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Yes, Prime Minister

  • 1986–1988
  • 2 seasons
  • Comedy, War & Politics
  • 8.3

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?

Episodes

If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...

8 episodes
  1. 1Man Overboard

    30 minDec 3, 1987

    Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.

  2. 2Official Secrets

    30 minDec 10, 1987

    Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.

  3. 3A Diplomatic Incident

    30 minDec 17, 1987

    Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.

  4. 4A Conflict of Interest

    30 minDec 24, 1987

    Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City.

  5. 5Power to the People

    30 minDec 31, 1987

    Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker’s plans to make local government more democratic.

  6. 6The Patron of the Arts

    30 minJan 1, 1988

    Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.

  7. 7The National Education Service

    30 minJan 8, 1988

    Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.

  8. 8The Tangled Web

    30 minJan 28, 1988

    Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.

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Series cast

Paul EddingtonJim Hacker16 episodes
Nigel HawthorneSir Humphrey Appleby16 episodes
Derek FowldsBernard Woolley16 episodes
Diana Hoddinott7 episodes
John NettletonSir Arnold Robinson5 episodes
Deborah Norton5 episodes
Peter Cellier3 episodes
Donald Pickering2 episodes
Frederick Treves2 episodes
Peter Cartwright2 episodes
Antony CarrickBill Pritchard2 episodes
Ludovic Kennedy1 episode
John Wells1 episode
Nicholas Courtney1 episode
Gwen Taylor1 episode
Myfanwy Talog1 episode
Oscar Quitak1 episode
Frank Middlemass1 episode

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