Season 2
8 episodes · first aired 1987-12-03
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | Man Overboard 1987-12-03 | Sir Humphrey makes Jim suspicious of the Minister of Employment when he needs the P.M.’s support in opposing a plan to shift military personnel from the south to the north of England. | 1987-12-03 | 7.0 |
 | 02 | Official Secrets 1987-12-10 | Jim considers approving the publication of his predecessor’s memoirs, but it becomes a plumber’s nightmare as a series of leaks spring up. | 1987-12-10 | 7.5 |
 | 03 | A Diplomatic Incident 1987-12-17 | Jim uses the occasion of his predecessor’s state funeral to negotiate with the French over the conditions of the Channel Tunnel. | 1987-12-17 | 8.5 |
 | 04 | A Conflict of Interest 1987-12-24 | Hacker and Sir Humphrey clash over the appointment of the governor of the Bank of England and the cover up of a banking scandal in the City. | 1987-12-24 | 7.0 |
 | 05 | Power to the People 1987-12-31 | Sir Humphrey makes a very strange ally out of the formidable Agnes Moorhouse, a radical political reformer from a London council, in his efforts to stop Hacker’s plans to make local government more democratic. | 1987-12-31 | 8.0 |
 | 06 | The Patron of the Arts 1988-01-01 | Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a friend in the arts that the PM's government is planning to cut grants. | 1988-01-01 | 7.5 |
 | 07 | The National Education Service 1988-01-08 | Sir Humphrey faces a conflict of interest when Hacker devises a plan to improve educational standards by abolishing the Department of Education and Science. | 1988-01-08 | 8.0 |
 | 08 | The Tangled Web 1988-01-28 | Sir Humphrey has to decide if he will support the P.M. or inform Parliament when Hacker denies knowledge of a wiretap authorized by his office without his knowledge. | 1988-01-28 | 9.0 |
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