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Series 1
8 Episodes1986
Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...
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Episodes (8)
Ep 1
The Grand Design
★8.0
1986-01-09•30m
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
Ep 2
The Ministerial Broadcast
★7.7
1986-01-16•30m
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
Ep 3
The Smoke Screen
★9.3
1986-01-23•30m
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
Ep 4
The Key
★10.0
1986-01-30•30m
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.
Ep 5
A Real Partnership
★8.0
1986-02-06•30m
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
Ep 6
A Victory for Democracy
★7.0
1986-02-13•30m
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.
Ep 7
The Bishop’s Gambit
★6.0
1986-02-20•30m
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
Ep 8
One of Us
★7.0
1986-02-27•30m
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.