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Yes, Prime Minister. Image shows from L to R: Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC
Yes, Prime Minister

Yes, Prime Minister (1986)

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1986 - 1988
  • 16 episodes (2 series)

Jim Hacker finds himself suddenly promoted to the position of Prime Minister. Perhaps unfortunately, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Bernard Wooley accompany him upwards. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Deborah Norton

  • Series 2, Episode 6 repeated Tuesday 17th September at 8:30pm on BBC4
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 1,714

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Yes, Prime Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Series 1 (1986)

After a sudden series of complex political manoeuvres and counter-manoeuvres engulf Westminster, the mild-mannered Jim Hacker MP, Minister for Administrative Affairs, finds himself propelled higher than he could have ever hoped or imagined - and resident in Number 10, Downing Street.

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