First episode of the acclaimed sitcom about an apparently clueless British government minister and the advisers who surround him.
- Comedy
- Year 1980
- 29 min
James Hacker, the newly-appointed Cabinet Minister for Administrative Affairs, soon finds many of his ideas for reform openly opposed by the civil servants whose job it is to implement them, in particular his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby…
- Year: 1980
- Cast
Paul Eddington
James Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
Edward Jewesbury
Vic Gould
Diana Hoddinott
Annie Hacker
Norman Mitchell
The Mayor
- Crew
Stuart Allen
Director
Stuart Allen
Producer
Jonathan Lynn
Writer
Antony Jay
Writer