Kulttisarjan jatko-osassa Jim Hacker nousee pääministeriksi. Downing Streetin poliittiset koukerot ja virkamieskoneiston kieroilu tarjoavat terävää satiiria vallankäytön huipulta.
Jim backs the relocation of military units to make the unemployment figures look better.
The press learns of Hacker's attempts to suppress a chapter of his predecessor's memoirs.
Jim discovers the French plan to gain political advantage over the Channel Tunnel borders.
Jim and Sir Humphrey clash over who should become the new governor of the Bank of England.
Jim Hacker meets a local councillor who has some radical ideas about local government.
Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the government is planning to cut grants.
Hacker's decision to abolish the Department of Education and Science appals Sir Humphrey.
Hacker denies that MPs' phones are tapped, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that they are.