S01 Episode 1
The Grand Design
Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident programme after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.
29 mins · Thu, 9 Jan 1986
S01 Episode 2
The Ministerial Broadcast
Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as prime minister, announcing his grand new defence policy, but finds it is not so easy to speak on camera.
29 mins · Thu, 16 Jan 1986
S01 Episode 3
The Smoke Screen
The health minister wants to abolish smoking using prohibitive taxation, losing the Treasury £4bn revenue. Jim sees how he can use this to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.
29 mins · Thu, 23 Jan 1986
S01 Episode 4
The Key
A territorial battle ensues after Sir Humphrey relocates the office of Jim Hacker's political adviser.
29 mins · Thu, 30 Jan 1986
S01 Episode 5
A Real Partnership
Sir Humphrey tries to convince Jim Hacker that top civil servants need not make monetary sacrifices like everyone else.
29 mins · Thu, 6 Feb 1986
S01 Episode 6
A Victory for Democracy
Jim has his first clash with the Foreign Office when he is called upon to prevent a Commonwealth country from being taken over by Marxists.
30 mins · Thu, 13 Feb 1986
S01 Episode 7
The Bishop's Gambit
Jim must recommend the appointment of bishops to the Queen but is not keen on the two offered by the Church, and Humphrey has his own reasons for wanting a third.
30 mins · Thu, 20 Feb 1986
S01 Episode 8
One of Us
Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave as questions arise about why he cleared a confessed Soviet spy many years earlier.
29 mins · Thu, 27 Feb 1986
