The seasonal festivities are overshadowed by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle.
- Comedy
- Year 1984
- 60 min
The Minister decides there should be more women occupying top jobs in the Civil Service. This raises some eyebrows around the Department, particularly those of Sir Humphrey.
- Year: 1982
E1 • Equal Opportunities
Jim Hacker wants more women in higher governmental posts, but Sir Humphrey does not agree.
E2 • The Challenge
Jim Hacker is interrogated on local civil defence by a tenacious television interviewer.
E3 • Skeleton in the Cupboard
A normally efficient local council is late with some paperwork, and Sir Humphrey wants to make an example of them.
E4 • The Moral Dimension
Jim Hacker has to balance conflicting moral demands when he travels to Qumran to ratify a British electronics firm's contract.
E5 • The Bed of Nails
Jim is handed responsibility for developing an integrated national transport policy.
E6 • The Whisky Priest
Jim Hacker finds himself in possession of embarrassing information about the sale of arms to terrorists.
E7 • The Middle-Class Rip-Off
Jim Hacker supports the sale of an art gallery, which will help fund the ailing local football club. Sir Humphrey is horrified.
E8 • Party Games
The seasonal festivities are overshadowed by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle.
- Cast
Paul Eddington
Nigel Hawthorne
Derek Fowlds
John Nettleton
James Grout
Peter Jeffrey
Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley
John Nettleton
Sir Arnold Robinson
James Grout
Jeffrey - Chief Whip
Peter Jeffrey
Eric
- Crew
Peter Whitmore
Director
Peter Whitmore
Producer
Antony Jay
Writer
Jonathan Lynn
Writer
