File:Yes Minister - Sir Humphrey speech.ogg

Audio clip from the Yes, Prime Minister episode "Man Overboard". The extract illustrates an example Nigel Hawthorne's performance of the "big speeches."

Fair use rationale This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion in the article Yes Minister" is claimed as fair use because: I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion enhances rather than reduces the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn.  The JPS talk to me  11:20, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
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