Party Games
Having been appointed Party Chairman, Jim finds himself sucked into the wheels of dark political machinations after the PM resigns with no clear successor. Games are afoot, and a small internal party crisis looks set to balloon - unless the humble sausage can offer a bridge between conflicting interests...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 17th December 1984
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 61 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
Diana Hoddinott | Annie Hacker |
Guest cast | |
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John Nettleton | Sir Arnold Robinson (Cabinet Secretary) |
John Pennington | Peter (Civil Servant) |
James Grout | Geoffrey Winfield (Chief Whip) |
Peter Jeffrey | Eric (Chancellor of the Exchequer) |
Philip Stone | Duncan (Foreign Secretary) |
Andre Maranne (as André Maranne) | Maurice (EEC Official) |
Anthony Pedley | Policeman |
David Warwick | Policeman |
Rex Robinson | Civil Servant |
Laura Calland | Civil Servant |
Martyn Read | Lobby Journalist |
Roger Davidson | Lobby Journalist |
Roger Ostime | Lobby Journalist |
Bernard Losh | Lobby Journalist |
David Howey | Civil Servant |
Ludovic Kennedy | Self |
Writing team | |
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Antony Jay | Writer |
Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
Production team | |
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Peter Whitmore | Director |
Peter Whitmore | Producer |

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