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The Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister Season 1

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The Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister Season 1

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. Background image for The Grand Design
    8.4/10(366 votes)

    #1 - The Grand Design

    S1:E1

    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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    8.3/10(345 votes)

    #2 - The Ministerial Broadcast

    S1:E2

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

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    8.6/10(341 votes)

    #3 - The Smoke Screen

    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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    9.2/10(460 votes)

    #4 - The Key

    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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    8.2/10(313 votes)

    #5 - A Real Partnership

    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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    8.4/10(332 votes)

    #6 - A Victory for Democracy

    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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  8. Background image for The Bishop’s Gambit
    8.3/10(311 votes)

    #7 - The Bishop’s Gambit

    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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    8.5/10(312 votes)

    #8 - One of Us

    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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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 366 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, it aired on 1/9/1986. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Ministerial Broadcast".