
Series 1 (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: 8
Star Cast: Paul Eddington , Nigel Hawthorne , Derek Fowlds ,
Episodes List

Ep.1 The Grand Design
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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
Air Date: 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.