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Jim Hacker first appears in Yes Minister having been recently re-elected as Member of Parliament for Birmingham East, soundly defeating his opponents. His early character is that of a very gung-ho, albeit naïve, politician, ready to bring sweeping change into his department, unaware that Sir Humphrey and the civil service are out to stop any ...
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Episode One: Open Government
1. [First lines. The episode opens at night with people on a balcony, including Minister James George "Jim" Hacker and the Mayor, who is announcing the results] 2. Mayor: David Lloyd Evans, 4,106... 3. Narrator: And here at Birmingham East, the Returning Officer is just declaring the result. 4. Mayor: ...James George Hacker: 21,793! Arthur William Gaunt: 19,321! 5. Narrator: So Jim Hacker's back with an increased majority, and after many years as a Shadow Minister, seems almost certain to get...
Episode Two: The Official Visit
1. [There are two official replies to the Minister's correspondence.] 2. Jim Hacker: What's the difference? 3. Bernard: Well, "under consideration" means "we've lost the file"; "under active consideration" means "we're trying to find it". 1. [The President of Buranda plans a speech urging the Scots and Irish to fight against "British colonialism".] 2. Hacker: Humphrey, do you think it is a good idea to issue a statement? 3. Sir Humphrey: Well, Minister, in practical terms we have the usual si...
Episode Three: The Economy Drive
1. [Frank Weisel is quoting an article in the Express about the fact that Inland Revenue has more employees than the Royal Navy.] 2. Frank Weisel: "Perhaps the government thinks that a tax is the best form of defence." 1. Hacker: How many people do we have in this department? 2. Sir Humphrey: Ummm... well, we're very small... 3. Hacker: Two, maybe three thousand? 4. Sir Humphrey: About twenty-three thousand to be precise. 5. Hacker: TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND! In the department of administrative a...
Episode One: The Compassionate Society
1. Hacker: The National Health Service, Humphrey, is an advanced case of galloping bureaucracy! 2. Sir Humphrey: Oh, certainly not galloping. A gentle canter at the most. 1. [Sir Humphrey agrees with the union leader that industrial actionat St Edward's Hospital would also benefit civil servants.] 2. Brian Baker: What about the Minister? 3. Sir Humphrey: The Minister doesn't know his Acas from his NALGO.
Episode Two: Doing the Honours
1. [Hacker is reading some paperwork in his office when Sir Humphrey enters] 2. Sir Humphrey:: Good Morning, Minister. Morning, Bernard. 3. Hacker: Humphrey. 4. Sir Humphrey:: Er, two things, Minister. The first, this matter of the departmental recommendations for the honours list. 5. Hacker: Oh, the honours list again! 6. Sir Humphrey:: Yes, Minister. 7. Hacker: Well, I think we'll leave that for the moment, Humphrey, shall we?. 8. Sir Humphrey: I don't think we can leave it, Minister. (Hand...
Episode Three: The Death List
1. Hacker: What does "egregious" mean? 2. Sir Humphrey: Um, I think it means outstanding... In one way or another. 1. Hacker: Ask Walter Fowler of The Expressto meet me in the House tonight for a drink. Annie's bar. 2. Bernard:What for, Minister? 3. Hacker:First law of political indiscretion: always have a drink before you leak. 1. Hacker: The freedom of the British people is worth more than the lives of a few Ministers. Freedom is indivisible. Ministers are expendable. A man in public life m...
Episode One: Equal Opportunities
1. [How to deal with a nonsensical complaint] 2. Bernard: We can CGSM it. 3. Hacker: CGSM? 4. Bernard: Civil Service code, Minister. It stands for "Consignment of Geriatric Shoe Manufacturers". 5. Hacker: What? 6. Bernard: A load of old cobblers, Minister. 7. Hacker: I'm not a civil servant. I shall use my own code. I shall write: "Round Objects". 1. [...later...] 1. Bernard: You remember that letter you wrote "Round Objects" on? 2. Hacker: Oh yes. 3. Bernard: It's come back from Sir Humphrey...
Episode Two: The Challenge
1. Sir Arnold:Life is so much easier when ministers think they've achieved something; it stops them fretting, and their little temper tantrums. 2. Sir Humphrey:Yes, but now he wants to introduce his next idea. 3. Sir Arnold: A minister with twoideas? I can't remember when we last had one of those. 1. Sir Humphrey: [talking about nuclear fallout shelters]Well, you have the weapons; you must have the shelters. 2. Hacker:I sometimes wonder why we need the weapons. 3. Sir Humphrey:Minister! You'r...
Episode Three: The Skeleton in the Cupboard
1. Sir Humphrey: If local authorities don't send us statistics, Government figures will be a nonsense. 2. Hacker: Why? 3. Sir Humphrey: They'll be incomplete. 4. Hacker: Government figures are a nonsense, anyway. 5. Bernard: I think Sir Humphrey wants to ensure they're a complete nonsense. 1. Bernard: [on the phone] Hello, Graham, it's Bernard. Tell Sir Humphrey that the Minister's just gone walkabout. Yes, yes, AWOL. Well, of courseI told him, yes. I know. I think you'd better let him know r...
Sir Humphrey:I wonder if I might crave your momentary indulgence in order to discharge a by no means disagreeable obligation which has, over the years, become more or less established practice in g...Jim Hacker: Are you trying to say "Happy Christmas," Humphrey?Sir Humphrey: Yes, Minister.[The Home Secretary has been forced to resign after a drink-driving incident]Hacker:What will happen to him?Sir Humphrey:Well, I gather he was as drunk as a lord. So, after a discreet interval, they'll probably make him one.[The EEC wants to standardise sausages, and it turns out British bangers are not up to the standard]Hacker:By the end of next year, we shall be waving good-bye to the good old British sausage, and we'll be forced to accept some foreign muck like salami or bratwurst or something in its place.Bernard:They can't stop us eating the British sausage, can they?Jim Hacker gets appointed Minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs. At his department he has to work with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby. The interests of both are of course very different.
In this timeless clip, Prime Minister, Jim Hacker explains to Sir Humphrey and Bernard the importance of the papers and who reads which one. Hilarious BBC Br...
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Yes, Prime Minister: With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott. James Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10.
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A guide to the main characters in Yes Minister, including James Hacker, Sir Humphrey Appleby, Bernard Woolley, Annie Hacker, Frank Weisel.
