Yes, Prime Minister — Series 1
8 episodesFirst aired 9 January 1986
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...
E1The Grand Design
8.0Jan 198630m
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
E2The Ministerial Broadcast
7.8Jan 198630m
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
E3The Smoke Screen
9.3Jan 198630m
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
E4The Key
10.0Jan 198630m
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.
E5A Real Partnership
8.5Feb 198630m
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
E6A Victory for Democracy
7.5Feb 198630m
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.
E7The Bishop’s Gambit
7.0Feb 198630m
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
E8One of Us
8.5Feb 198630m
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.