Yes, Minister

Jim wants to see more women in higher posts, but Sir Humphrey does not agree.

Hacker takes part in a TV interview on local civil defence, but his interrogator is extremely tenacious.

The minister is once again locking horns with Sir Humphrey, this time over a local council's inability, or refusals, to submit its statistical reports.

Jim Hacker is outraged to discover that bribery was used to land a lucrative foreign contract. Meanwhile, Bernard is ensuring a gift from a foreign government can be undervalued to enable Mrs Hacker to keep it.

Jim encounters problems when he is given responsibility for developing and implementing an integrated national transport policy.

Jim Hacker finds himself in possession of some embarrassing information regarding the sale of British arms to terrorist groups. This all sounds strangely familiar.