Yes, Prime Minister - Season 1

First aired: 1/9/1986 8 episodes

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

1. The Grand Design

Aired: 1/9/1986

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

2. The Ministerial Broadcast

Aired: 1/16/1986

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

3. The Smoke Screen

Aired: 1/23/1986

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

4. The Key

Aired: 1/30/1986

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.

5. A Real Partnership

Aired: 2/6/1986

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

6. A Victory for Democracy

Aired: 2/13/1986

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.

7. The Bishop’s Gambit

Aired: 2/20/1986

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

8. One of Us

Aired: 2/27/1986

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.