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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1986 - 1988
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Jim Hacker finds himself suddenly promoted to the position of Prime Minister. Perhaps unfortunately, Sir Humphrey Appleby and Bernard Wooley accompany him upwards. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Deborah Norton
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 8 - One Of Us
A former head of MI5 is posthumously revealed to have been routinely passing information to the Russians during key Cold War years. An embarrassing story for any Government, but the situation becomes particularly tricky when it emerges that Humphrey chaired an inquiry that cleared him of such claims at the time...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 27th February 1986
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
Diana Hoddinott | Annie Hacker |
Miranda Forbes | Downing Street Secretary |
John Nettleton | Sir Arnold Robinson (Former Cabinet Secretary) |
Michael Aldridge | Sir Geoffrey Hastings (Director-General of MI5) |
John Normington | Sir Norman Block (Permanent Secretary to the MOD) |
Martin Muncaster | Self |
Antony Jay | Writer |
Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
Sydney Lotterby | Director |
Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
Gloria Clayton | Production Designer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |