Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.

Season 1

Open Government
S1E1 / 25 Feb 1980
The Official Visit
S1E2 / 03 Mar 1980
The Economy Drive
S1E3 / 10 Mar 1980
Big Brother
S1E4 / 17 Mar 1980
The Writing on the Wall
S1E5 / 24 Mar 1980
The Right to Know
S1E6 / 31 Mar 1980
Jobs for the Boys
S1E7 / 07 Apr 1980
Season 2

The Compassionate Society
S2E1 / 23 Feb 1981
Doing the Honours
S2E2 / 02 Mar 1981
The Death List
S2E3 / 09 Mar 1981
The Greasy Pole
S2E4 / 16 Mar 1981
The Devil You Know
S2E5 / 23 Mar 1981
The Quality of Life
S2E6 / 30 Mar 1981
A Question of Loyalty
S2E7 / 06 Apr 1981
Season 3

Equal Opportunities
S3E1 / 11 Nov 1982
The Challenge
S3E2 / 18 Nov 1982
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
S3E3 / 25 Nov 1982
The Moral Dimension
S3E4 / 02 Dec 1982
The Bed of Nails
S3E5 / 09 Dec 1982
The Whisky Priest
S3E6 / 16 Dec 1982
The Middle-Class Rip-Off
S3E7 / 23 Dec 1982

Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby





