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The Grand Design

Episode number: 1

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

The Ministerial Broadcast

Episode number: 2

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

The Smoke Screen

Episode number: 3

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

The Key

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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.

A Real Partnership

Episode number: 5

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

A Victory for Democracy

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.

The Bishop’s Gambit

Episode number: 7

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

One of Us

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.