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Yes Minister : Season 3
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Air date: 11 Nov '82 - 7 episodesSet principally in the private office of a British Cabinet minister in the Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of The Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to formulate and enact legislation or effect departmental changes are opposed by the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne. His Principal Private Secretary Bernard Woolley, played by Derek Fowlds, is usually caught between the two. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, continued with the same cast and followed the events of the premiership of Jim Hacker after his unexpected elevation to Number 10 upon the resignation of the previous PM.
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List of Episodes (7)
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Yes Minister (1980)
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1. Equal Opportunities
11 Nov '82Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey's opposition.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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2. The Challenge
18 Nov '82When Jim tackles local council administration and civil defense, he runs afoul of a BBC interviewer.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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3. The Skeleton in the Cupboard
25 Nov '82Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey's past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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4. The Moral Dimension
02 Dec '82Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs. Hacker can keep it.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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5. The Bed of Nails
09 Dec '82Jim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by No 10, but opposed by everyone else.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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6. The Whisky Priest
16 Dec '82Jim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he decides to start an inquiry into how it happened.
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Yes Minister (1980)
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7. The Middle-Class Rip-Off
23 Dec '82Jim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an MP to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a popular local soccer club.
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