In an unlikely chain of events, Jim Hacker emerges as the most viable candidate for his party's next Prime Minister. Now that he gets his own car and driver, a nice house in London, a place in the country, endless publicity and a pension for life, what more does he want?

Bernard: I think he wants to govern Britain.
Sir Humphrey: Well, stop him, Bernard, Stop him!

Named one of the Top Ten TV programs of all time by the British Film Institute, this brilliantly observed comedy of manners pits the well-meaning Prime Minister Jim Hacker against the machinations of the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, in the ultimate political marriage of inconvenience.
Paul Eddington stars as Jim Hacker and Academy Award nominee Nigel Hawthorne first drew wide notice in the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby.