Yes Minister (TV Series)
Jobs for the Boys (1980)
Nigel Hawthorne: Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Quotes
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : Bernard, Ministers should never know more than they need to know. Then they can't tell anyone. Like secret agents, they could be captured and tortured.
Bernard Woolley : You mean by terrorists?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : By the BBC, Bernard.
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[Sir Humphrey is interviewing a prospective appointee]
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : So it all boils down to the Industry Co-partnership Commission. Still, I find that quite acceptable.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Well, it is within the gift of my Minister, and you need only put in appearances once or twice a month.
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Are there lots of papers?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes, but it wouldn't be awfully necessary to read them.
Sir Desmond Glazebrook : Then I wouldn't have anything to say at the monthly meetings.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Splendid, I can see you're just the chap I'm looking for.
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Bernard Woolley : How was Watergate different, exactly?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Watergate happened in America, Bernard.
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[last lines]
Frank Weisel : What about my quango paper, then?
James Hacker : Invaluable. Take it with you.
Sir Humphrey Appleby : I'll, um, I'll keep a copy if I may. On the files.
James Hacker : With the Solihull report?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes, Minister.