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Humphrey Appleby
Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO, MA (Oxon), is a fictional character from the British television series "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister". He was played originally by Sir Nigel Hawthorne, both on stage and in a television adaptation of the stage show by Henry Goodman in a new series of "Yes, Prime Minister". In "Yes Minister", he is the Permanent Secretary for the Department of Administrative Affairs (a fictional department of the British government)
A Diplomatic Incident
“A Diplomatic Incident” is the eleventh episode of the BBC comedy series "Yes, Prime Minister" and was first broadcast 17 December 1987.
Plot.
Jim Hacker is joined by Sir Humphrey Appleby, to discuss the forthcoming public ceremony for the start of work on the Channel Tunnel. It seems that there are certain stumbling blocks regarding border placement and jurisdiction. The Prime Minister is all for handling the negotiations himself, until Sir Humphrey provides him with a raft of legal problems that will need