Yes, Prime Minister
Yes, Prime Minister is a TV show on BBC4. Climbing the greasy pole. Jim Hacker’s in Number 10... but still not quite in control. The classic comedy sequel starring Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 9 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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Yes, Prime Minister
Sir Humphrey must stop Jim supporting a plan to move armed service jobs from the south to the north east to ease unemployment.
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The papers of a recently deceased head of MI5 show that he was, at one stage, spying for Russia. Worse still, he was investigated and cleared by a committee headed by Sir Humphrey.
Classic political comedy. Jim must recommend the appointment of bishops to the Queen, but he is not keen on the two offered by the church.
Classic sitcom about a beleaguered PM. Jim Hacker begins to wonder whether the government runs the Foreign Office, or vice versa.
Classic political sitcom. The government runs into a financial crisis just as MPs are due for a pay rise.
Dorothy Wainwright, the PM's political advisor, tells Jim that he is letting Humphrey become too dominant.
Jim sees how he can use the health minister's desire to abolish smoking through taxation to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.
Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident programme after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.