Yes, Prime Minister

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

Specials (Unknown Year) - (6 Episodes)

Series 1 (1986) - (8 Episodes)

Series 2 (1987) - (8 Episodes)

Specials

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Paul Eddington A Life Well Lived (BBC)

No overview for this episode.
Ep. 2: Paul Eddington Interviewed by Felicity Kendal (1986-01-13)

Wogan Talk Show: Felicity Kendal interviews Paul Eddington
Ep. 3: BBC Breakfast Time Cabinet Ministers Interview (1986-01-09)

BBC's Breakfast Time interviewed six former Cabinet Ministers and Jonathan Lynn on how Jim Hacker will fare in Number 10.
Ep. 4: Christmas Morning with Noel Show (1987-12-25)

One of many celebrity messages to Noel Edmunds's Christmas Morning with Noel show, which BBC aired on December 25, 1987
Ep. 5: Party Games (1984-12-17)

Series opener as Jim Hacker rises to the position of Prime Minister.
Ep. 6: Comic Relief short (1986-04-25)

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.