Yes, Minister

BAFTA TV AWARDS® 1X nominee in 1985
James Hacker, the newly-appointed Cabinet Minister for Administrative Affairs, soon finds many of his ideas for reform openly opposed by the civil servants whose job it is to implement them, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby…
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Open Government

    February 24, 1980
    29min
    TV-PG
    First episode of the acclaimed sitcom about an apparently clueless British government minister and the advisers who surround him.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Official Visit

    March 2, 1980
    28min
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    When Hacker recognizes a visiting head of an African nation as a school friend, he does his best to offload some oil rigging gear on him.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Economy Drive

    March 9, 1980
    29min
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    Jim Hacker wants to implement some cost-cutting initiatives - but Sir Humphrey does not approve.
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  4. S1 E4 - Big Brother

    March 16, 1980
    29min
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    Jim tries to implement a privacy safeguard for a new national computer database.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Writing on the Wall

    March 23, 1980
    28min
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    While battling one another on the Civil Service reduction issue, the Minister and Sir Humphrey learn of a plan that would adversely affect them both. They must now work together for the first time.
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  6. S1 E6 - The Right to Know

    March 30, 1980
    29min
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    Are there occasions when the minister should be kept in the dark? Jim Hacker is not so sure.
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  7. S1 E7 - Jobs for the Boys

    April 6, 1980
    29min
    TV-PG
    A departmental construction project is in progress but Sir Humphrey is being very evasive.
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