8.4/10348 votes#1 - The Grand Design
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/1986
With his finger now on the nuclear button, Hacker plans his first act as Prime Minister to be a radical new defence policy.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.3/10328 votes#2 - The Ministerial Broadcast
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1986
Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.6/10325 votes#3 - The Smoke Screen
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1986
Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
9.2/10434 votes#4 - The Key
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1986
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.3/10296 votes#5 - A Real Partnership
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/1986
Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for M.P.s have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.4/10315 votes#6 - A Victory for Democracy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1986
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.3/10295 votes#7 - The Bishop’s Gambit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/1986
Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn’t like either the Church or Sir Humphrey’s choices.
Director: N/A
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.5/10294 votes#8 - One of Us
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/1986
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics -...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Grand Design" is the best rated episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 348 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, it aired on 1/9/1986. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Ministerial Broadcast".