Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...

Season 1 Episode 1 - 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. Air Date : 9th-Jan-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 2 - The Ministerial Broadcast

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy. Air Date : 16th-Jan-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 3 - The Smoke Screen

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department. Air Date : 23rd-Jan-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 4 - 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. Air Date : 30th-Jan-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 5 - 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. Air Date : 6th-Feb-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 6 - 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. Air Date : 13th-Feb-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 7 - The Bishop’s Gambit

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices. Air Date : 20th-Feb-1986  Read More

Season 1 Episode 8 - 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. Air Date : 27th-Feb-1986  Read More