8.5/10359 votes#1 - Equal Opportunities
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/1982
Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
8.2/10318 votes#2 - The Challenge
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/1982
When Jim tackles local council administration and civil defence, he runs afoul of a B.B.C. interviewer.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
9.0/10373 votes#3 - The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/1982
Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
8.8/10359 votes#4 - The Moral Dimension
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/1982
Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs Hacker can keep it.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
8.3/10314 votes#5 - The Bed of Nails
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/1982
Jim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by Number 10, but opposed by everyone else.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
8.2/10318 votes#6 - The Whisky Priest
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/1982
Jim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he decides to start an inquiry into how it happened.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
8.1/10297 votes#7 - The Middle-Class Rip-off
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/1982
Jim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an M.P. to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a popular local soccer club.
Director: Peter Whitmore
Writer: Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay
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Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he...
Genres:ComedyWar & Politics
Network:BBC Two
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Equal Opportunities" is the best rated episode of "Yes Minister" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 359 votes. Directed by Peter Whitmore and written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, it aired on 11/11/1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Challenge".