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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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 16
- Latest aired
- S02E08
- Total runtime
- 8h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 1986 – February 1986 8 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 9 months
- Season 2 December 1987 – January 1988 8 episodes
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S01E01 The Grand Design
January 9 · 30min find the promo
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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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S01E02 The Ministerial Broadcast
January 16 · 30min find the promo
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Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
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S01E03 The Smoke Screen
January 23 · 30min find the promo
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Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
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S01E04 The Key
January 30 · 30min find the promo
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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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S01E05 A Real Partnership
February 6 · 30min find the promo
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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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S01E06 A Victory for Democracy
February 13 · 30min find the promo
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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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S01E07 The Bishop’s Gambit
February 20 · 30min find the promo
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Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
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S01E08 One of Us
February 27 · 30min find the promo
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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.