Series 3

Season 3 · 1982 · 7 episodes

Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, the Minister for Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.

1Equal OpportunitiesJim decides to promote more women to high civil service positions despite Sir Humphrey’s opposition.
2The ChallengeWhen Jim tackles local council administration and civil defence, he runs afoul of a B.B.C. interviewer.
3The Skeleton in the CupboardJim uses a costly mistake from Sir Humphrey’s past to escape chastising an efficient local council for being late with their paperwork.
4The Moral DimensionJim is forced to back down about exposing bribery used to obtain a lucrative foreign contract when Bernard allows a valuable vase from a foreign government to be undervalued so that Mrs Hacker can keep it.
5The Bed of NailsJim accepts an unpopular position pushing a transportation bill desired by Number 10, but opposed by everyone else.
6The Whisky PriestJim faces opposition from all sides when he learns that British munitions have been sold to terrorist groups and he decides to start an inquiry into how it happened.
7The Middle-Class Rip-OffJim and Sir Humphrey collide when Jim acts as an M.P. to sell an art gallery and museum in his district to support a popular local soccer club.

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