8.2/10302 votes#1 - Man Overboard
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/3/1987
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.0/10275 votes#2 - Official Secrets
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/10/1987
Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.5/10319 votes#3 - A Diplomatic Incident
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/1987
Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.0/10283 votes#4 - A Conflict of Interest
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/24/1987
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.1/10267 votes#5 - Power to the People
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/31/1987
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.0/10263 votes#6 - The Patron of the Arts
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/1988
Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.1/10263 votes#7 - The National Education Service
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/8/1988
Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
8.8/10283 votes#8 - The Tangled Web
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/1988
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
The Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister Season 2
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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 2 Ratings Summary
"Man Overboard" is the best rated episode of "Yes, Prime Minister" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 302 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, it aired on 12/3/1987. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Official Secrets".