Yes Prime Minister — Season 1

| YPM 1.5 | A Real Partnership | 1986-02-06 | | YPM 1.6 | A Victory for Democracy | 1986-02-13 | | YPM 1.7 | The Bishop's Gambit | 1986-02-20 | | YPM 1.8 | One of Us | 1986-02-27 |

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Jim Hacker: "Now look, I realise that you have to have loyalty to your colleagues, but you also have a broader loyalty to Cabinet and its policies."

Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, as Cabinet Secretary I am, of course, most eager to reduce public spending, but a Head of the Civil Service, I am responsible for the very real dangers which will arise administratively if a pay rise does not come through very soon. It's so difficult for me, you see, as I am wearing two hats."

Jim Hacker: "If there were a conflict of interests, which side will the Civil Service really be on?"

Jim Hacker: "You are the Cabinet Secretary. You must insist that we get papers circulated earlier."

Jim Hacker: "And what about Sir Frank [foreseeing the financial crisis]? He is head of the Treasury."

Jim Hacker: "Do tell me why the Foreign Office is worried [about sending an airborne battalion to St. George's Island]? I am fascinated."

Jim Hacker: "We should always fight for the weak against the strong."

Jim Hacker: "Oh, this is nice. The Americans are delighted by our little visit to St. George's Island. That's good, isn't it?"

Jim Hacker: "Apparently, the White House thinks that the Foreign Office is full of pinkoes and traitors."

Jim Hacker: "Who knows Foreign Office secrets, apart from the Foreign Office?"

Sir Humphrey: "The Church is looking for a candidate to maintain the balance."

Sir Humphrey: "Bishops tend to have long lives. Apparently the Lord isn't all that keen on them to join him."

Sir Humphrey: "The PM never thinks it is silly to appoint people who are vain and incompetent. Look at the Cabinet."

Sir Humphrey: The Queen is inseparable from the Church of England."

Jim Hacker: "The Foreign Office will never get the Cabinet to agree to this policy."

Jim Hacker: "I'm happy to tell you that you've been cleared of spying."

Sir Humphrey: "Arnold, are you suggesting that I should have the Prime Minister crawling all over Salisbury Plain, with a mine detector in one hand and a packet of Winalot in the other?"

Jim Hacker: "Yes Humphrey, there is something I want to talk to you about. Something very secret. Uhm......."

Jim Hacker: "You sure you watched the whole of the news?"

Sir Arnold: "But once they have accepted the principle that senior civil servants could be removed for incompetence, that would be the thin end of the wedge. We could loose dozens of our chaps, hundreds perhaps."