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Prime Minister Jim Hacker is still guided by his Machiavellian mentor, Sir Humphrey Appleby, in Series Two of this award-winning comedy.
When Jim decides to implement a new plan to reduce unemployment in the North, Sir Humphrey decides that desperate cases call for desperate measures. Meanwhile, if the Prime Minister gives false information to Parliament, should the Cabinet Secretary support him, or should he tell all? As Sir Humphrey ponders the ethics, he finds that he too has something to hide...
Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Man Overboard.
Original Air Date: 26 November 1987
The Employment Secretary wants to move army regiments to north England to save money, so Sir Humphrey leads P.M. Hacker to believe the Employment Secretary is after the P.M.'s job.
Season 2, Episode 2: Official Secrets.
Original Air Date: 10 December 1987
P.M. Hacker wants to prevent publication of the unflattering memoirs of the previous P.M. as an official secret, and a furor erupts in the press when his actions are leaked by the press.
Season 2, Episode 3: A Diplomatic Incident.
Original Air Date: 17 December 1987
When the French hold out for primacy over a sub-Channel tunnel, P.M. Hacker uses the info that they planted a bomb in their own embassy to obtain more favorable terms.
Season 2, Episode 4: A Conflict of Interest.
Original Air Date: 31 December 1987
P.M. Hacker, pressured by rumors of wrongdoing in the City, is tricked by Sir Humphrey into appointing a less-than-honest man as the new Governor of the Bank of England.
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