Yes Minister Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - Yes Minister, Special: Party GamesSecretary to the Cabinet, Sir Arnold Robinson is retiring and Sir Humphrey is to take his place. Hacker celebrates by getting gloriously drunk and is lucky to escape the breathalyser - unlike the Deputy Prime Minister. With his successor out of the way, the Prime Minister too steps down and the hunt is on to find his replacement. The politicians favour a strong candidate, someone with style and charisma who will lead the party into a new term of office. The Civil Service favour someone less headstrong, more 'receptive to advice'...
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Episode 1 - Open GovernmentOn the day after the General Election, Jim Hacker MP receives the anxiously awaited call from No. 10 Downing Street with his new ministerial appointment. Jim has revolutionary plans for Open Government.
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Episode 2 - The Official VisitThe Minister has a plan to turn an official visit by the President of Buranda to party political advantage. The Permanent Secretary dislikes the plan, especially when it precipitates an unforeseen crisis.
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Episode 3 - The Economy DrivePruning the Civil Service is a great political platform for the Minister but the idea is deeply upsetting to Sir Humphrey Appleby. Perhaps he can find a way to make the Minister abandon the policy.
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Episode 4 - Big BrotherJim Hacker wants to protect people's right to privacy. He meets with stiff resistance from Sir Humphrey and learns that secrecy is as sacred an observance for civil servants as silence is for Trappist monks.
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Episode 5 - The Writing On the WallWhile 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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Episode 6 - The Right to KnowAre there occasions when a Minister should be kept in the dark? The question takes on new meaning when the Minister's daughter joins a group protesting his plans for administration of the countryside.
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Episode 7 - Jobs for the BoysThe Minister is puzzled by Sir Humphrey's evasion of questions about a Departmental construction project in the Midlands. When the awful truth is revealed, the Minister finds himself implicated as well.
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