1x1 - The Grand Design

January 9, 1986

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

1x2 - The Ministerial Broadcast

January 16, 1986

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

1x3 - The Smoke Screen

January 23, 1986

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

1x4 - The Key

January 30, 1986

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.

1x5 - A Real Partnership

February 6, 1986

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

1x6 - A Victory for Democracy

February 13, 1986

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.

1x7 - The Bishop’s Gambit

February 20, 1986

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

1x8 - One of Us

February 27, 1986

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.

Paul Eddington

Jim Hacker

Nigel Hawthorne

Humphrey Appleby, Sir Humphrey Appleby

Derek Fowlds

Bernard Woolley