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Yes, Prime Minister : Season 1
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Air date: 09 Jan '86 - 8 episodesJames 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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List of Episodes (8)
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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1. Grand Design
09 Jan '86After talking with his military advisers, Jim comes up with the idea of cancelling trident and reintroducing conscription. He also gets what no other Prime Minister has gotten, a cook / housekeeper.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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2. The Ministerial Broadcast
16 Jan '86Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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3. The Smoke Screen
23 Jan '86Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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4. The Key
30 Jan '86Office 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 No 10.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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5. A Real Partnership
06 Feb '86Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for MPs have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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6. A Victory for Democracy
13 Feb '86Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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7. The Bishop's Gambit
20 Feb '86Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn't like either the Church or Sir Humphrey's choices.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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8. One of Us
27 Feb '86Hacker 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.
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