Ranked #2 of 7 in Season 2•+0.1 vs season avg
When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff.
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
Jonathan Lynn
Writer
Antony Jay
Writer
Peter Whitmore
Producer
Peter Whitmore
Director
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"The Compassionate Society" is episode 1 of Yes Minister season 2. It scored 8.4/10 from 448 votes, ranking #2 of 7 episodes this season (season average 8.3). Directed by Peter Whitmore and written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, it aired on February 23, 1981.
