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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
TV Show

Yes, Prime Minister is the sequel to the popular British series Yes Minister. It aired from 1986 to 1988 and is the story of the continuing battles between Jim Hacker, who is now Prime Minister, and Sir Humphrey, who has been promoted to Cabinet Secretary.

Genre: Comedy

TheTVDB.org: https://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=76864

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086831/

Seasons: 2

Seasons episode list: 1 2

Season 1 - Episode list

1. Grand Design

Airdate: 1986-01-09 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.7/10

After talking with his military advisers, Jim comes up with the idea of cancelling trident and reintroducing conscription. He also gets what no other Prime Minister has gotten, a cook / housekeeper.

2. The Ministerial Broadcast

Airdate: 1986-01-16 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.5/10

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

3. The Smoke Screen

Airdate: 1986-01-23 | TheTVDB Rating: 6.3/10

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

4. The Key

Airdate: 1986-01-30 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Office politics take precedence over national issues when Sir Humphrey and Bernard fall out with each other after Jim tries to restrict Sir Humphrey's access to No 10.

5. A Real Partnership

Airdate: 1986-02-13 | TheTVDB Rating: 8.0/10

Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for MPs have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

6. A Victory For Democracy

Airdate: 1986-02-13 | TheTVDB Rating: 8.8/10

Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.

7. The Bishop's Gambit

Airdate: 1986-02-20 | TheTVDB Rating: 8.0/10

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn't like either the Church or Sir Humphrey's choices.

8. One of Us

Airdate: 1986-02-27 | TheTVDB Rating: 8.0/10

Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave while a security inquiry looks into why he cleared a confessed Soviet spy many years earlier, so Sir Humphrey retaliates with a dog in distress on Salisbury plain.

Season 2 - Episode list

1. Man Overboard

Airdate: 1987-12-03 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the PM's support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.

2. Official Secrets

Airdate: 1987-12-10 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor's memoirs, but it becomes a plumber's nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.

3. A Diplomatic Incident

Airdate: 1987-12-17 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.7/10

Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor's state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the channel tunnel.

4. A Conflict of Interest

Airdate: 1987-12-24 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City.

5. Power To The People

Airdate: 1987-12-31 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.5/10

Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker's plans to make local government more democratic.

6. The Patron of the Arts

Airdate: 1988-01-01 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Sir Humphrey works against Hacker over the issues of funding the National Theater when the PM asks for help containing criticism from the Theater's director.

7. The National Education Service

Airdate: 1988-01-08 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.

8. The Tangled Web

Airdate: 1988-01-28 | TheTVDB Rating: 9.0/10

Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the PM or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.