Yes Minister (TV Series)
Big Brother (1980)
Nigel Hawthorne: Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Quotes
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : It must be hard for a political adviser to understand this, but I'm merely a civil servant. I simply do as I am instructed by my master.
James Hacker : What happens when a Minister is a woman, what'll you call her?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes, that is rather interesting. We sought an answer to that point when I was Principal Private Secretary and Dr. Edith Summerskill - as she then was - was appointed Minister in 1947. I didn't quite like to refer to her as my mistress.
James Hacker : What was the answer?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Oh, we're still waiting for it.
