The Bishop’s Gambit

1The Grand Design

30 minJan 9, 1986

With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

2The Ministerial Broadcast

30 minJan 16, 1986

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

3The Smoke Screen

30 minJan 23, 1986

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

4The Key

30 minJan 30, 1986

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.

5A Real Partnership

30 minFeb 6, 1986

Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

6A Victory for Democracy

30 minFeb 13, 1986

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.

7The Bishop’s Gambit

30 minFeb 20, 1986Now viewing

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

8One of Us

30 minFeb 27, 1986

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.