Seasons & Episodes
The Grand Design
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence poli
The Ministerial Broadcast
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
The Smoke Screen
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Trea
The Key
Office politics take precedence over national issues when Sir Humphrey and Bernard fall out with each other after Jim tr
A Real Partnership
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary re
A Victory for Democracy
Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Offi
The Bishop’s Gambit
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
One of Us
Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave while a security inquiry looks into why he cleared a confessed Soviet sp
Man Overboard
Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to
Official Secrets
Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a seri
A Diplomatic Incident
Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Chann
A Conflict of Interest
Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking
Power to the People
Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London
The Patron of the Arts
Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut
The National Education Service
Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the
The Tangled Web
Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap au
