Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as Prime Minister announcing his grand new defence policy, but he finds that it is not so easy to speak on camera. S1 E2: The Ministerial Broadcast
When the Health Minister aims to end smoking with taxes costing the Treasury four billion pounds, Jim finds a way to leverage this against Treasury resistance to his tax cuts. S1 E3: The Smoke Screen
Sir Humphrey moves Dorothy Wainwright - the PM's political advisor - out of her office, but she insists on moving back and tells Jim that he is letting Humphrey become too dominant. S1 E4: The Key
Jim is honoured at the British Theatre Awards but faces an Arts Council grant cut - he aims to avert bad publicity while Sir Humphrey fights reductions. Who will win? S1 E6: A Victory for Democracy
Classic political comedy. Jim must recommend the appointment of bishops to the Queen but is not keen on the two offered by the Church. S1 E7: The Bishop's Gambit
Papers of a late head of MI5 show that he was at one stage spying for Russia and cleared by an internal Civil Service Committee of Enquiry headed by Sir Humphrey. S1 E8: One of Us
7/8. The National Education Service: Political sitcom. Hacker decides to abolish the Department of Education and Science to save money, giving cash directly to schools. [S]
6/8. The Patron of the Arts: Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a bigwig friend in the arts that the government is planning to cut grants. [S]
5/8. Power to the People: Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker meets a local councillor who has radical ideas about local government. The PM likes what he hears, unlike Sir Humphrey. [S]
4/8. A Conflict of Interest: Classic sitcom. When a scandal breaks in the City, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey cannot agree on who should be the new governor of the Bank of England. [S]
8/8. One of Us: Classic comedy in which minister Jim Hacker finds himself transported to Number 10. The papers of a recently deceased head of MI5 show that he was once spying for Russia. [S]
7/8. The Bishop's Gambit: Classic political comedy. Jim must recommend the appointment of bishops to the Queen but is not keen on the two offered by the Church. [S]
6/8. A Victory for Democracy: Classic sitcom about a beleaguered PM. Jim Hacker begins to wonder whether the government runs the Foreign Office, or vice versa. [S]
4/8. The Key: Classic sitcom about beleaguered prime minister Jim Hacker. Dorothy Wainwright, the PM's political advisor, tells Jim that he is letting Humphrey become too dominant. [S]