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Yes, Prime Minister : Season 2
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Air date: 03 Dec '87 - 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. Man Overboard
03 Dec '87Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the PM's support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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2. Official Secrets
10 Dec '87Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor's memoirs, but it becomes a plumber's nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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3. A Diplomatic Incident
17 Dec '87Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor's state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the channel tunnel.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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4. A Conflict of Interest
31 Dec '87Hacker 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.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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5. Power to the People
07 Jan '88Sir 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.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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6. A Patron of the Arts
01 Jan '88Sir Humphrey works against Hacker over the issues of funding the National Theater when the PM asks for help containing criticism from the Theater's director.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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7. The National Education Service
21 Jan '88Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
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8. The Tangled Web
28 Jan '88Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the PM or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.
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