Jim Hacker MP has been promoted to prime minister, and he needs his mentor Sir Humphrey Appleby and secretary Bernard Woolley to accompany him, for some much-needed advice.
EPISODE 1
The Grand Design
Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident program after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.
EPISODE 2
The Ministerial Broadcast
Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as prime minister, announcing his grand new defence policy, but finds it is not so easy to speak on camera.
EPISODE 3
The Smoke Screen
The health minister wants to abolish smoking using prohibitive taxation, losing the Treasury £4bn revenue. Jim sees how he can use this to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.
EPISODE 4
The Key
A territorial battle ensues after Sir Humphrey relocates the office of Jim Hacker's political adviser.
EPISODE 5
A Real Partnership
Sir Humphrey tries to convince Jim Hacker that top civil servants need not make monetary sacrifices like everyone else.
EPISODE 6
A Victory for Democracy
Jim has his first clash with the Foreign Office when he is called upon to prevent a Commonwealth country from being taken over by Marxists.
Paul Eddington
Nigel Hawthorne
Derek Fowlds
Deborah Norton
Diana Hoddinott
Sydney Lotterby
Peter Whitmore
Antony Jay
Jonathan Lynn