Name: Yes, Prime Minister
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Barry Stanton, Paul Eddington, John Wells

True to the law that says people rise to the level of their incompetence, James Hacker MP, Minister for Administrative Affairs, has ascended to the highest political office in the land.

Comedy
Year 1986-1988
2 Seasons

Jim Hacker focuses on arts grants, local government reform, and averting a City scandal.

Year: 1987

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E1 • Man Overboard
1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Sir Humphrey must stop Jim supporting a plan to move armed service jobs from the south to the north east to ease unemployment.
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E2 • Official Secrets
1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
When Jim Hacker's predecessor decides to publish his memoirs, the PM tries to suppress a chapter in which he appears unfavourably.
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E3 • A Diplomatic Incident
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Jim discovers the French plan to gain political advantage over the Channel Tunnel borders.
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E4 • A Conflict of Interest
1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
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.
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E5 • Power to the People
1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Jim Hacker meets a local Councillor who has radical ideas about local government. The PM likes what he hears, unlike Sir Humphrey.
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E6 • The Patron of the Arts
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a bigwig friend in the arts that the government is planning to cut grants.
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E7 • The National Education Service
1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
Hacker decides to abolish the Department of Education and Science to save money, giving cash directly to schools.
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E8 • The Tangled Web
1. 28 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
MPs have been complaining about their phones being tapped. Jim Hacker naturally denies this, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that it is in fact true.