Satiirinen komediaklassikko ministeri Jim Hackerista ja politiikan kulissien takaisesta valtataistelusta, jossa byrokratia ja huumori ottavat mittaa toisistaan.
Minister for administrative affairs Jim Hacker struggles to cut administrative staff.
Sir Humphrey retaliates when Hacker plans to block honours for spendthrift civil servants.
Hacker learns that his department supplies the government with its surveillance equipment.
Jim Hacker finds himself in the middle of a row over a chemical corporation's new factory.
Rumours of a cabinet reshuffle force Jim Hacker to take drastic action to keep his post.
Having promised to save a city farm from closure, Hacker calls on Sir Humphrey for help.
Jim and Sir Humphrey appear before a Select Committee looking into government expenditure.