Seasons & episodes

S2 · E1Man Overboard 1987-12-03 · 30 min＋

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.

S2 · E2Official Secrets 1987-12-10 · 30 min＋

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

S2 · E3A Diplomatic Incident 1987-12-17 · 30 min＋

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

S2 · E4A Conflict of Interest 1987-12-24 · 30 min＋

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.

S2 · E5Power to the People 1987-12-31 · 30 min＋

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.

S2 · E6The Patron of the Arts 1988-01-01 · 30 min＋

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

S2 · E7The National Education Service 1988-01-08 · 30 min＋

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

S2 · E8The Tangled Web 1988-01-28 · 30 min＋

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.