Sir Humphrey prevents Jim from getting to know too much about how the Department of Administrative Affairs operates and uses badgers in Hayward's Spinney to show him there are things it is better not to know.
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Series 3: 8. Party Games
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. The seasonal festivities at the Department of Administrative Affairs are overshadowed by rumours of ...
30-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 7. The Middle-class Rip-off
Jim Hacker encounters civil service snobbery when he suggests selling an art gallery to save his local football team.
19-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 6. The Whisky Priest
Jim, as a former journalist, learns that arms from a government factory are being sold to foreign terrorists, thus giving Jim as a minister a moral dilemma.
12-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 5. The Bed Of Nails
Sitcom. Jim is given responsibility for developing a national transport policy.
12-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 4. The Moral Dimension
Jim Hacker has to balance conflicting moral demands when he travels to Qumran to ratify a British electronics firm's contract.
09-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 3. Skeleton In The Cupboard
A normally efficient local council is late with some paperwork, and Sir Humphrey wants to make an example of them.
28-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 2. The Challenge
Satirical political sitcom. Jim Hacker takes part in a television interview on local civil defence - but his interrogator is extremely tenacious.
25-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 1. Equal Opportunities
Sitcom about a British government minister and the manipulative civil service advisers who surround him. Jim wants to see more women in higher posts.
18-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 2: 7. A Question Of Loyalty
Hacker and Sir Humphrey are called to appear before a Select Committee looking into government expenditure, and Hacker must choose between toeing the party line and doing what t ...
11-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 2: 6. The Quality Of Life
Political sitcom. Jim Hacker makes a rash promise to save a popular city farm from closure but he needs Sir Humphrey's help.
04-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 4. The Moral Dimension
Jim Hacker has to balance conflicting moral demands when he travels to Qumran to ratify a British electronics firm's contract.
09-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 2. The Challenge
Satirical political sitcom. Jim Hacker takes part in a television interview on local civil defence - but his interrogator is extremely tenacious.
25-11-2023
BBC 4
Series 2: 4. The Greasy Pole
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. Jim Hacker finds himself in the middle of a row over the British Chemical Corporation.
21-10-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Big Brother
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. Jim tries to implement a privacy safeguard for a new national computer database - but Sir Humphrey, ...
02-09-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Jobs For The Boys
A PFI is in trouble, and Sir Humphrey must rescue it without publicity.
23-09-2023
BBC 4
Series 2: 5. The Devil You Know
Classic political sitcom. The minister is upset by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle and decides to take drastic action to keep his post.
28-10-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 8. Party Games
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. The seasonal festivities at the Department of Administrative Affairs are overshadowed by rumours of ...
30-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 3: 7. The Middle-class Rip-off
Jim Hacker encounters civil service snobbery when he suggests selling an art gallery to save his local football team.
19-12-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. The Economy Drive
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. Jim Hacker wants to implement some cost-cutting initiatives - but Sir Humphrey does not approve.
26-08-2023
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. The Official Visit
Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as someone he knew from his student day ...
19-08-2023
BBC 4