Yes Prime Minister Series 1

Jim Hacker MP has been Minister for Administrative affairs long enough to know the unspoken rules of the game. He must come up with fresh ideas to show the electorate he is successful. His permanent secretary, the urbane Sir Humphrey is there to make sure they never come fruition, while poor Bernard (private secretary) must sit uneasily on the fence between them …

EPISODES

The Grand Design
As Prime Minister, Jim's finger is on the nuclear button. Confused over some tough questions, he comes up with a surprising Grand Design for defence...

The Ministerial Broadcast
As Jim is coached and groomed for a television speech of his new defence policy, Sir Humphrey is more concerned with what he says than how he says it.

The Smoke Screen
When Jim decides to champion his Health Minister's plan to abolish smoking by excessive taxation, a horrified Sir Humphrey calls in the tobacco lobby to prevent it.

The Key
A territorial battle between Sir Humphrey and Dorothy Wainwright, the PM's political advisor, reminds Jim that his Cabinet Secretary may have too much power. But Sir Humphrey is not about to have his wings clipped...

A Real Partnership
A governmental financial crisis collides with plans for a Civil Service pay rise. Sir Humphrey has to summon all his skills to get past a well informed PM.

A Victory for Democracy
Is the Foreign Office carrying out government policy or is the government there to carry out Foreign Office policy? Hacker is about to find out...

The Bishop’s Gambit
When a British nurse is given ten years and forty lashes in Qumran, the PM has to decide whether to be heartless or mindless. He also has to appoint a bishop, a non-to-easy choice.

One of Us
While a sheepdog, trapped on an artillery range, is stealing the PM's headlines, MI5 is dropping a bombshell. The recently deceased Head of MI5 turns out to be a Russian spy - worse still, Sir Humphrey headed the Committee of Enquiry...