Series 1, Episode 1 - Open Government
Newly installed in his office, Jim Hacker is about to have his first encounter with the feared Sir Humphrey Appleby in an effort to establish "Open Government".
Notes
Produced as a pilot, this episode features a different opening title sequence and music to the rest of the series.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 25th February 1980
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Sunday 4th February 1979 at BBC Television Centre (Recorded as a pilot, in Studio 1.)
Repeats
Show past repeats
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Time |
Channel |
Monday 6th June 2011 |
8:00pm |
Gold |
Monday 3rd October 2011 |
10:40am |
Gold |
Monday 3rd October 2011 |
5:20pm |
Gold |
Saturday 17th March 2012 |
10:50am |
Gold |
Saturday 17th March 2012 |
4:15pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 17th April 2012 |
11:40pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 18th April 2012 |
1:30am |
Gold |
Monday 20th August 2012 |
12:20pm |
Gold |
Monday 20th August 2012 |
7:00pm |
Gold |
Thursday 25th October 2012 |
10:15pm |
Gold |
Friday 26th October 2012 |
1:35am |
Gold |
Tuesday 1st January 2013 |
11:35pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 |
8:20pm |
Gold |
Thursday 19th September 2013 |
6:20pm |
Gold |
Friday 20th September 2013 |
11:40am |
Gold |
Saturday 1st February 2014 |
11:00pm |
Gold |
Sunday 2nd February 2014 |
2:00am |
Gold |
Friday 4th April 2014 |
6:00am |
Gold |
Friday 4th April 2014 |
11:30am |
Gold |
Sunday 22nd June 2014 |
8:00am |
Gold |
Sunday 22nd June 2014 |
2:30pm |
Gold |
Saturday 20th September 2014 |
7:00am |
Gold |
Saturday 20th September 2014 |
7:00pm |
Gold |
Monday 1st June 2015 |
4:45pm |
BBC2 |
Tuesday 1st March 2016 |
10:40pm |
Yesterday |
Tuesday 12th July 2016 |
10:00pm |
Yesterday |
Wednesday 13th July 2016 |
8:40pm |
Yesterday |
Tuesday 23rd August 2016 |
2:45pm |
BBC2 |
Thursday 26th January 2017 |
3:00pm |
Yesterday |
Thursday 26th January 2017 |
9:00pm |
Yesterday |
Sunday 5th March 2017 |
10:00pm |
Yesterday |
Monday 6th March 2017 |
9:00pm |
Yesterday |
Monday 9th October 2017 |
7:10am |
Gold |
Monday 22nd January 2018 |
7:35am |
Gold |
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 |
8:00pm |
BBC4 |
Tuesday 8th August 2023 |
9:00pm |
BBC4 |
Sunday 13th August 2023 |
1:10am |
BBC4 |
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