Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
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- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes aired
- 21
- Latest aired
- S03E07
- Total runtime
- 10h 30min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 February 1980 – April 1980 7 episodes
- Season 2 February 1981 – April 1981 7 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 7 months
- Season 3 November 1982 – December 1982 7 episodes
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S01E01 Open Government
February 25 · 30min find the promo
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Jim Hacker retains his seat in the election and is given a cabinet post in the new government He meets the permanent secretary for his department Sir Humphrey Appleby but Jim decides to change the way things are done in the civil service so Sir Humphrey sets out to stop him
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S01E02 The Official Visit
March 3 · 30min find the promo
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When the leader of an African country is killed in a coup, his successor, who is an old friend of Jim’s, comes in his place. They negotiate a £50 million deal to help buy oil exploration equipment.
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S01E03 The Economy Drive
March 10 · 30min find the promo
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Jim Hacker is determined to reduce the Civil Service, but he is frustrated by Sir Humphrey, and the only numbers he can alter are the numbers of tea ladies.
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S01E04 Big Brother
March 17 · 30min find the promo
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When the Government is planning to introduce a national database, Jim wants to bring in safe guards, but Sir Humphrey stalls until with some help from the opposition, Jim gets his way.
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S01E05 The Writing on the Wall
March 24 · 30min find the promo
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A rumour starts that Jim’s department is about to be axed. So with help from Sir Humphrey, they try and defeat the Prime Minister’s plans.
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S01E06 The Right to Know
March 31 · 30min find the promo
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Jim faces rebellion at home and in the office over the removal of protected status from a badger habitat, while he tries to circumvent Sir Humphrey’s efforts to keep him ignorant of things.
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S01E07 Jobs for the Boys
April 7 · 30min find the promo
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Jim goes on radio to support the Solihull project a Government, union and private enterprise building scheme, that he has inherited from the last administration, but unknown to him the project is close to bankruptcy, Sir Humphrey hopes to save the deal by offering a quango to the director of the bank involved