James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
Yes, Prime Minister (Season 0)
Paul Eddington A Life Well Lived (BBC) (Episode 1)
Runtime: 30 min
Paul Eddington Interviewed by Felicity Kendal (Episode 2)
Air date: 1986-01-13
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: Wogan Talk Show: Felicity Kendal interviews Paul Eddington
BBC Breakfast Time Cabinet Ministers Interview (Episode 3)
Air date: 1986-01-09
Runtime: 13 min
Overview: BBC's Breakfast Time interviewed six former Cabinet Ministers and Jonathan Lynn on how Jim Hacker will fare in Number 10.
Christmas Morning with Noel Show (Episode 4)
Air date: 1987-12-25
Runtime: 1 min
Overview: One of many celebrity messages to Noel Edmunds's Christmas Morning with Noel show, which BBC aired on December 25, 1987
Party Games (Episode 5)
Writer: Jonathan Lynn
Air date: 1984-12-17
Runtime: 61 min
Overview: Series opener as Jim Hacker rises to the position of Prime Minister.
Comic Relief short (Episode 6)
Air date: 1986-04-25
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: A two-minute introduction to the first ever Comic Relief event saw Paul Eddington, in character as Prime Minister Hacker, address the nation on the subject of charitable giving and its preferential nature to government handouts to charity. It was the only video insert in the show, which was performed at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 4-6 April 1986. An edited highlights programme, including Hacker's address, was broadcast by the BBC on 25 April.
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