Premierminister Jim Hacker hat einen Fehler (und weiß der Himmel...), er hat Ideen. Zum Glück sorgt sein Kabinettssekretär Sir Humphrey dafür, dass diese niemals umgesetzt werden. Währenddessen sitzt sein Privatsekretär, der arme Bernard, zwischen den Stühlen.
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Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the PM's support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England.
02
Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor's memoirs, but it becomes a plumber's nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.
03
Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor's state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the channel tunnel.
04
Hacker 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.
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Sir 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.
06
Sir Humphrey works against Hacker over the issues of funding the National Theater when the PM asks for help containing criticism from the Theater's director.
07
Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.
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Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the PM or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge.