Yes Minister
(1980)Streaming Episode Guide
Series 3
The Middle-Class Rip-off
Episode 7 - 12-23-1982
30m
Jim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an M.P. to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a popular local soccer club.
8.1/10Where to watch
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The Whisky Priest
Episode 6 - 12-16-1982
30m
Jim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he decides to start an inquiry into how it happened.
8.2/10Where to watch
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The Bed of Nails
Episode 5 - 12-09-1982
30m
Jim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by Number 10, but opposed by everyone else.
8.3/10Where to watch
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The Moral Dimension
Episode 4 - 12-02-1982
30m
Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs Hacker can keep it.
8.8/10Where to watch
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The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Episode 3 - 11-25-1982
30m
Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
9/10Where to watch
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The Challenge
Episode 2 - 11-18-1982
30m
When Jim tackles local council administration and civil defence, he runs afoul of a B.B.C. interviewer.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Equal Opportunities
Episode 1 - 11-11-1982
29m
Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Series 2
A Question of Loyalty
Episode 7 - 4-06-1981
29m
Jim and Sir Humphrey pass the buck to protect each other when they appear before a select committee investigating charges of waste in Hacker’s ministry, until Jim’s higher loyalties are called upon.
8.7/10Where to watch
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The Quality of Life
Episode 6 - 3-30-1981
29m
Sir Humphrey uses Jim’s promise to keep a popular city farm project open to get special permission for an additional nine floors on a proposed skyscraper.
8/10Where to watch
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The Devil You Know
Episode 5 - 3-23-1981
30m
When Jim is betrayed by a Cabinet colleague over his plans to bring in jobs for British workers, he thinks about leaving Westminster and becoming a European Commissioner, But when Sir Humphrey learns who his replacement will be, he tries to change Jim’s mind.
8.2/10Where to watch
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The Greasy Pole
Episode 4 - 3-16-1981
30m
Jim has the chance of creating jobs, and saving a chemical company, when they are offered the chance to manufacture a highly dangerous chemical, but when the news gets out that it might be too dangerous, he has to back down.
8.2/10Where to watch
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The Death List
Episode 3 - 3-09-1981
30m
When Jim learns that when in opposition he was bugged by the secret service, he decides to bring in legislation to kerb the bugging, only to find out that he is on the death list of a group of terrorist’s, and the best way to find them, is by bugging phone lines
8/10Where to watch
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Doing the Honours
Episode 2 - 3-02-1981
29m
When Jim learns that he can block civil servant’s honours, he blackmails them into cutting their budgets, but when he hears that he might be in line for an honorary degree, he has to back down.
8.3/10Where to watch
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The Compassionate Society
Episode 1 - 2-23-1981
30m
When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Series 1
Jobs for the Boys
Episode 7 - 4-07-1980
29m
Jim goes on radio to support the Solihull project a Government, union and private enterprise building scheme, that he has inherited from the last administration, but unknown to him the project is close to bankruptcy, Sir Humphrey hopes to save the deal by offering a quango to the director of the bank involved
8/10Where to watch
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The Right to Know
Episode 6 - 3-31-1980
30m
Jim faces rebellion at home and in the office over the removal of protected status from a badger habitat, while he tries to circumvent Sir Humphrey’s efforts to keep him ignorant of things.
8.2/10Where to watch
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The Writing on the Wall
Episode 5 - 3-24-1980
28m
A rumour starts that Jim’s department is about to be axed. So with help from Sir Humphrey, they try and defeat the Prime Minister’s plans.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Big Brother
Episode 4 - 3-17-1980
29m
When the Government is planning to introduce a national database, Jim wants to bring in safe guards, but Sir Humphrey stalls until with some help from the opposition, Jim gets his way.
8.8/10Where to watch
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The Economy Drive
Episode 3 - 3-10-1980
29m
Jim Hacker is determined to reduce the Civil Service, but he is frustrated by Sir Humphrey, and the only numbers he can alter are the numbers of tea ladies.
8/10Where to watch
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The Official Visit
Episode 2 - 3-03-1980
28m
When the leader of an African country is killed in a coup, his successor, who is an old friend of Jim’s, comes in his place. They negotiate a £50 million deal to help buy oil exploration equipment.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Open Government
Episode 1 - 2-25-1980
29m
Jim Hacker retains his seat in the election and is given a cabinet post in the new government He meets the permanent secretary for his department Sir Humphrey Appleby but Jim decides to change the way things are done in the civil service so Sir Humphrey sets out to stop him
8/10Where to watch
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The Skeleton in the Cupboard
Episode 3 - 11-25-1982
30m
Jim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
9/10Where to watch
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Big Brother
Episode 4 - 3-17-1980
29m
When the Government is planning to introduce a national database, Jim wants to bring in safe guards, but Sir Humphrey stalls until with some help from the opposition, Jim gets his way.
8.8/10Where to watch
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The Moral Dimension
Episode 4 - 12-02-1982
30m
Jim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs Hacker can keep it.
8.8/10Where to watch
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A Question of Loyalty
Episode 7 - 4-06-1981
29m
Jim and Sir Humphrey pass the buck to protect each other when they appear before a select committee investigating charges of waste in Hacker’s ministry, until Jim’s higher loyalties are called upon.
8.7/10Where to watch
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Haven't Seen
Equal Opportunities
Episode 1 - 11-11-1982
29m
Jim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
8.5/10Where to watch
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