Name: Yes, Prime Minister
Genre: Comedy, War & Politics
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott, John Nettleton

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Paul Eddington

Nigel Hawthorne

Derek Fowlds

Diana Hoddinott

John Nettleton

Deborah Norton

Peter Cellier

Donald Pickering

Frederick Treves

Antony Carrick

Antony Jay

Jonathan Lynn

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?

Yes, Prime Minister

Yes Prime Minister  -  Sir Humphrey shows poll rigging

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

The Grand Design

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

The Ministerial Broadcast

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

The Smoke Screen

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.

The Key

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

A Real Partnership

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.

A Victory for Democracy

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

The Bishop’s Gambit

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.

One of Us

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.

Man Overboard

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

Official Secrets

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

A Diplomatic Incident

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.

A Conflict of Interest

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.

Power to the People

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

The Patron of the Arts

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

The National Education Service

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.

The Tangled Web

Wogan Talk Show: Felicity Kendal interviews Paul Eddington

Paul Eddington Interviewed by Felicity Kendal

BBC's Breakfast Time interviewed six former Cabinet Ministers and Jonathan Lynn on how Jim Hacker will fare in Number 10.

BBC Breakfast Time Cabinet Ministers Interview

One of many celebrity messages to Noel Edmunds's Christmas Morning with Noel show, which BBC aired on December 25, 1987

Christmas Morning with Noel Show

Series opener as Jim Hacker rises to the position of Prime Minister.

Party Games

A two-minute introduction to the first ever Comic Relief event saw Paul Eddington, in character as Prime Minister Hacker, address the nation on the subject of charitable giving and its preferential nature to government handouts to charity. It was the only video insert in the show, which was performed at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 4-6 April 1986. An edited highlights programme, including Hacker's address, was broadcast by the BBC on 25 April.

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