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James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
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James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
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Episode 1
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars Frederick Treves, Oscar Quitak, Diana Hoddinott
Episode 2
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars John Wells
Episode 3
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars Deborah Norton, Peter Cellier
Episode 5
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars John Nettleton, Deborah Norton, Peter Cellier, Diana Hoddinott
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars Donald Pickering
Episode 7
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
Written by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars Donald Pickering, Frank Middlemass, Diana Hoddinott
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Antony Jay, Jonathan LynnGuest stars John Nettleton, Michael Aldridge, Diana Hoddinott, John Normington
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Paul EddingtonJim Hacker
Nigel HawthorneSir Humphrey Appleby
Derek FowldsBernard Woolley
Donald Pickering
Frederick Treves
John NettletonSir Arnold Robinson
Ludovic Kennedy
BBC TwoUnited Kingdom
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