point is made that for all the posturing about issues in public, when it comes to the actual business of governing, the ''real'' opposition is in fact the Civil Service. * TheBarnum: Sir Humphrey's whole approach to his job.* BatmanGambit: ''Oh so many.'' The opening episode alone shows Humphrey slipping a large purchase order for American-made computer monitors at the very bottom of the stack of daily paperwork in Hacker's red box work assignments (that most ministers just dodge anyway.) Knowing Humphrey would try to hide the ''good'' information from him, Hacker goes straight to the bottom of the pile and finds it, becoming irate that Britain would not buy British-made equipment instead, and plans to denounce it in a speech to be given the next day. [[spoiler: This is of course ''exactly'' the reaction Humphrey was hoping for, and Hacker gets immediately called in by the Prime Minister who received an advance copy of the speech. The purchase of American monitors is part of a multi-million dollar business deal with NASA and will generate even more revenue for England unless Hacker fouls it up with his speech which has already been sent in advance to newspapers for review. Humphrey then stepped forward and humbly apologized for his grievous mistake earlier that day... he did not complete the paperwork correctly, and thus the media did ''not'' get the speech, only the Prime Minister. Hacker's job is thus saved and Humphrey has proven his usefulness to him... ''exactly as he had planned.'']]* BeleagueredBureaucrat: There are few series that show quite how daunting the task of running a country actually is. One of Jim Hacker's main problems is merely knowing and understanding the issues. Then of course, he has to try to solve them (usually unsuccessfully).** Bernard also becomes this frequently, either because of his troubles in balancing out the wishes of his two superiors or having to deal with the more mundane but equally tedious elements of a VastBureaucracy.** Humphrey himself frequently frames his actions as juggling the best interests of the country, which may not necessarily be voter-friendly, with the politically-motivated approaches that Hacker is inclined to take.* BenevolentBoss: The change from the PM being a BadBoss comes when during a official inquiry into civil service waste and inefficiency, Hacker and Humphrey manage to do a pretty good job of covering up the problems – or at least stalling – despite massive evidence against them. Hacker is called in for a private word with one of the PM's enforcers, who points out that the PM actually ''wants'' the truth to come out, and is annoyed by how well he's covering for the civil service. Hacker is faced with a [[TitleDrop Question Of Loyalty]] – he can either further antagonize the PM, or likely burn bridges at his own department. In a blaze of glory, he chooses to reveal all. Humphrey is furious and certain it's the death knell of Hacker's career. However the PM is ''delighted'', and sends him a hand written note inviting him and his family for Sunday Lunch at Chequers – in political terms a priceless reward. Whilst he never completely loses his fear of the PM, from this point in the series until Hacker becomes PM himself following the latter's retirement, it's implied after this point that they get on much more amicably, and several new powers and possible promotions are sent his way. The only other times they come close to clashing are all caused by outside influences, and don't amount to anything anyway. Although this doesn't stop Hacker from being delighted when the old PM dies before his CompromisingMemoirs are finished – a notable chapter was titled "The Two Faces Of Jim Hacker"! * BitingTheHandHumor--> '''Humphrey:''' Does he watch television?--> '''Hacker:''' He hasn't even got a set.--> '''Humphrey:''' Fine, make him a governor of the BBC.* {{Blackmail}}: Rarely in ''[[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord so many words]]''[[note]] ...though Humphrey does make explicit use of the term in "The Official Visit", with somewhat [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate results]] [[/note]] but often A will have compromising evidence of B's activities, or perhaps tapes of C being very indiscreet. Humphrey wields this weapon unscrupulously. With prodding from Humphrey and the Chief Whip, Hacker uses it to secure the position of PM in ''Party Games''.* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Sir Humphrey is usually adamant, that he is not resorting to dirty tricks. SesquipedalianLoquaciousness ensues.-->'''Bernard:''' It is a bit of a cover up, isn't it?-->'''Sir Humphrey:''' Certainly not, Bernard. It is a responsible discretion exercised in the national interest to prevent unnecessary disclosure of eminently justifiable procedures in which untimely revelations would severely impair public confidence.-->'''Bernard:''' I see. ''[beat]'' It's like Watergate?* BreakTheHaughty: Humphrey is served up a particularly delicious slice of this in "The Key".* {{Bulungi}}: Buranda, referred to on the show as a TPLAC: "Tinpot Little African Country".* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In "The Bishop's Gambit", Humphrey and the Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office watch a news report about a British nurse held prisoner in an Islamic country. Just before Humphrey turns the TV off, the newsreaderis heard saying "The pound had another bad day..."* CantHoldHisLiquor: Not exactly, but when Jim Hacker gets drunk, he gets ''drunk'' and it doesn't seem to take an incredible amount to do it.* CatchPhrase: Nearly every episode ends with someone saying "Yes, Minister" (or "Yes, Prime Minister" in ''Yes, Prime Minister'')** "Oh, very droll, _____."** Similarly, Sir Humphrey's and Sir Arnold's "thin end of the wedge."** "Yes and...no."** "Thank you, Bernard." Hacker, or Sir Humphrey, or both, when they can't take any more of his pedantic corrections and are politely telling him to shut up NOW, Bernard.** "Do sit down, Bernard." Or some equivalent is a sure sign that [[AudienceSurrogate Bernard]] is about to get a lecture on some aspect of government about which he has just displayed his naivete.* CharacterDevelopment: It's subtle, but over the seasons Hacker gradually learns how to beat Humphrey at his own game, Humphrey learns how to recognize when his interests coincide with Hacker's, and Bernard learns how to balance his two masters.* ChristmasEpisode:** The "Party Games" special.** Sir Humphrey's wish of "Happy Christmas" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShJa6GobFQ this Christmas sketch]].* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Jim Hacker's chauffeur George is a regular source of information for the Minister in the first five episodes. He's never seen or mentioned after.* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bernard has an unnerving tendency to lapse into non sequitur, [[RuleOfFunny most of them hilarious]].* CompromisingMemoirs: The former Prime Minister's.* DawsonCasting: Bernard's age is never stated on screen, but various hints suggest he's supposed to be a fairly young rookie civil servant, probably in his late twenties, much younger than Derek Fowlds at the time.* DeadpanSnarker: Jim's wife Annie frequently undercuts his pomposity and pretensions with well-timed sarcasm.* DeathGlare: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQcNKFoIDE Sir Arnold's reaction]], when Sir Humphrey jokes that perhaps he ought to become a Minister.* DebateAndSwitch: Frequently employed, often of the TakeAThirdOption variety. The third option at the end of "The Whiskey Priest" [[DrowningMySorrows drives Hacker to drink]], because he may be a [[DirtyCoward self-serving politician]] but he also has a [[ALighterShadeOfGrey conscience]].* DemocracyIsFlawed: Played with, as neither idealistic front-bench rookie Jim Hacker nor his much more experienced and rather jaded Permanent Under-Secretary [[TheHumphrey Sir Humphrey]] were ever consistently in the wrong.* DemotedToExtra: Vic Gould, the government's Chief Whip, was originally supposed to be a regular character and Sir Humphrey's opposite number, who would try and terrify Hacker into getting the government's policies pushed through his department. Due the the cast being too large and the writers finding his character one-dimensional, however, he never made it past the pilot episode (outside of a small part in "The Whiskey Priest," and even then only because the script had Hacker meeting the Chief Whip, and the actor who played Gould happened to be available).* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Frequently used by Sir Humphrey, and a ''literal'' example - the Department of Administrative Affairs. They tried to cut down the number of people, so they hired 400 more people to research it, and concluded that they could do away with a tea lady or two.* DirtyCoward: Hacker often has shades of this; in many cases, the problem is something he could fight for, but he's afraid of losing votes if he does so. It's quite common among politicians in the series, to the point where something being described as 'courageous' is the most terrifying thing a politician can hear. "'Controversial' loses votes. 'Courageous' loses seats."* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: ''Yes, Prime Minister'' was written to have Hacker sitting down most of the scenes and shot so as to help conceal the fact that Eddington was suffering from skin cancer.* DoubleEdgedAnswer: A CatchPhrase.* DrowningMySorrows: Hacker, at the end of "The Whisky Priest", seems at first to just [[INeedAFreakingDrink Need A Freaking Drink]] (OK, several drinks). Then:-->'''Annie''': You're sort of a whisky priest. You do at least know when you've done the wrong thing.-->'''Jim''': Whisky priest?-->'''Annie''': That's right.-->'''Jim''': Good. ''{{Beat}}''. Let's open another bottle.-->'''Annie''': You haven't got one.-->'''Jim''': That's what you think. ''(Turns, opens a red box that turns out to be full of whisky)'' Who said nothing good ever came out of Whitehall?* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode, filmed before a full series was commissioned, features very different opening and closing credits to the rest of the series, with somewhat more realistic line drawings of Eddington, Hawthorne, and Fowlds (as well as Diane Hoddinott as Annie Hacker, Neil Fitzwilliam as Frank Weisel and Edward Jewesbury as Vic Gould) and a brass-heavy theme tune. Only in the second episode were the more familiar giant-nosed Gerald Scarfe caricatures and string rendition of the Westminster chimes (with French horn countermelody and "wacka-chicka" guitar) introduced.* EmbarrassingNickname: What is Sir Humphrey's nickname? "''Humpy''".* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hacker's first conversation with Humphrey sums up so much of their dynamic (though also indicates that Hacker is not always as stupid as he appears):-->'''Humphrey''': We did cross swords when the Minister gave me a grilling over the estimates in the public accounts committee.-->'''Hacker''': I wouldn't say that.-->'''Humphrey''': Oh, you came up with all the questions I hoped nobody would ask.-->'''Hacker''': Well, opposition's about asking awkward questions.-->'''Humphrey''': And government is about not answering them.-->'''Hacker''': Well, you answered all mine anyway.-->'''Humphrey''': I'm glad you thought so Minister.* ExpospeakGag: Humphrey's speeches are a hallmark of the series, often taking up to a hundred words to say something that can be boiled down to "Merry Christmas", or "I want my key back!" Annotatable thus:-->'''Humphrey''': The relationship[[note]]The one between Humphrey and Hacker, that is[[/note]] which I might tentatively venture to aver has been not without some degree of reciprocal utility[[note]]Humphrey wants to suggest that Hacker and he have been useful to each other, but is hesitant to speak for Hacker[[/note]] and perhaps even occasional gratification[[note]]Humphrey admits to occasionally liking working for Hacker[[/note]], is emerging a point of irreversible bifurcation[[note]]They will shortly not be working with each other any longer[[/note]] and, to be brief, is in the propinquity of its ultimate regrettable termination.[[note]]In fact, they will almost immediately not be working with each other any longer.[[/note]]* EveryoneHasStandards: Humphrey doesn't have a lot of moral convictions, but even he is genuinely hurt and outraged in "One of Us" when everyone suspects him of being a Soviet agent. * EyeTake: Humphrey's reaction whenever Hacker has a particularly ambitious, unexpected, and ill-advised idea.* FacePalm: Sir Humphrey does a horrified double face-palm in "Big Brother", when Hacker goes ahead with announcing his plans for database safeguards on live TV. * FacialDialogue: Paul Eddington (Hacker) had a talent for this that has yet to be matched in any other series. It has been reported that after this became apparent, the scriptwriters would sometimes give him a choice of saying a line or remaining silent and letting his face convey the same information.* FictionalCounterpart: Sir Humphrey and Bernard are alumni of "Baillie College", Oxford, a fictional stand-in for real-life Balliol. * {{Flanderization}}: Sir Desmond Glazebrook seems like a fairly sensible financier--if a bit baffled by Sir Humphrey's antics during a lunch meeting--in his first appearance. The next time he appears he's become a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.* FrenchJerk: The French government in the "Yes, Prime Minister" episode "A Diplomatic Incident" has shades of this. Among other things, they engineer a diplomatic incident with a puppy in order to gain concessions over the Channel Tunnel, demand that the French embassy in London be guarded by French police and [[spoiler: plant a bomb in their own embassy in order to try and embarrass British security]].* FunWithAcronyms: On the subject of UsefulNotes/KnightFever. (This is TruthInTelevision, believe it or not.)[[note]] For those not acquainted with the British Honours System, various awards are handed out by the Monarch, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. These range from the minor - CBE and OBE for pop stars, sportsmen and women, and minor Civil Servants, via knighthoods (hence SIR Terry Pratchett) to the rare 'Knights of the Garter etc'. CMG is one of the top ones. Cross of St Michael and St George. Becoming a Knight of the Order, then the 'Garter' are additions to this (promotions if you will). So a school caretaker who retires after 45 years can find himself in an ill-fitting hired suit to get his OBE, entertainers who've already gone through the various British Empire medals and are still around get the middle ranking ones and plain knighthoods, those on the inside, especially if you have rendered "great service" to the country (often assumed to be money to the PM's party for industrialists, or knowing where the bodies are buried for Civil Servants) get the biggies. It's basically a pat on the back for doing well that doesn't cost anything. Also, many orders come in various classes. In case of Order of St. Michael and St. George (MG), the classes are, in ascending order of seniority: Companion ('''C'''MG), Knight Commander ('''KC'''MG), and Knight Grand Cross ('''GC'''MG). For females, the word 'Knight' is replaced with 'Dame'.[[/note]]-->'''Bernard:''' In the service, CMG stands for Call Me God. And KCMG for Kindly Call Me God.\\'''Hacker:''' What does GCMG stand for?\\'''Bernard:''' [[BlasphemousBoast God Calls Me God]].* GallowsHumor:** A few of Bernard's (often ill-received) jokes fall into this category.** When Minister Hacker is placed on a death list by a terrorist group, a detective meets with him to inform him of procedures to avoid being assassinated. The whole briefing is quite humorous.---> '''Commander Forest:''' Oh, if you are pushed out of a high window and there's iron railings underneath, try and land on your head. Quicker.* GambitPileup: The French government is scuttled by this in "A Diplomatic Incident". To force the British to accept terms favourable to the French over the Channel Tunnel, they create a situation where Her Majesty the Queen will be forced to reject a gift of a puppy from the French President due to British quarantine laws. This would create (manufactured) outrage in France and would humiliate the British, and would have worked perfectly. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, they ''also'' put in place a gambit to embarrass the British security services in revenge for not being allowed to provide their own security by planting a bomb in the French embassy. Since the latter is discovered, and would create far more embarrassment and outrage than the puppy, the French are forced to back down.]]* GilliganCut: In "One of Us:"-->'''Hacker''': Don't discuss this with Arnold until I've spoken to him.-->'''Humphrey''': ''(indignant)'' Of course not, Prime Minister, I wouldn't dream of it.-->''Cut to a visibly-distraught Humphrey taking a sip of wine.''-->'''Humphrey''': So what do you think I should do, Arnold?* GlassesPull: Hacker suggests doing this during his first Prime Ministerial broadcast, so that he can look both formal and informal at different points in his speech. The broadcast's director talks him out of it, saying that it would just make Hacker look indecisive.* GoodCounterpart: Dorothy Wainwright to Sir Humphrey in ''Yes, Prime Minister''. Her intervention mostly serves to change the power balance of the show by having Hacker more readily willing to reign in Sir Humphrey.* GovernmentProcedural* GreyAndGrayMorality: Sir Humphrey and Hacker, whilst both giving lip service to the good of Britain are both patently in it for their own ends, and the benefit of the Civil Service or the Party respectively. Hacker is slightly more sympathetic, as he actually possesses a conscience, but ignores it when it becomes politically inconvenient, as opposed to Humphrey, who appears relatively callous and amoral. (In "The Whiskey Priest", Humphrey is [[InsultBackfire delighted]] to be called a "moral vacuum" - but he's genuinely shocked at the notion of a civil servant resigning on a point of principle.) Additionally, there are some episodes where it is Humphrey fighting for the good of Britain as a whole while Hacker maneuvers for partisan or personal gain. In "The Official Visit," for example, it is Humphrey who is outraged at the thought of paying fifty million pounds of taxpayers' money in extortion, whereas Hacker is in favor of it because of the benefits to his party. Likewise, in "The Greasy Pole," it is again Hacker selling out the national interest by blocking the construction of a politically unpopular but perfectly safe chemical plant in response to ignorant [=NIMBYism=], while Humphrey tries to persuade him to let the project go forward. Both of these are a reversal of their usual roles, where Hacker is trying (sort of) to fight for the national interest as he sees it, and Humphrey obstructs him.* GunboatDiplomacy: In "The Official Visit", after getting caught up in a foreign policy mess regarding a speech by a visiting African leader likely to prove greatly embarrassing and struggling to figure out how to respond, Martin the Foreign Secretary says, "In the old days, we'd just send in a gunboat." After a brief chuckle from everyone, Hacker remarks, "I suppose that ''is'' absolutely out of the question?" causing everyone to stare at him. * HoistByHisOwnPetard:** Humphrey's gambit in "Man Overboard" to get rid of the Employment Secretary in order to foil his plan to move half of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships armed forces]] OopNorth backfires spectacularly in the very last minute of the episode when [[spoiler:Hacker decides that now that the Employment Secretary is gone, he can implement the plan anyway and take the credit for it himself. It's only then that Humphrey realises that he spent so much time engineering the Employment Secretary's downfall that he never bothered to discredit the actual plan, leaving him with no counter argument -- and as Hacker unwittingly points out, he's actually strengthened several of the arguments ''for'' it without realizing]].** In "The Key", Humphrey takes great delight in dressing down Bernard for allowing Hacker's election agent into No. 10 without a pass. Humphrey issues new orders that NO ONE gets through without a pass or an appointment. No One. (This is part of his broader scheme to limit access to the Prime Minister). This comes back to bite him towards the end of the episode when [[spoiler:he is locked out of No. 10, desperately tries to get back in, and is refused entry by the policeman, who rigorously applies the rules on Bernard's instruction, despite Humphrey's protests.]]* HypercompetentSidekick: The entire Civil Service, for the most part. A bit ''too'' competent for Hacker's liking.* {{Hypocrite}}: After throwing Humphrey and the Department under the bus at the committee hearing in "A Question of Loyalty", Hacker is invited to a private lunch with the Prime Minister and his family at Chequers. He remarks that loyalty [to his political allies] has been rewarded. Humphrey makes a sneering comment about his lack of loyalty to the Department and Humphrey himself. In response Hacker retorts that "I have been loyal to you, Humphrey, in exactly the same way that ''you'' have always shown loyalty to ''me''." Humphrey, who has sold Hacker out for his own self-serving ends on innumerable occasions, can only respond with spluttering nonsensical {{Angrish}}. * HypocriticalHumor:** The Chief Whip.--->"In politics you have to learn to say things with tact and finesse, you berk!"** A subtle example exists with the Department of Administrative Affairs itself; an entire government department has been set up and staffed specifically to find ways of making cuts in other government departments.** In one episode, Hacker and Humphrey are having one of their debates when Hacker brings up some facts to prove his point. Humphrey superciliously notes that his facts are statistical, which can be altered or doctored. When the debate gets a bit more heated, Humphrey begins to point out that statistics exist to prove ''his'' point, only to catch himself and present them as 'facts'. Hacker immediately jumps on the hypocrisy of Humphrey trying to claim that Hacker's facts are merely statistics while his own statistics are facts.** In "The Compassionate Society", Hacker eventually hits on the idea of using the fully admin-staffed hospital which has no medical staff or patients to house one thousand Cuban refugees, which will satisfy a committee which is preparing to come down unfavourably on the department and avert a potentially devastating strike action. Humphrey, who has spent the entire episode thwarting Hacker's attempts to open the hospital to medical staff and patients, immediately protests and starts pompously lecturing Hacker on how the hospital is intended for a huge waiting list of British patients.** In "Power to the People", despite the militant socialist council leader's contempt for Sir Humphrey's dogmatic ideology, unaccountable and undemocratic role in society and arrogant conviction that he alone knows what's best for everyone, it's gradually demonstrated that she's equally dogmatic, has just as little interest in being democratically accountable as he does and is also arrogantly convinced that she alone knows what's best for everyone.** In "Party Games", Sirs Arnold and Humphrey are sitting together at dinner. This is the conversation opener:-->'''Humphrey:''' How are things at the Campaign for the Freedom of Information, by the way? -->'''Arnold:''' I'm sorry, [[LogicBomb I can't talk about that.]]* IHaveThisFriend: Whenever Bernard needs to tell Humphrey about Hacker's plans without actually telling him, he always couches his words in a series of hypothetical scenario of a hypothetical minister.* IncrediblyLamePun: Bernard seems to make at least one per episode. At least he looks ashamed of the "pair of nickers" one he did in "The National Education Service."* INeedAFreakingDrink: Hacker, fairly often.* InherentlyFunnyWords Jim's prime ministerial campaign just ''happens'' to revolve around the condition of the British sausage.... * InsultBackfire: Hacker accuses Humphrey of being a moral vacuum. Humphrey is non-committal in the scene, but soon after Bernard asks if he'll end up a moral vacuum, too. Humphrey says he sincerely hopes so, if Bernard works hard enough.** When Jim finds out his style of governing is criticised as "dictatorial", he's rather pleased with himself. Being frequently frustrated with his orders being outright disobeyed, he seems to enjoy idea of being all powerful dictator, and comments that sometimes strong leadership is needed. As if to hammer the point, as he sits down he slips out rather happily "dictatorial, eh?".* IronicEcho: Hacker and Humphrey are called before a select committee on government waste and prepare a joint testimony beforehand to deflect any blame. However, Hacker meets with the PM's advisor, who tells him that the PM wants him to request a full investigation into the civil service, and tells him that Humphrey has described him as "a pleasure to work with" (civil service-speak for "controllable"). At the hearing, Hacker completely throws Humphrey under the bus ending with "If I may say so, he [Humphrey] is a pleasure to work with"** In "The Tangled Web", Hacker gets into a bit of trouble when it turns out that he inadvertently lied to the House of Commons about the government tapping an MP's telephone. Sir Humphrey knew about it but didn't inform Hacker because, according to Humphrey, Hacker "didn't need to know". When Hacker requests that Humphrey lie about the phone-tapping to a select committee of parliament, Humphrey reacts very self-righteously, pompously chiding Hacker over "[[TitleDrop the tangled web]] [[Creator/WalterScott we weave]]" and hypocritically informing him that he has no intention of being "part of some squalid cover-up". So naturally, when Humphrey has gotten himself into very big trouble over a foolishly indiscrete radio interview and is begging Hacker to help him keep it quiet later in the episode, Hacker takes great pleasure in throwing all these words back in Humphrey's face.* InVinoVeritas:** Hacker spilling his guts after having had too much of the wine at Baillie College's High Table dinner in "Doing the Honours."** First rule of political indiscretion: always have a drink before you leak.* InvisiblePresident: You never see the Prime Minister or even learn his name until Hacker himself gets the job.* JadeColoredGlasses: Hacker eventually gets these, but he has the heart (or lack of head) to take them off once in a while. Bernard follows a similar trajectory, while Sir Humphrey doesn't need them, as the lenses in his eyes were made of jade from birth.* JustTrainWrong: In "The Official Visit", while Bernard is running for the train, a sign reading "OFF" lights up. Then, once he's safely on the train, the signal goes green and the train leaves. In reality the "OFF" indicators are linked to the signals, and change at the same time as them; showing "OFF" when the signal is still red would be a serious safety failure. * KickedUpstairs: Frequently referenced, and may have popularised the phrase. Specifically, Hacker lives in perpetual terror of being sent to the House of Lords, since it has no meaningful political influence whatsoever and, for all the pomp and circumstance and titles, is basically a place where failing political careers go to die. And later, Hacker was honestly tempted about taking a similarly pointless but incredibly well-compensated job with the European Union; apparently, there is a point where the quality of the gravy train makes being kicked upstairs worth it.* LamePunReaction: Sir Humphrey triggers an outstanding example in "The Bishop's Gambit": when told that one candidate had been waiting quite a while to be made a bishop, he replies, "[[spoiler: So 'Long time, no See.']]" The guy he was talking to scolded him for the pun, then spent the next minute or so trying not to burst out laughing.* LogicBomb: Frequently deployed in Humphrey's lines of arguments.-->'''Bernard''': This contract was obtained by bribery!-->'''Humphrey''': Of course. All contracts in Kumran are obtained by bribery, everyone knows that. It's perfectly all right, as long as nobody knows.* LovableCoward: Bernard, sometimes, on full display in the "The Key", where he lets Humphrey into a private meeting after explicitly being told not to. His defence? "He's bigger than me."* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: The Department of Administrative Affairs was [[WordOfGod specifically invented]] to allow Hacker to deal with any political issue the writers might be interested in exploring.* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Selim Mohammed, president of [[{{Bulungi}} Buranda]], whom Jim recognises from his student days.* ManipulativeBastard: Humphrey. Hacker thinks he is.** In ''Yes, Minister'', Cabinet Secretary Sir Arnold Robinson does his share of string-pulling. Even Sir Humphrey is hard-pressed to keep up.** By the time he become Prime Minister, Hacker has had enough practice against Humphrey that he manages to pull it off on occasion. * {{Metaphorgotten}}: Bernard often pulls a thread on Hacker's metaphors, unravelling or derailing them completely.* NapoleonDelusion: When Hacker finds out that he's to be Prime Minister, his first reaction is silent incredulity, then fear, then awe, until finally he squares his jaw, sticks his hand inside his jacket and stares off heroically into the middle distance, as this trope. Not to mention Hacker's tendency to lapse into Churchill like speeches, complete with intonation and accent, whenever contemplating the supposedly great works he's about to undertake.* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: In "A Diplomatic Incident", when Hacker's predecessor dies.* NewscasterCameo:** Ludovic Kennedy appears as himself in several episodes.** Moira Stuart has a brief vocal cameo in 'Party Games', announcing the PM's resignation.* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ** In an in-universe example, when practising his speeches Hacker has a tendency to imitate the distinctive voice of UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill.** In "The Greasy Pole", the Glaswgian industrialist Sir Wally [=McFarlane=] is a fictionalised [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Finniston Sir Monty Finniston]]. He is named after another Glaswegian: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen_Foundry Walter MacFarlane]], a Victorian iron founder.** In "The Challenge", Ben Stanley is a clear reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone Ken Livingstone]].** The Prime Minister's advisor Sir Mark Spencer refers to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Rayner,_Baron_Rayner Sir Derek Rayner]], who at the time was both an advisor to the government, and chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer. ** The "Napoleon Prize" is awarded to the statesman who has made the biggest contribution to European unity since Napoleon ([[AdolfHitlarious not counting Hitler]]). Its real-life counterpart is the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne_Prize Charlemagne Prize]].* NoPartyGiven: Hacker. His party was generally an amalgamation of the Tories and Labour (but not the Liberals either). He's implied to be a small-c "compassionate conservative".* NoodleIncident: We never learn exactly what was in the MI-5 files of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary to disqualify them from the premiership in "Party Games", but the former was apparently a sex addict involved in some very kinky things with some ''very'' kinky ladies from unfriendly countries, and the latter up to his knees in financial wrongdoings. * NotSoDifferent: In "Power to the People", Sir Humphrey, pillar of the establishment, demonstrates to the militant socialist Agnes Moorhouse that their views on democracy aren't that far apart at all.* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Premise of series (with special award given for civil service). Exemplified by Humphrey's admission that there are often complications:-->'''Hacker''': Humphrey, can you ever give me a straight answer? A plain "yes" or "no"?-->'''Sir Humphrey''': Well... yes and no.* OhCrap: Hacker goes on television and announces not only that the data protection safeguards Sir Humphrey has been blocking will be introduced, but that Sir Humphrey has staked his reputation on it. Sir Humphrey is watching the broadcast, and his expression is a picture. * OnceAnEpisode: The last line in every episode is, [[TitleDrop "Yes, Minister"]] (or "Yes, Prime Minister" after Hacker made PM).** While it eventually became a staple of the series, this line is [[BeamMeUpScotty averted for almost half of the episodes in season one]].* OnlySaneMan: Varies from episode to episode. Hacker usually ''seems'' like the OnlySaneMan at the beginning; sometimes he is, and just as often, events prove him to be a CloudCuckoolander whose misguided idealism is blessedly thwarted by Sir Humphrey on behalf of the bureaucracy.* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "The Writing on the Wall", Hacker is dead set on a course of action that won't do anyone any favours, and won't be swayed. It's serious enough that Sir Humphrey even drops his incredibly elaborate SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and tells him "If you're going to do this damn silly thing, don't do it in this damn silly way." This stops Hacker in his tracks. * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Prime Ministers in this case. We start with Prime Minister Invisible; throughout his career, Hacker himself is a variable mix of Prime Ministers Personable and Focus Group, with the "Focus Group" bit getting slightly weaker over time. Towards the end of the series, he picks up some definite Prime Minister Iron tendencies (sometimes).* {{Oxbridge}}: ** Sir Humphrey and Bernard are both Oxford graduates in Classics, as are most other members of the Civil Service depicted in the series. Their disdain for Hacker, educated at the London School of Economics, is a RunningGag in the series. [[note]] The LSE is actually a top-notch university, but, being founded in the 19th century and focusing on things that are actually practical, it is seen as a parvenu by Oxbridgers.[[/note]].--->'''Sir Humphrey''' British democracy recognises that you need a system to protect the important things of life, and keep them out of the hands of the barbarians. Things like the opera, Radio Three[[note]]TheBBC's "highbrow" radio channel, offering classical music and "serious" drama[[/note]], the countryside, the law, the universities ... both of them.** Another running gag has [[TruthInTelevision the Oxford graduates taking every chance to badmouth Cambridge and vice versa]].* PassiveAggressiveKombat: A speciality of the Civil Service, who tend to dress up scathing criticisms and insults in very polite and at times deferential language. In "Doing the Honours", after Hacker's plan to ensure Civil Service cooperation with his plans by threatening to withhold his departmental recommendations for the current Honours list starts to spread, Sir Arnold calls Sir Humphrey in for a chat. During their conversation, Sir Arnold genially informs Humphrey that "I'm not reprimanding you, I don't have all the facts" but mildly expresses concern that, should Humphrey fail to get the plan scotched, people might start to wonder whether Humphrey was "sound". Humphrey leaves the meeting looking like someone's worked him over with a two-by-four. Later lampshaded by Bernard and Hacker when they gossip about it; Hacker describes the conversation as "a real punch-up". * PenPushingPresident: Considering the premise, that's bound to happen.* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the following dialogue from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUD7ZRTx4s&t=200s "A Victory for Democracy"]]:-->'''Sir Humphrey''': East Yemen, isn't that a democracy?-->'''Sir Richard Wharton''': Its full name is "The Peoples' Democratic Republic of East Yemen."-->'''Sir Humphrey''': Ah, I see, so it's a communist dictatorship.* PluckyComicRelief: Bernard to a certain degree, a very slight degree as he was more than just the comic relief. Often seemed to have the funny thing to say at the least appropriate times as well as his acting out of animals or to visually show Hacker why his metaphors were wrong (see this clip [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnaZQYPd_40#t=126s "The Challenge"]], in this case it was actually Sir Humphrey). Often found puncturing a hole in tension you could cut with a knife.* PromotedToScapegoat: In "The Bed of Nails", Jim Hacker is giving the responsibility of formulating an integrated transport policy and the title of 'Transport Supremo'. Jim is quite pleased with what he sees as a promotion. Sir Humphrey immediately recognises this for the poisoned chalice that it is, and points out that this means that Hacker is now responsible for every transport screw-up in the country. The two of them join forces to find a way to force the PM to give the job to someone else without damaging the department's reputation.* ProperlyParanoid: Hacker is often convinced that the actions of anyone involved in government are part of some political plot against him personally. Probably because they almost always are.-->You'd be paranoid too if everyone was plotting against you.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: During an argument about a hospital with almost 500 admin staff and no patients or medical staff in "The Compassionate Society", Hacker is driven so up the wall with Sir Humphrey's cheerful acceptance of the insane bureaucratic logic for why this makes sense that [[RageBreakingPoint he ends up bellowing]] "HUMPHREY! THERE ARE NO! PATIENTS!" at him. * PutOnABus: Frank Weisel, Hacker's political advisor in the first series of ''Yes, Minister'', was written out of the show by the end of that season because the authors couldn't find much use for his overtly political character in a show that was supposed to focus on the conflict between government and administration.* {{Qurac}}:** In "The Moral Dimension," Hacker visits [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qumran_%28fictional_country%29 Qumran]], a fictional Muslim country based on a Gulf Arab state -- in fact, the scene where Hacker and his staff secretly consume alcohol was based on a real-life incident that happened on a British diplomatic visit to Pakistan.** In "The Bishop's Gambit" a British nurse was sentenced to several lashes for possessing a bottle of whiskey, which provokes a miniature crisis as the government does not want to push too hard as the Qumranis are described as great friends of Britain, letting them know what the Soviets were up to in Iraq, allowing listening posts to be set up for Britain's use, and even sabotaging Opec agreements for them.** Another possible {{Qurac}} in "A Victory for Democracy" is "[[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny The People's Democratic Republic of East Yemen]]" (as well as its twin, West Yemen), although the name suggests that it is rather a Marxist dictatorship than an emirate or a theocracy, though at the time of production there was, in fact, a "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" which was a Marxist/Socialist state and was to the south of "Yemen Arab Republic."* ReassignedToAntarctica: Bernard (and occasionally Sir Humphrey) is occasionally threatened with reassignment to the Vehicle Licensing Centre in Swansea -- not that Hacker would send him there (not having the power to do so), but Humphrey's inevitable Fate if they cannot jointly avert various impending crises. ** The most common threat is being sent OopNorth. One episode resolves around a mass reassignment of defence personnel there, uniting every senior officer and civil servant who wanted to be near Harrods and Wimbledon against it. Bernard reacts in horror at being even a head of department in Lossiemouth. He thought it was [[Franchise/{{Lassie}} a kind of dog food]].** Hacker's worry about being assigned to [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Northern Ireland]] is not an example of this, as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland was and is based in London, but the post was regarded as one of the most troublesome in the cabinet and one of the few which carried a significant risk of assassination, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s.** In "The Bishop's Gambit" it's revealed that the bishopric of Truro is a similar position for the Church of England; because it's 'very remote' it's where they like to send their more troublesome or irritating bishops (such as those who are either utterly incompetent or actually vocally believe in God).* {{Revival}}: As a [[{{Theater}} stage show]] in 2011.* RunningGag: The fact that Hacker's studies at the LSE don't compare to the {{Oxbridge}} education of Sir Humphrey.* SayingTooMuch: In "A Conflict of Interest", Sir Humphrey tries to prevent Hacker from appointing a reformer to the position of Chairman of the Bank of England in order to prevent a massive scandal that would destroy Hacker's government. For once, Humphrey is genuinely looking out for Hacker's best interests with no hidden agenda, but when Hacker finds himself in yet another awkward situation thanks to Humphrey, he furiously confronts Humphrey, leading to this exchange:-->'''Hacker:''' I don't understand it, Humphrey. What's your game? Why should you be adamant that I allow another cover-up? What's in it for you?\\'''Humphrey:''' ''[Urgent]'' Nothing, Prime Minister! I assure you, I have no private ulterior motive. I'm trying to protect you from yourself. I'm entirely on your side.\\'''Dorothy:''' How can we believe that?\\'''Humphrey:''' Because this time ''it's true!'' ''[Hacker raises an eyebrow; Humphrey realises what he's said]'' I mean... this time I'm ''particularly'' on your side.* SelfDeprecation: The Permanent Secretaries talking about merging department responsibilities:--> Arts and Television together? What do they got to do with each other?* SelfInsertFic: Possibly the only time the author of a SelfInsertFic performed alongside the stars. Helps if you're UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher.* ServileSnarker: Guess who?* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Sir Humphrey's (and occasionally Bernard's) preferred method of communication. Justified, because Sir Humphrey is practised in describing things in officialese: see ExpospeakGag above.* SlaveToPR: Hacker, and all other politicians in the show's universe are petrfied of anything resembling bad publicity, the old Prime Minister's memoirs describe him as "running for cover at the first sign of unpopularity".* SleazyPolitician: Averted! For all his attempts to win popularity in the most self-serving and underhanded ways imaginable--including weaselling his way into Number 10--Jim Hacker comes off as more pathetic than despicable, and as Annie notes, he's a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_priest whisky priest]]" who's still got his moral compass about him even as he tucks it away, grits his teeth, and ignores it.* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Pretty far to the cynical side of things, although the show is not entirely cynical* SmallReferencePools: Hacker cannot name many playwrights. "[Theatre] is one of the great glories of England, isn't it?" - "You mean Shakespeare?" - "Yes." - "Who else?" - "Well, er, Shakespeare... and, um... Sheridan... Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw..." - "They were all Irish."* SmugSnake: Sir Frank Gordon, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, who is twice as smug as Sir Humphrey and clearly wants his job (or, at least, his role as Head of the Civil Service), but lacks Sir Humphrey's keen manipulative skills. * SophisticatedAsHell: In "Man Overboard", Humphrey uses a non-swearing version of this to let Dudley the Employment Secretary realise that, due to existing administrative practices, his alleged intervention in an earlier cabinet discussion does not appear as part of the official record of the discussion and that he is, therefore, royally screwed:-->'''Dudley''': Prime Minister, why was my request for a further discussion and your reply not minuted?\\[''Hacker looks inquiringly at Humphrey'']-->'''Humphrey''': Prime Minister, it is characteristic of all committee discussions and decisions that every member has a vivid recollection of them and that every member's recollection of them differs violently from every other member's recollection. Consequently, we accept the convention that the official decisions are those, and only those, which have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials, from which it emerges with an elegant inevitability that any decision which has been officially reached will have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials and any decision which is not recorded in the minutes has not been officially reached even if one or more members believe they can recollect it, so in this particular case, if the decision had been officially reached it would have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials. And it isn't so it wasn't.* SpeechCentricWork* TheStateroomSketch: Done with a really small rail carriage and an endless series of visitors, one of whom is very fat (in this case Jumbo, Humphrey's counterpart at the Foreign Office). * StatusQuoIsGod:** It's usually downplayed in that while Hacker never really achieves much and the things that he does achieve are so inconsequential that you can understand why they're never mentioned again, this all has a specific cause -- namely Sir Humphrey and the Civil Service's constant stymieing of Hacker's attempts to push reforms through.** Occasionally he achieves something noteworthy -- the database safeguards he manages to get into action at the end of the episode "Big Brother" appear to be the basis of the Data Protection Act 1984 (albeit the episode was made in 1980, so the law's passage would have taken a while, and most of the work was done by his predecessor). Hacker's "computer security guidelines" are mentioned in passing in connection with the previous Prime Minister's memoirs in "Official Secrets."** In the pilot episode, it's mentioned that the Department of Administrative Affairs is a political graveyard, and it's implied that the reason is that Humphrey was too good at blocking the Ministers' policies for them to ever advance any further.* StoryArc: None were done in the ''Yes Minister'' phase, but a few were tried during ''Yes, Prime Minister'': Hacker's "Grand Design" had three episodes dedicated to it, and was at least mentioned in passing during every episode of the first season; his predecessor's memoirs the following season lasted for two episodes. The 2013 ''Yes, Prime Minister'' series was effectively one long storyline, taking place in the course of a single night and being spread over six episodes.* TakeAThirdOption: In "Party Games," Hacker becomes the kingmaker in the battle to select his party's new leader (and therefore Prime Minister), and his decision pretty much comes down to whether he'd prefer to be the next Chancellor of the Exchequer or the next Foreign Secretary. Bernard persuades him that neither of those is really that desirable, and persuades him to take the third option -- become the Prime Minister himself. Also played with when Hacker, initially believing the 'third option' Bernard is pushing him towards is Home Secretary, makes it clear that even ''he's'' aware that that option isn't worth it:-->'''Hacker:''' Home Secretary? Responsible for all the muggings, jailbreaks and race riots?* TenderTears: Hacker, apparently, as he starts crying in "Party Games" when he believes Humphrey is telling him that he's dying, and then wears an embarrassed TearfulSmile once the misunderstanding is cleared up. (It's more hilarious than it sounds.)* ThinkOfTheChildren: In "The National Education Service", Sir Humphrey is genuinely considering whether he should just let Hacker's education reform pass, [[PetTheDog because it's in best interest of children]]. Sir Arnold puts him back in line, quite bluntly stating: "[[KickTheDog Nevermind the children!]]".* ThrowTheDogABone: Every so often, when the moon was right and the writers were feeling kind, Hacker would win out over Humphrey. This became gradually more frequent during ''Yes, Prime Minister'' as Hacker's power and experience grew. In "The Key", he has Humphrey at the brink of madness.* TitleDrop: At the end of almost every episode.* TitleSequenceReplacement: The pilot had a different title sequence, not drawn by Gerald Scarfe. In reruns (but not on DVD), it was replaced with the titles used for the rest of the series.* TranslationYes: Frequently, especially after one of Humphrey or Bernard's long-winded explanations leaves Hacker confused.* TruthInTelevision: Many politicians have admitted that it is, effectively, their version of ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''. The writers also frequently got into trouble for featuring "entirely hypothetical" situations that bore a remarkable similarity to real life events. The aforementioned sneaking drinks into Qumran was one such example. It wasn't until (relatively) recently that the writers openly admitted (and named) their mole. On a somewhat scarier note, they also admitted that they never used a lot of the stories they were fed as they were simply too unbelievable, proving once again that RealityIsUnrealistic.* TheUnfettered: Sir Humphrey. He is, as Hacker puts it, a "moral vacuum", and freely admits he is unconcerned with anything but the continued operation of the government and its policies, whoever and whatever they may be.* VillainousBreakdown: Depends on whether you think Sir Humphrey's the villain, but whenever something comes up that he didn't anticipate his default response is panicked, spluttering incoherence. ** This can lead into [[TheWoobie Woobie territory]] on occasion: by the end of "The Key", Sir Humphrey has been forced to eat HumblePie and begs Hacker, on the verge of tears, to let him have his key back.** According to annotations in the published 'memoirs', Humphrey did end up going completely mad in his old age. It's implied that Hacker was the main cause.* TheWatson: Jim Hacker's personal private secretary Bernard, to whom Sir Humphrey is often obliged to explain how things really work in the civil service. Hacker also frequently has to explain to Bernard how things work from the political side of things. In other instances, Bernard has to explain to Hacker how things really work -- often in order to help Hacker attempt to win the day.* WestminsterChimes: The ThemeSong is based on this motif.* {{Whitehall}} and No. 10 Downing St.* WickedCultured: Sir Humphrey, if one thinks him wicked. Certainly he is enough of an antagonist-figure to rule out his being a GentlemanAndAScholar. * WithDueRespect: Lampshaded-->"With due respect, Minister..."-->"That means without respect!"* WolfInSheepsClothing: Sir Humphrey's plan to get Hacker to doubt his initial appointment to the Bank of England in "A Conflict of Interest" (a man who he believes would expose their cover up of a serious banking scandal) is to express full and unwavering support of the appointment. "After all, it is necessary to get behind someone before you can stab them in the back."* WorkCom* WrongGenreSavvy: "The Tangled Web" shows us that, much as Humphrey might be an expert in political manipulation, he isn't media-savvy at all and doesn't realise that ending an interview isn't the same as switching off the microphone. After his compromising off-the-record chatter gets back to Number 10, Hacker - who has much more experience dealing with the media - is amazed that Humphrey should have fallen for such a basic trick.!!The novelisations also provide examples of:* DownerEnding: In contrast to the TV series, due to the order of events being changed around. The last episode of ''Yes, Prime Minister'', "A Tangled Web" ended with Hacker gaining leverage over Humphrey, in the form of a tape recording of him admitting to a simple partial solution to unemployment that no politicians have the balls to take any action on. The last chapter of the novelisation, "The National Education Service" ends not only with Hacker's plan for the Department of Education falling apart, but with this:-->My plans were turning to dust. Like all my plans. Suddenly I saw, with a real clarity that I'd never enjoyed before, that although I might win the occasional policy victory, or make some reforms, or be indulged with a few scraps from the table, nothing fundamental was ever ''ever'' going to change.* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Discussed in the entry for "The National Education Service". Bernard notes that Sir Humphrey could have avoided all the trouble if he had just stuck to his argument about the changing needs of education in Britain. Instead, he arrogantly flaunted his own classical education in a way calculated to make Hacker feel stupid, thus strengthening Hacker's resolve to push through and beat him out of resentment.* {{Hypocrite}}: In the chapter dealing with the events of "The Right To Know", Hacker's daughter furiously lambasts him for his disinterest in the fate of a badger colony that will lose protected status thanks to his department, and accuses him of believing in the ends justifying the means when he tries to defend himself. In his diary, Hacker notes that his daughter happens to be a Trotskyite, and as such can hardly take the high road when it comes to ideologies espousing that the ends justify the means. * LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The books are presented as being derived from the private tapes of Hacker, Appleby's memos released under the 30-year rule, and after-the-fact interviews with Woolley and minor characters. The "editors' notes" also act as a kind of FramingDevice.* TwoFirstNames: Considered a warning sign by Sir Bernard (as he is now):-->Secondly, I have always had an instinctive distrust of people whose Christian names and surnames are reversible.* UnreliableNarrator: Hacker is stated outright to be one by the "editors" - it's suggested this is an inevitable part of the business of politics. * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Actually put in the introduction. Hacker went on to the House of Lords (and as validation of the Oxbridge-educated civil servants looking down on his education, the introduction is signed "Hacker College, Oxford"). Bernard became Sir Bernard Woolley, head of the Civil Service. Sir Humphrey retired and eventually went to a nursing home; as the books puts it "advancing years, without in any way impairing his verbal fluency, disengaged the operation of his mind from the content of his speech."----


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Friday, November 13, 2015
Just the Green....
I completed three sides of the border but the left side up and down border - and it didn't match at the top left corner. I had caught that there was an extra stitch at the bottom left corner, a four instead of a three in the repeat of the design. I did miss the four right next to it also in that bottom corner. So I was off one when I got to the top corner. So I had just stitched the stem, no leaves, and had to frog and restitch the stem and find why I was off. That took a while, I couldn't find in the pattern why I was off. So to others with this pattern, that bottom left corner is the key where it just not repeated the same.
The top doesn't mirror the bottom, which is fine - it sort of messed up her design in the corners, and that is where I start to think - am I changing it or not. I am just stitching the pattern. I did change the cat slightly, and I know there will be a few wonky animals I want to adjust. I have stitched a little more, that left side has all it's leaves now, and I am working across the bottom.
I sometimes listen to audiobooks - they do repairs on the cable, so internet is sometimes out in the middle of the night. I started listening to Deep Down Dark - on audiobook, about the Chilean Miners. Great audiobook. I'm about halfway - and I know the movie - The 33 - came out today. I can't imagine the movie being better than the book, or having more details. One poor guy, it was his first day down in the mine. Another guy wanted to get an extra trip to the bottom in because he was paid per trip. He got his lunch, and drove back down to the bottom to eat it to get that extra trip in. It is an amazing tale, and there is some just craziness. They finally reach the guys with the tunnel, an what do they send to them as one of the first things? Paperwork to fill out.... before food... pure insanity. Very interesting book. And it probably means I will have to go watch the movie, but the book has brought me to tears several times, I can't imagine the movie being better.
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- Sarah L said...
Great progress! Sorry it's been a tricky one. The books sounds good. I've been planning to see the movie but maybe now I will check out the book too.
- November 15, 2015 at 7:17 AM
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SHEFFIELD was cut off on its western side yesterday as gale-force winds, sheets of rain, snow, ice and cold temperatures forced some of the main arterial roads to shut.
The A57 Snake Pass was closed in both directions between Ladybower and Rivelin - after being classed as 'hazardous' because of ice and snow.
Also closed in both directions yesterday was the A6187 Winnats Pass between Hope and Castleton because of snow.
The wintery weather has affected trade at the Ladybower Inn on the Snake Pass which has suffered a drop in customers and several cancellations.
Chris McVeigh, who runs the pub, said: "We have had cancellations for weekend bookings because of the weather but it's not too bad - we've got the fires lit and mulled wine ready for customers."
He said: "The Snake's been clear for a few days and here in the valley it's just very wet and very cold.
"There has been some snow on the Snake - it's the tops that have been bad."
Hathersage Road, near the Fox House, was described as 'hazardous' with the road closed between Owler Bar and Brickhouse Lane.
But staff at the Fox House pub said it was business as usual.
Josh Wright, who works at the Fox House, said: "We're not normally busy during the day anyway but we have some big bookings for the evening and haven't had any cancellations. Cars are travelling past at around 30 - 35 miles per hour as it is no longer snowing but it was earlier."
In Hathersage village the roads were clear but the manager of the Millstone pub, Glyn Booth, who travels from Dronfield said: "The drive to work was slushy around Fox House but as soon as you pass Surprise View it improved. "We've had a normalish amount of customers for this time of year. I'm not sure what the roads will be like over the next few days - I've heard that teperatures will drop to minus three so it could be tricky driving home then."
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I was lucky enough to share this recipe at PaleoParents.com this week! To get the full recipe, follow the link at the bottom of this post.
Breakfast Stacks! A perfectly fried egg, spiced pork sausage, creamy mashed avocado and crisp sweet potato hash browns with a soft center … I think I died and went to breakfast heaven.
I'm a savory breakfast kind of gal. Fruit smoothies and banana pancakes? Not my everyday thing. I prefer eggs, a little meat and lots of vegetables to start my day.
This recipe is inspired by all of my breakfast favorites, stacked high into one beautiful, delicious and satisfying stack! I could eat this everyday, and for every meal of the day. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, second lunch (don't deny it), dinner… anytime!
What makes this meal oh-so-special is that little gem on the bottom of the stack. The sweet potato hash browns pan-fry in glorious ghee and finish in the oven, giving them an irresistible crispy outside and a soft, satisfying center. It's to die for, my friends.
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I needed to come up with a couple of special IG swap gifts this month, and chose these super cute thread catcher & pincushion sets, 2 to give away and 1 for me!
The sheep/pinwheel pincushions are 6″ blocks from Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage book and I used her fabric line, Vintage Happy for both. Here are a few more photos of her cuteness. This book is wonderful and filled with fun, fun sewing projects!! If you don't already follow her on Instagram, her tag is @beelori1. She has weekly sew-alongs and free tutorials on her blog, such fun, and I check her out everyday to see what's new!
The half Dresden pincushions are from a Dresden pattern I found on Pinterest that I sized down into 4″ x 7″ pincushions. Fabrics are Bonnie & Camille's Scrumptious.
Here is a little tutorial on how I made them.
Dresden Pincushion Tutorial
- 10 Mini Charm squares or 2″ x 2.5″ scraps
- 4″-5″ scrap of fabric for Dresden center
- 4.5″ x 7.5″ background fabric
- 5″ x 8″ backing fabric
- 5″ x 8″ batting
- 5″ scrap of paper-backed fusible web for appliqué
- EZ Quilting Easy Dresden Ruler (JoAnn's or Amazon)
Creating the Dresden Blades
- Easy Dresden Ruler.
- From each mini charm, cut 10 blades with the Dresden ruler, 2.5″ in length.
- To make blade points, fold each blade in half lengthwise, RST and sew along top edge (1/4″ seam). Clip the folded corner close to seam to get a good point.
- Turn, and use your dresden turning tool or knitting needle to get a good point (be careful not to poke thru seam). Press blade, make sure to keep seam line in the center of the blade.
Assemble Half Dresden
- Lay out your 10 blades in the order you prefer.
- Sew together the 10 blades along the long edges. Start at the top of the blade and backstitch a couple of stitches to hold the seam.
- Press blade seams open or to one side.
- Using a 3-1/2″ bowl or cup, draw a circle on the paper side of the fusible web. Cut out your circle, leaving around 1/4″ on both sides of the line. Fuse web to the wrong side of your Dresden center fabric, then cut on drawn line. Cut the circle in half.
Finish the Block
- Center and pin the completed Dresden blades to your background fabric, leave at least a 3/8″ seam allowance on top and sides.
- Straight stitch along the top edge of the blades, close as possible to the edge.
- Remove paper and fuse half circle to center of blades circle. Stitch around the edge with a blanket stitch.
- Make a quilt sandwich of your pincushion's top and bottom blocks, and quilt. I did straight line quilting, using my walking foot's edge as a width guide.
Complete the Pincushion
To finish, place top and bottom blocks RST, and sew around the edge with scant 1/4″ seam. Leave a 2.5″ opening on one side for turning. Clip corners and turn. Fill with crushed walnuts, flax seeds, or filling of your choice and hand stitch opening closed. Pure sweetness!
Thread Catcher Baskets
If you love these thread catcher baskets, I purchased the pattern from Curry Bungalow on Etsy here. I changed the pattern slightly by piecing my fabric strips to the size of the basket fabric dimensions, and quilted. And because the baskets are fairly firm from the quilting and batting, I did not need to use any interfacing.
So that wraps up this post, hope you enjoyed it! Let me know if you have any questions about the pincushion tutorial and the thread catchers. If you are on Instagram, hook up with me at @hummingbirdthread.
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A Newfoundland's Day Out – Non Fiction
From the Director:
Film Description: A snapshot of normal life for my Newfoundland here on the Norfolk Coast and his love of anything to do with water !
including some of his buddies he meets.
Tech Talk: All video was recorded from iPhone 6
The Soundtrack was composed arranged and performed by myself using a Midi Controller Keyboard and audio/midi Interface connected to my iPad Air 2. All sounds are from various VST Instruments from the App Store and were mixed arranged etc in Cubasis.
Final mixing of Video and Audio done on iPad Air 2
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The electrical and engineering group is setting up a new company in Houston to expand on their international capabilities. C&M Marine Services (USA) LLC will provide a range of services and specialist products to the oil and gas and marine industries on a global basis.
C&M Group has appointed Patrick Granger to head up the US operation and build on the group's reputation for delivering turnkey oil and gas projects. Granger has 24 years experience in the oil and gas industry with the latter half of that in the areas of supply of marine accommodation, offshore construction and rental.
The international expansion follows on from C&M Group's recent success in delivering major international projects for Shell in Nigeria and BP in the Gulf of Mexico.
Speaking from OTC in Houston, Adrian Connell, C&M Group chairman and chief executive, says: "The opening of an operation in Houston is the next logical step in our development. We have just completed a turnkey project in the Gulf of Mexico for BP. This involved the conversion of a platform supply vessel into a 450 man flotel to support the Thunderhorse platform and has fully demonstrated our capabilities in terms of both international capability and service delivery.
"With an on-the-ground operation in Houston, we hope to quickly build on this track record and capitalise on the current opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and other oil and gas provinces around the world.
"We are delighted to be able to make this announcement at OTC, our first time at the show, and are confident the contacts we make over the next few days will be invaluable to our growth in the US."
With three consecutive years of sustained dynamic growth, C&M Group is on track to record an impressive £13.5 million turnover this year. The group employs 65 people in Aberdeen and is aiming to grow the Houston office to six employees in the next year.
C&M Marine Services (USA) LLC will provide marine accommodations, offshore buildings, vessel management and inspection, conversion and upgrades as well as marine engineering, design services and naval architecture.
C&M Group is a multi-disciplined engineering business with four independent operating companies in the areas of marine, offshore oil and gas, advanced technology, electrical contracting and kitchen engineering.
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The bedroom is a place to relax and rest. Even, most of the people consider the space as a place for looking for inspiration and imagination. Therefore, it is important for anyone to design and decorate the privacy space of bedroom as unique as possible. Did you know that by designing the bedroom with an ocean theme will enhance your imagination and creativity? It is reasonable because the ocean is very spacious. Especially, when coupled with a myriad of fascinating marine fish and assorted exotic coral plants that will certainly take you on a wild mind, boundless and peaceful.
Ocean themed bedrooms are suitable for any bedroom from babies, kids, teens to adults. Therefore, in order to impress misplaced, you need to do mix and match with the age and the style of each. Below, I will provide fresh ideas for those of you who are going to design bedrooms with the ocean theme. The easiest idea is by choosing bedding set in blue and white colors combination. That color delivers the peacefulness of the sea or ocean. For giving a stunning touch, bedding with gorgeous life ocean habitat is worthy to be chosen. It is a good idea as well to paint the wall with the ocean theme. Besides that, 3d wall paint or mural can be applied to create a fantastic decoration.
Ocean Themed Kids Room Design Idea Present Beach Wall Painting And L Shaped Wooden Bunk Bed With Desk Plus Storage
Modern Apartment Bedroom With Stylish Ocean Themed Wall Mural Behind Full Platform Bed
Girls Shared Bedroom Design Ideas Featured Fantastic Ocean Themed Wall Decor Also Blue Metal Twin Canopy Beds
Ocean Themed Baby Bedroom In Blue And White Wall Feat Modern Bedding Plus French Window Curtain
Floating Shelves And Beachy Wall Painting Feat Surf Headboard In Ocean Themed Boys Bedroom Design
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Bedroom With Ocean Theme Idea Present Beach Wall Picture Over Head And Star Wall Decor Plus Rustic Nightstand
Ocean Themed Bedroom In Light Brown And White Featured Modern Full Size Bedding Set With Coral Plus Starfish Print
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Comfortable Upholstered Glider Rocking Chair Feat Rustic Dresser And Awesome Ocean Themed Wall Bedroom Design
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We had another excellent tour to the Andaman Islands, Southern India and Sri Lanka, seeing almost all of the hoped-for endemics and regional endemics. On the Andamans we recorded 19 of the 21 endemics, while on Sri Lanka we had a clean sweep of all 33. Owls were a speciality, with 13 species seen, many of them at daytime roosts, including Andaman, Serendip and Walden's Scops Owls (the last a new split from Oriental), three boobooks, Chestnut-backed Owlet and no less than four Brown Fish Owls and four Brown Wood Owls. We also found two Ceylon Frogmouths at their daytime roost and saw six species of nightjar. Other highlights included several Black Bitterns, Painted Bush Quail, Great Thick-knee, Small Pratincole, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Indian Pitta, Pied Ground Thrush, Kashmir Flycatcher, White-bellied Blue and Nigiri Blue Robins (both seen superbly) and White-bellied Treepie, as well as sightings of Leopard and Sloth Bear.


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- a building for public Christian worship.
- Bethlehem Baptist Church (0.5km)
- Wistar Heights United Methodist Church (1.1km)
- Christ Presbyterian Church (1.9km)
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- Bonnie Brae Church of Christ (0.7km)
- Crossroads Shopping Center (1.9km)
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Ensure safe production is top of mind for your employees in 2015 by switching on their brains as they return to work.
To support even further those proactive workplaces engaging our Refresh, Refocus, and Re-engage workshop, Sentis is pleased to offer a 15% discount on our online Learning Management System resource until Jan 30.
The Sentis LMS platform provides an interactive and engaging learning environment for employees and contractors to support, refresh, and embed safety messages and program learnings in a convenient one-stop portal.
To find out more about the Refresh, Refocus, and Re-engage workshops in 2015, please register your interest above.