The Best Episodes of Yes, Prime Minister Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(338 votes)

   #1 - The Tangled Web

   S2:E81/28/1988

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.5/10(368 votes)

   #2 - A Diplomatic Incident

   S2:E312/17/1987

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.2/10(361 votes)

   #3 - Man Overboard

   S2:E112/3/1987

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.1/10(319 votes)

   #4 - Power to the People

   S2:E512/31/1987

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.1/10(312 votes)

   #5 - The National Education Service

   S2:E71/8/1988

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.0/10(325 votes)

   #6 - Official Secrets

   S2:E212/10/1987

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn
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   8.0/10(335 votes)

   #7 - A Conflict of Interest

   S2:E412/24/1987

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

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   8.0/10(313 votes)

   #8 - The Patron of the Arts

   S2:E61/1/1988

   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

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn

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   Director:Sydney Lotterby

   Writers:Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn