Air date: 1986-01-09

Runtime: 30 min

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

Air date: 1986-01-16

Runtime: 30 min

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

Air date: 1986-01-23

Runtime: 30 min

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

Air date: 1986-01-30

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1986-02-06

Runtime: 30 min

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

Air date: 1986-02-13

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Air date: 1986-02-20

Runtime: 30 min

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

Air date: 1986-02-27

Runtime: 30 min

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.