Series 2
8 episodes · Dec 3, 1987
If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...
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S2E1Man Overboard
Dec 3, 198730mSir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.
S2E2Official Secrets
Dec 10, 198730mJim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.
S2E3A Diplomatic Incident
Dec 17, 198730mJim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.
S2E4A Conflict of Interest
Dec 24, 198730mHacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City.
S2E5Power to the People
Dec 31, 198730mSir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker’s plans to make local government more democratic.
S2E6The Patron of the Arts
Jan 1, 198830mJim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.
S2E7The National Education Service
Jan 8, 198830mSir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.
S2E8The Tangled Web
Jan 28, 198830mSir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.