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On Humphrey's possible private situation, Jonathan Lynn, one of the creators of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, commented: "We always supposed that Sir Humphrey lived in Haslemere, [2] had a son at Winchester and a daughter at Bedales and that his wife was a sensible woman who made cakes for church socials and enjoyed walking the family ...
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was a British actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.
Lady Appleby, Sir Humphrey's wife, is mentioned on occasion, seen only briefly from behind (in an uncredited, non-speaking appearance) in "Big Brother", and never given a first name. Various Chief Whips, usually acting in Yes Minister as a "gatekeeper" to the unseen Prime Minister.
Woolley is the Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs (a fictional office), and later Prime Minister, Jim Hacker. However, his loyalties are split between his Minister and his Civil Service boss, Sir Humphrey Appleby. Whilst he is theoretically accountable to Hacker personally, it is Sir Humphrey who writes his ...
Sir Humphrey has a special end-of-year message for the Minister, delivered in, even by his standards, an especially circumlocutory style. His message was later transcribed and printed in The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book.
Civil servants have dubbed a new AI system introduced to reduce millions spent on consultants “Humphrey” after the “machiavellian” adviser from Yes, Minister.. The bundle of tools, named ...
In 2010 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister [15] at the Chichester Festival Theatre [16] and later at the Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010. [17] In 2012 he played the title role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in Chichester and then in the West End to critical ...
Officials asked for federal assistance in the investigation into the apparent suicide of a South Carolina pastor’s wife amid allegations of abuse, including a police report she filed the month ...