Yes, Prime Minister
1986 · 2 seasons · 16 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Comedy, War & Politics
TMDB 8.3 · 143 votes
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
- S01E01The Grand Design1986-01-0930m
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
- S01E02The Ministerial Broadcast1986-01-1630m
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
- S01E03The Smoke Screen1986-01-2330m
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
- S01E04The Key1986-01-3030m
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.
- S01E05A Real Partnership1986-02-0630m
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
- S01E06A Victory for Democracy1986-02-1330m
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.
- S01E07The Bishop’s Gambit1986-02-2030m
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
- S01E08One of Us1986-02-2730m
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.
