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 | |
|---|---|
| Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
| Diana Hoddinott | Annie Hacker |
| Guest cast | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Antony Jay | Writer |
| Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
| Production team | |
|---|---|
| Peter Whitmore | Director |
| Peter Whitmore | Producer |
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