Series 1
Episodes
S1 · E1 · 9 Jan 1986 · 30 min
The Grand Design
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
S1 · E2 · 16 Jan 1986 · 30 min
The Ministerial Broadcast
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
S1 · E3 · 23 Jan 1986 · 30 min
The Smoke Screen
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
S1 · E4 · 30 Jan 1986 · 30 min
The Key
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.
S1 · E5 · 6 Feb 1986 · 30 min
A Real Partnership
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
S1 · E6 · 13 Feb 1986 · 30 min
A Victory for Democracy
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.
S1 · E7 · 20 Feb 1986 · 30 min
The Bishop’s Gambit
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
S1 · E8 · 27 Feb 1986 · 30 min
One of Us
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.
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