S01 E011986-01-09 / 30 MIN
THE GRAND DESIGN
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
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PAUL EDDINGTONJim Hacker
NIGEL HAWTHORNESir Humphrey Appleby
DEREK FOWLDSBernard Woolley
YES, PRIME MINISTER
19868.3 RATING2 SEASONS16 EPISODESCOMEDY
James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
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S01 E021986-01-16 / 30 MIN
THE MINISTERIAL BROADCAST
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
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S01 E031986-01-23 / 30 MIN
THE SMOKE SCREEN
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
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S01 E041986-01-30 / 30 MIN
THE KEY
Office politics take precedence over national issues when Sir Humphrey and Bernard fall out with each other after Jim tries to restrict Sir Humphrey’s access to №10.
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S01 E051986-02-06 / 30 MIN
A REAL PARTNERSHIP
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
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S01 E061986-02-13 / 30 MIN
A VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY
Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.
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S01 E071986-02-20 / 30 MIN
THE BISHOP’S GAMBIT
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
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S01 E081986-02-27 / 30 MIN
ONE OF US
Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave while a security inquiry looks into why he cleared a confessed Soviet spy many years earlier, so Sir Humphrey retaliates with a dog in distress on Salisbury plain.
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