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
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Series 1, Episode 7 - The Bishops Gambit
The position of Dean at Bury St Edmunds has become vacant, and as PM, it's - in practical terms - Jim's job to choose who should take the post. Unfortunately, of the two names put forward for the role, one is a Marxist and the other an atheist, neither of which appeal much to Hacker!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th February 1986
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
| Diana Hoddinott | Annie Hacker |
| Donald Pickering | Sir Richard Wharton (Permanent Secretary to the Foreign Office) |
| Frank Middlemass | Sir William Guthrie (Master of Baillie College) |
| William Fox | Bursar of Ballie College |
| Ronnie Stevens | Peter Harding (Chairman of the Crown Appointments Commission) |
| Antony Jay | Writer |
| Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
| Sydney Lotterby | Director |
| Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
| Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
| Gloria Clayton | Production Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |