When former journalist Jim learns that arms from a Government factory are being sold to foreign terrorists, this gives Jim a moral dilemma now he is a minister. S3 E6: The Whisky Priest
When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as someone he knew, he does his best to offload some British-made oil rigging gear on him. S1 E2: The Official Visit
The Right Honourable Jim Hacker - the newly-appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs - finds his idealism challenged from the start. S1 E1: Open Government