Seasons & Episodes
Open Government
Jim Hacker retains his seat in the election and is given a cabinet post in the new government He meets the permanent se
The Official Visit
When the leader of an African country is killed in a coup, his successor, who is an old friend of Jim’s, comes in his
The Economy Drive
Jim Hacker is determined to reduce the Civil Service, but he is frustrated by Sir Humphrey, and the only numbers he can
Big Brother
When the Government is planning to introduce a national database, Jim wants to bring in safe guards, but Sir Humphrey st
The Writing on the Wall
A rumour starts that Jim’s department is about to be axed. So with help from Sir Humphrey, they try and defeat the Pri
The Right to Know
Jim faces rebellion at home and in the office over the removal of protected status from a badger habitat, while he tries
Jobs for the Boys
Jim goes on radio to support the Solihull project a Government, union and private enterprise building scheme, that he ha
The Compassionate Society
When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he p
Doing the Honours
When Jim learns that he can block civil servant’s honours, he blackmails them into cutting their budgets, but when he
The Death List
When Jim learns that when in opposition he was bugged by the secret service, he decides to bring in legislation to kerb
The Greasy Pole
Jim has the chance of creating jobs, and saving a chemical company, when they are offered the chance to manufacture a hi
The Devil You Know
When Jim is betrayed by a Cabinet colleague over his plans to bring in jobs for British workers, he thinks about leaving
The Quality of Life
Sir Humphrey uses Jim’s promise to keep a popular city farm project open to get special permission for an additional n
A Question of Loyalty
Jim and Sir Humphrey pass the buck to protect each other when they appear before a select committee investigating charge
Equal Opportunities
Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
The Challenge
When Jim tackles local council administration and civil defence, he runs afoul of a B.B.C. interviewer.
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with
The Moral Dimension
Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valu
The Bed of Nails
Jim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by Number 10, but opposed by everyone else.
The Whisky Priest
Jim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he deci
The Middle-Class Rip-Off
Jim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an M.P. to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a pop
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