Yes, Prime Minister

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...

Yes, Prime Minister Series 1 release dates →

1. E8

   8. One of Us

   Finale 40 years ago

   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.

2. E7

   7. The Bishop’s Gambit

   40 years ago

   Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

3. E6

   6. A Victory for Democracy

   40 years ago

   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.

4. E5

   5. A Real Partnership

   40 years ago

   Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

5. E4

   4. The Key

   40 years ago

   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.

6. E3

   3. The Smoke Screen

   40 years ago

   Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

7. E2

   2. The Ministerial Broadcast

   40 years ago

   Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

8. E1

   1. The Grand Design

   40 years ago

   With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...

Yes, Prime Minister Series 2 release dates →

1. E8

   8. The Tangled Web

   Finale 38 years ago

   Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.

2. E7

   7. The National Education Service

   38 years ago

   Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.

3. E6

   6. The Patron of the Arts

   38 years ago

   Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.

4. E5

   5. Power to the People

   38 years ago

   Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker’s plans to make local government more democratic.

5. E4

   4. A Conflict of Interest

   38 years ago

   Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City.

6. E3

   3. A Diplomatic Incident

   38 years ago

   Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.

7. E2

   2. Official Secrets

   38 years ago

   Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.

8. E1

   1. Man Overboard

   38 years ago

   Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.