Yes, Prime Minister - Series 1

Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...

8 Episodes

The Grand Design

Season 1 - 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.

The Ministerial Broadcast

Season 1 - Episode 2

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

The Smoke Screen

Season 1 - Episode 3

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

The Key

Season 1 - 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 ...

A Real Partnership

Season 1 - 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.

A Victory for Democracy

Season 1 - 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 ignor...

The Bishop’s Gambit

Season 1 - Episode 7

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

One of Us

Season 1 - 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...