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First Aired: January 9th, 1986

Status: Ended

Genre: Comedy

Network: BBC Two

Summary: 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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Episode 1: Man Overboard

Air Date: December 3rd, 1987

Summary: Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.

Episode 2: Official Secrets

Air Date: December 10th, 1987

Summary: Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.

Episode 3: A Diplomatic Incident

Air Date: December 17th, 1987

Summary: Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.

Episode 4: A Conflict of Interest

Air Date: December 31st, 1987

Summary: Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City.

Episode 5: Power to the People

Air Date: January 7th, 1988

Summary: Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker’s plans to make local government more democratic.

Episode 6: The Patron of the Arts

Air Date: January 1st, 1988

Summary: Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.

Episode 7: The National Education Service

Air Date: January 21st, 1988

Summary: Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.

Episode 8: The Tangled Web

Air Date: January 28th, 1988

Summary: Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.

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