Seasons & episodes

S1 · E1The Grand Design 1986-01-09 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E2The Ministerial Broadcast 1986-01-16 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E3The Smoke Screen 1986-01-23 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E4The Key 1986-01-30 · 30 min＋

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 · E5A Real Partnership 1986-02-06 · 30 min＋

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 · E6A Victory for Democracy 1986-02-13 · 30 min＋

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 · E7The Bishop’s Gambit 1986-02-20 · 30 min＋

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

S1 · E8One of Us 1986-02-27 · 30 min＋

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.