E1 - The Grand Design

Aired: January 09, 1986

With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

E2 - The Ministerial Broadcast

Aired: January 16, 1986

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

E3 - The Smoke Screen

Aired: January 23, 1986

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

E4 - The Key

Aired: January 30, 1986

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 №10.

E5 - A Real Partnership

Aired: February 06, 1986

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

E6 - A Victory for Democracy

Aired: February 13, 1986

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.

E7 - The Bishop’s Gambit

Aired: February 20, 1986

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

E8 - One of Us

Aired: February 27, 1986

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.