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Sir Humphrey Appleby (Character)
from "Yes Minister" (1980)

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Alternate Names:
'Humphrey Appleby'

Filmography

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  1. "Yes, Prime Minister"
        - The Poisoned Chalice (2013) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman
        - Crisis at the Summit (2013) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman
  2. Yes, Prime Minister: Re-elected (2013) (TV) Played by Henry Goodman
  3. "Newsnight"
        - Episode dated 5 May 2010 (2010) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman
        - Episode dated 28 April 2010 (2010) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman
        - Episode dated 27 April 2010 (2010) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman
        - Episode dated 26 April 2010 (2010) TV episode, Played by Henry Goodman

  4. "Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom" (1999) TV series Played by Nigel Hawthorne (as 'Humphrey Appleby')

  5. "Yes, Prime Minister"
        - The Tangled Web (1988) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The National Education Service (1988) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The Patron of the Arts (1988) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - Power to the People (1988) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - A Conflict of Interest (1987) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
          (11 more)
  6. "Yes Minister"
        - Party Games (1984) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The Middle-Class Rip-Off (1982) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The Whisky Priest (1982) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The Bed of Nails (1982) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The Moral Dimension (1982) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
          (17 more)
Archive Footage:
  1. "Comedy Connections"
        - Yes Minister (2008) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
        - The New Statesman (2007) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
  2. What Lies Beneath (2008) (V) Played by Nigel Hawthorne
  3. "Tory! Tory! Tory!"
        - Outsiders (2006) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne
  4. "The Greatest"
        - 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) TV episode, Played by Nigel Hawthorne

Additional Details

Genres:
Comedy / News / Documentary
Plot Keywords:
British Civil Service / House Of Commons / Member Of Parliament / Political Corruption See more »

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
From "Yes, Prime Minister: The Tangled Web (#2.8)" (1988)
James Hacker: But it wasn't my fault. I didn't know he was being bugged.
Bernard Woolley: Prime Minister, you are deemed to have known. You are ultimately responsible.
James Hacker: Why wasn't I told?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: The Home Secretary might not have felt the need to infrom you.
James Hacker: Why?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Perhaps he didn't know either. Or perhaps he'd been advised that you did not need to know.
James Hacker: Well I did need to know.
Bernard Woolley: Apparently the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time that the now known need to know was known, and therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt that the information that he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority of the known information was not yet known and therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed because the need to know was not at this time known or needed.
James Hacker: What!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: We could not know that you would deny it in the House.
[...]
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