Yes, Prime Minister (1986)

Name: Yes, Prime Minister
Rating: 8.4

Rating: 8.4

Synopsis

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?

First Air Date: 1986-01-09

Last Air Date: 1988-01-28

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 16

Created By: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds as Bernard Woolley
Diana Hoddinott as N/A
John Nettleton as Sir Arnold Robinson
Deborah Norton as N/A
Peter Cellier as N/A
Donald Pickering as N/A
Frederick Treves as N/A
Antony Carrick as N/A

Seasons

None (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...

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Grand Design (1986-01-09)

With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
Ep. 2: The Ministerial Broadcast (1986-01-16)

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
Ep. 3: The Smoke Screen (1986-01-23)

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
Ep. 4: The Key (1986-01-30)

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.
Ep. 5: A Real Partnership (1986-02-06)

Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
Ep. 6: A Victory for Democracy (1986-02-13)

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.
Ep. 7: The Bishop’s Gambit (1986-02-20)

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
Ep. 8: One of Us (1986-02-27)

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.