E1 • The Grand Design

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

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

E2 • The Ministerial Broadcast

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as prime minister and finds it is not so easy to speak on camera.

E3 • The Smoke Screen

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

Jim sees how he can use the health minister's desire to abolish smoking through taxation to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.

E4 • The Key

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

Dorothy Wainwright, the PM's political adviser, tells Jim that he is letting Humphrey become too dominant.

E5 • A Real Partnership

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

The government runs into a financial crisis just as MPs are due for a pay rise.

E6 • A Victory for Democracy

1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

Jim Hacker begins to wonder whether the government runs the Foreign Office, or vice versa.

E7 • The Bishop's Gambit

1. 30 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

Jim must recommend the appointment of bishops to the Queen but is not keen on the two offered by the Church.

E8 • One of Us

1. 29 min
2. TV-G
3. CC

The late former head of MI5 is confirmed as a Russian spy who was cleared by Sir Humphrey.