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that we were doing that.'

We didn't set out to change

the world, we just set out to...

To amuse an audience.

..to amuse an audience.

Stepping into the Prime Ministerial

role of Jim Hacker

is acting legend David Haig,

whilst his calculating

Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey,

is played by renowned stage

and screen actor, Henry Goodman.

HENRY GOODMAN:
I'm genuinely excited

that these scripts have embraced

new and edgy stuff.

Some of the things that happen

in these episodes

would not have been in previous

episodes

some years ago.

Why didn't you know?

Well, everybody thought that

everybody else understood

what was going on.

Nobody wanted to admit that

they couldn't make sense of it.

Why couldn't they?

Because it didn't make sense!

The balance between Sir Humphrey

and Jim Hacker

has evolved through

the two of us playing the two roles,

and that necessarily has some

differences from our predecessors.

But I think they're exciting

differences, and I'm not scared

of Nigel and Paul's performances,

which were absolutely phenomenal.

And also, Henry and I have known

each other for so long, it's fun

to investigate our own histories,

in a way, subliminally, I feel.

Yes, yeah, absolutely.

Within the characters.

Yeah.

How happy is the Prime Minister

about his future?

He's as happy as a rat-catcher

on a rubbish dump.

The Prime Minister is as happy

as an Environmental Health Officer

on a Civic Amenity Site.

I was absolutely terrified when

they offered me Bernard originally,

simply because

I watched the original TV series,

back in the 1980s.

I was doing my A-level politics

and I was really rather...in awe.

What about Bernard?

Now, he is the kind of character

I'm really sympathetic to,

and of all of them the three

of them, I've seen Bernards.

Absolutely.

Over and over again.

Indeed, and they are, you know,

I think people underestimate

the power of every Minister's

Private Secretary.

It's not the reality of the

Civil Service now, you know,

you'd be much more likely to have

a Bernadette

than a...than a Bernard.

Quiet, please...

Although Bernard

is still very much a bloke,

there is a welcome addition

of a female SPAD - Claire Sutton,

Special Political Advisor to Jim.

'She's kind of like his right-hand

man, really.

'And she's very good at kind

of thinking straight'

in stressful situations

and, you know, just...being cogent.

He's not doing that.

If I could

mention the Kumranistan loan!

You can't!

Not until Kumranistan has definitely

signed on the dotted line

and not until this euro business

with the European Central bank

is sorted out.

Phone them back.

Pretend to be helpful.

It'd be very nice to see

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