Series 2 poster

Series 2

(1987)

Cast

Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker
Paul Eddington

as Jim Hacker

Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby
Nigel Hawthorne

as Sir Humphrey Appleby

Derek Fowlds as Bernard Woolley
Derek Fowlds

as Bernard Woolley

Episodes

Man Overboard poster

Man Overboard 6.0

December 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 …

Official Secrets poster

Official Secrets 8.0

December 10, 1987

Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series …

A Diplomatic Incident poster

A Diplomatic Incident 8.0

December 17, 1987

Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channe…

A Conflict of Interest poster

A Conflict of Interest 7.0

December 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…

Power to the People poster

Power to the People 7.0

December 31, 1987

Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a Londo…

The Patron of the Arts poster

The Patron of the Arts 7.0

January 1, 1988

Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut…

The National Education Service poster

The National Education Service 7.0

January 8, 1988

Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the…

The Tangled Web poster

The Tangled Web 8.0

January 28, 1988

Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap a…