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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S02E01 The Compassionate Society
February 23 · 30min find the promo
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When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff.
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S02E02 Doing the Honours
March 2 · 30min find the promo
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When Jim learns that he can block civil servant’s honours, he blackmails them into cutting their budgets, but when he hears that he might be in line for an honorary degree, he has to back down.
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S02E03 The Death List
March 9 · 30min find the promo
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When Jim learns that when in opposition he was bugged by the secret service, he decides to bring in legislation to kerb the bugging, only to find out that he is on the death list of a group of terrorists, and the best way to find them, is by bugging phone lines.
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S02E04 The Greasy Pole
March 16 · 30min find the promo
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Jim has the chance of creating jobs, and saving a chemical company, when they are offered the chance to manufacture a highly dangerous chemical, but when the news gets out that it might be too dangerous, he has to back down.
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S02E05 The Devil You Know
March 23 · 30min find the promo
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When Jim is betrayed by a Cabinet colleague over his plans to bring in jobs for British workers, he thinks about leaving Westminster and becoming a European Commissioner, But when Sir Humphrey learns who his replacement will be, he tries to change Jim’s mind.
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S02E06 The Quality of Life
March 30 · 30min find the promo
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Sir Humphrey uses Jim’s promise to keep a popular city farm project open to get special permission for an additional nine floors on a proposed skyscraper.
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S02E07 A Question of Loyalty
April 6 · 30min find the promo
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Jim and Sir Humphrey pass the buck to protect each other when they appear before a select committee investigating charges of waste in Hacker’s ministry, until Jim’s higher loyalties are called upon.