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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: The Grand Design

Air Date: January 9th, 1986

Summary: With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

Episode 2: The Ministerial Broadcast

Air Date: January 16th, 1986

Summary: Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

Episode 3: The Smoke Screen

Air Date: January 23rd, 1986

Summary: Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

Episode 4: The Key

Air Date: January 30th, 1986

Summary: 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.

Episode 5: A Real Partnership

Air Date: February 6th, 1986

Summary: Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

Episode 6: A Victory for Democracy

Air Date: February 13rd, 1986

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: The Bishop’s Gambit

Air Date: February 20th, 1986

Summary: Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

Episode 8: One of Us

Air Date: February 27th, 1986

Summary: 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.

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