S1 E1 • The Grand Design

After talking with his military advisers, Jim comes up with the idea of cancelling trident and reintroducing conscription. He also gets what no other Prime Minister has gotten, a cook / housekeeper.

Première diffusion : 9 janvier 1986

S1 E2 • The Ministerial Broadcast

Jim is coached in the world of show business as he prepares to address the nation on his defence policy.

Première diffusion : 16 janvier 1986

S1 E3 • The Smoke Screen

Jim favors abolishing smoking through heavy taxation but runs into strong opposition from the tobacco lobby and the Treasury department.

Première diffusion : 23 janvier 1986

S1 E4 • The Key

Office politics take precedence over national issues when Sir Humphrey and Bernard fall out with each other after Jim tries to restrict Sir Humphrey's access to No 10.

Première diffusion : 30 janvier 1986

S1 E5 • A Real Partnership

Sir Humphrey tries to get his scheduled pay raise even though increases for MPs have been put on hold for budgetary reasons.

Première diffusion : 13 février 1986

S1 E6 • A Victory For Democracy

Jim must take action to avert a Marxist takeover of a Commonwealth island nation despite the efforts of the Foreign Office to keep him ignorant.

Première diffusion : 13 février 1986

S1 E7 • The Bishop's Gambit

Jim has to choose a new bishop but doesn't like either the Church or Sir Humphrey's choices.

Première diffusion : 20 février 1986

S1 E8 • One of Us

Hacker threatens to place Sir Humphrey on leave while a security inquiry looks into why he cleared a confessed Soviet spy many years earlier, so Sir Humphrey retaliates with a dog in distress on Salisbury plain.

Première diffusion : 27 février 1986