Box set: The Complete Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister

Yes, Prime Minister: Season 1

BBC Worldwide (1986)

Comedy
 /   / Color / 235 mins
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In Collection
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Plot

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.

Cast

Paul Eddington James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds Bernard Woolley
Diana Hoddinott Annie Hacker
John Nettleton Sir Arnold Robinson
Deborah Norton Dorothy Wainwright
Peter Cellier Sir Frank Gordon
Antony Carrick Bill Pritchard

Crew

Director
Sydney Lotterby
Peter Whitmore
Producer Sydney Lotterby , Peter Whitmore
Writer Antony Jay , Jonathan Lynn
Musician Ronnie Hazlehurst , Not Listed

Trailer

Episodes

Disc 01

1
The Grand Design
30 mins  09/01/1986
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
30 mins  16/01/1986
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
3
The Smoke Screen
30 mins  23/01/1986
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
4
The Key
30 mins  30/01/1986
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 No 10.
5
A Real Partnership
30 mins  13/02/1986
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
30 mins  13/02/1986
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.
7
The Bishop's Gambit
30 mins  20/02/1986
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn't like either the Church or Sir Humphrey's choices.
8
One of Us
30 mins  27/02/1986
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.

Edition Details

Series Yes, Prime Minister
Release Date 04/10/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Layers Dual Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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