Sir Humphrey has to combat Jim's economies, including cuts on profitable overseas students at his old college and linking civil servants' honours with achieving cuts.
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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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 3. The Death List
Political sitcom. The minister is shocked to discover that his department is responsible for supplying all of the government's electronic surveillance equipment.
14-10-2023
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 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: 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 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