Episode Data

Yes, Prime Minister

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Season 0

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  6: Nigel Hawthorne Tribute

  BBC Omnibus tribute to Sir Nigel Hawthorn (1929-2001), broadcast in 2002. Introduced by his friend Helen Mirren, the program features interviews with a number of friends, family and colleagues, as well as archive interviews with Hawthorne himself, and looks back over his life and career.

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  9: Yes Real Prime Minister

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  10: Christmas Morning with Noel - 1987

  One of many celebrity messages sent to Noel Edmunds' Christmas Morning with Noel show, which the BBC aired on Christmas Day, 1987. Prime Minister Jim Hacker tries to record his Christmas message.

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  11: The View from Whitehall

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  12: Best Sitcom

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  14: Comedy Connections

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  15: Commercials

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  1: Paul Eddington - A Life Well Lived

  BBC documentary looking back at the life and career of much-loved actor Paul Eddington CBE (1927-1995). Sharing their memories include fellow actors from The Good Life, and the Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister series, as well as other family and friends.

• _{Friday, November 27th, 1981}

  7: Jonathan Lynn Interview

  On November 27th, 1981, Maria Aitkin interviewed Jonathan Lynn on BBC's 'Friday Night...Saturday Morning'.

• _{Saturday, December 25th, 1982}

  4: The Funny Side of Christmas - 1982

  Short sketch aired on 27th December, 1982, as part of The Funny Side of Christmas on BBC1. Sir Humphrey and Bernard attempt to pass on their seasonal wishes to the Minister.

• _{Monday, December 17th, 1984}

  5: Party Games

  Series opener as Jim Hacker rises to the position of Prime Minister.

• _{Thursday, January 9th, 1986}

  3: BBC Breakfast Time Cabinet Ministers Interview

  On the morning of Yes, Prime Minister's premiere on January 9th, 1986, BBC's Breakfast Time interviewed six former Cabinet Ministers, and Jonathan Lynn, on how Jim Hacker will fare in Number 10. Introduced by Selena Scott. Interviews conducted by Glyn Worsnip.

• _{Monday, January 13th, 1986}

  2: Paul Eddington Interview

  Wogan talk show interview, from January 13th, 1986, guest hosed by Felicity Kendal, Eddington's co-star in The Good Life.

• _{Friday, April 25th, 1986}

  13: Comic Relief short

  A two-minute introduction to the first ever Comic Relief event saw Paul Eddington, in character as Prime Minister Hacker, address the nation on the subject of charitable giving and its preferential nature to government handouts to charity. It was the only video insert in the show, which was performed at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 4-6 April 1986. An edited highlights programme, including Hacker's address, was broadcast by the BBC on 25 April.

• _{Sunday, December 26th, 1999}

  8: A short history of Yes Minister

  Brief collection of interviews with the actors and writers from the shows, narrated by Julie Walters, covering the history of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

Season 1

• _{Thursday, January 9th, 1986}

  1: The Grand Design

  Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident programme after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.

• _{Thursday, January 16th, 1986}

  2: The Ministerial Broadcast

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

• _{Thursday, January 23rd, 1986}

  3: The Smoke Screen

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

• _{Thursday, January 30th, 1986}

  4: The Key

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 6th, 1986}

  5: A Real Partnership

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

• _{Thursday, February 13th, 1986}

  6: A Victory for Democracy

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 20th, 1986}

  7: The Bishop's Gambit

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

• _{Thursday, February 27th, 1986}

  8: One of Us

  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

• _{Thursday, December 3rd, 1987}

  1: Man Overboard

  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.

• _{Thursday, December 10th, 1987}

  2: Official Secrets

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

• _{Thursday, December 17th, 1987}

  3: A Diplomatic Incident

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

• _{Wednesday, December 23rd, 1987}

  4: A Conflict of Interest

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 7th, 1988}

  5: Power to the People

  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.

• _{Thursday, January 14th, 1988}

  6: The Patron of the Arts

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

• _{Thursday, January 21st, 1988}

  7: The National Education Service

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

• _{Thursday, January 28th, 1988}

  8: The Tangled Web

  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.