"Doing the Honours" is the ninth episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister and was first broadcast 2 March 1981. In this episode, the final ' Yes Minister ' is uttered by Sir Humphrey Appleby, though he actually says "Yes, Doctor... er, Minister".

Jim Hacker is holding a meeting with his junior civil servants regarding the scope for economies in certain departments. Not one of them is able to suggest a single area of expenditure where this can happen. However, the Minister points to one minor victory: universities will be forced to make overseas students pay for their own tuition — with no exceptions. After the meeting, Bernard (Hacker's Principal Private Secretary) approaches the Minister to ask if he has approved the departmental recommendations for the latest honours list. Bernard remarks that while in theory ministers can withhold civil service honours, in practice it is rarely the case. Hacker wonders how he can make government officials want economies in the same way as they desire their knighthoods, etc. Bernard then hesitantly suggests to the Minister that he might like to consider denying honours to those civil servants who haven't cut their budgets by 5%. Hacker is immediately enthusiastic.

Sir Humphrey Appleby has been enjoying a dinner at Baillie, his old college, and is chatting with the Master and the Bursar. They are concerned at the college's poor financial situation, which won't be helped by Hacker's policy of making overseas students pay for their tuition. Baillie is particularly affected as it has a large influx of such students. Sir Humphrey suggests that they take more from the United Kingdom, but the economics dictate otherwise. The Master and Bursar ask Sir Humphrey to persuade his minister to designate Baillie as an exception, and they agree to invite Hacker to a High Table dinner at the college.

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