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Sir Humphrey is a master of obfuscation and manipulation, often making long-winded statements to confuse and fatigue the listener. An example is the following monologue from the episode "The Death List": "In view of the somewhat nebulous and inexplicit nature of your remit, and the arguably marginal and peripheral nature of your influence within the central deliberations and decisions within ...
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.
Most episodes end with Sir Humphrey Appleby saying to Jim Hacker, "Yes, Minister" or "Yes, Prime Minister", as appropriate. The pilot was produced in 1979 but not transmitted immediately for fear that it could influence the results of the May 1979 UK General Election. [6] It eventually aired on 25 February 1980. [1]
Hacker worked with the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, who as a senior civil servant tries to control the ministry and the minister himself, and his own Principal Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley. Hacker had been helped in his re-election by political adviser Frank Weisel, saying of him, "I depend on him more than anyone."
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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 ...
"The Bed of Nails" is the nineteenth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, first broadcast 9 December 1982, in which Jim Hacker unwisely accepts the role of 'Transport Supremo' with a view to developing a 'National Integrated Transport Policy' for the UK. It soon becomes apparent that opposition from various transport interests, the unions, and elements within the Department of ...
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