Series 1

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...

1. 

   1. The Grand Design

   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.

2. 

   2. The Ministerial Broadcast

   1986-01-16 · 30m

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

3. 

   3. The Smoke Screen

   1986-01-23 · 30m

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

4. 

   4. The Key

   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.

5. 

   5. A Real Partnership

   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.

6. 

   6. A Victory for Democracy

   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.

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   7. The Bishop’s Gambit

   1986-02-20 · 30m

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

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   8. One of Us

   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.