Yes Minister — Season 2

| YM 2.1 | The Compassionate Society | 1981-02-23 | | YM 2.2 | Doing the Honours | 1981-03-02 | | YM 2.3 | The Death List | 1981-03-09 | | YM 2.4 | The Greasy Pole | 1981-03-16 |

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Jim Hacker: "The National Health Service, Humphrey, is an advanced case of galloping bureaucracy."

Sir Humphrey: "Minister, you said you wanted the administration figures reduced, didn't you?"

[Discussing the opening up of St. Edward's hospital]

Jim Hacker: "Fortunately Bernard, most of our journalists are so incompetent that they have the gravest difficulty in finding out that today is Wednesday."

Jim Hacker: "You think it [St. Edward's hospital] is functioning now?"

(Talking about the abbreviations of the honours CMG, KCMG and GCMG)

Jim Hacker: "How do people know they are on this [honours recommendation] list anyway? This file is marked strictly confidential."

Jim Hacker: "When did a civil servant last refuse an honour?"

Bernard Woolley: "This M40 is a very good road."

Sir Humphrey: "There is no reason to change a system [the honours system] which has worked so well in the past."

Walter Fowler: "How would you like to be an informed source?"

[Talking about the very successful petition on electronic surveillance]

Sir Humphrey: "The Special Branch has reason to believe that the threat to your life has been diminished."

Sir Humphrey: "Surveillance is an indispensable weapon in the battle against organized crime."

Bernard Woolley: "The Minister? On a death list? Who are the International Freedom Army?"