Yes, Prime Minister — Series 1
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

E01 The Grand Design
★ 8.0Jan 9, 1986 · 30m
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

E02 The Ministerial Broadcast
★ 7.8Jan 16, 1986 · 30m
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

E03 The Smoke Screen
★ 9.3Jan 23, 1986 · 30m
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

E04 The Key
★ 10.0Jan 30, 1986 · 30m
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.

E05 A Real Partnership
★ 8.5Feb 6, 1986 · 30m
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

E06 A Victory for Democracy
★ 7.5Feb 13, 1986 · 30m
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.

E07 The Bishop’s Gambit
★ 7.0Feb 20, 1986 · 30m
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

E08 One of Us
★ 8.5Feb 27, 1986 · 30m
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.
