Yes, Prime Minister

The Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister

Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two

Every episode of Yes, Prime Minister ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister!

James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics -...
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  1. 9.2/10(450 votes)

    #1 - The Key

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    S1:E4

    Office politics take precedence over national issues when Sir Humphrey and Bernard fall out with each other after Jim tries to restrict Sir Humphrey’s access to №10.

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  2. 8.8/10(292 votes)

    #2 - The Tangled Web

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    S2:E8

    Sir 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.

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  3. 8.6/10(337 votes)

    #3 - The Smoke Screen

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    S1:E3

    Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

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  4. 8.5/10(325 votes)

    #4 - A Victory for Democracy

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    S1:E6

    Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.

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  5. 8.5/10(305 votes)

    #5 - One of Us

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    S1:E8

    Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave while a security inquiry looks into why he cleared a confessed Soviet spy many years earlier, so Sir Humphrey retaliates with a dog in distress on Salisbury plain.

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  6. 8.5/10(329 votes)

    #6 - A Diplomatic Incident

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    Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.

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  8. 8.4/10(361 votes)

    #7 - The Grand Design

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    With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.

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  9. 8.3/10(339 votes)

    #8 - The Ministerial Broadcast

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    Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

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  10. 8.3/10(304 votes)

    #9 - The Bishop’s Gambit

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    S1:E7

    Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.

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  11. 8.2/10(308 votes)

    #10 - A Real Partnership

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    S1:E5

    Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

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  12. 8.2/10(314 votes)

    #11 - Man Overboard

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    S2:E1

    Sir 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.

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  13. 8.1/10(275 votes)

    #12 - Power to the People

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  14. 8.1/10(272 votes)

    #13 - The National Education Service

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    S2:E7

    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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  15. 8.0/10(284 votes)

    #14 - Official Secrets

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    Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.

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  16. 8.0/10(292 votes)

    #15 - A Conflict of Interest

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    S2:E4

    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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  17. 8.0/10(271 votes)

    #16 - The Patron of the Arts

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    S2:E6

    Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Key" is the best rated episode of "Yes, Prime Minister". It scored 9.2/10 based on 450 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, it aired on 1/30/1986. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Tangled Web".