About this programme

2/8. Jim Hacker prepares to make his first public broadcast as prime minister, but finds it is not so easy to speak to camera. Paul Eddington stars as the bumbling PM, with Nigel Hawthorne as his scheming advisor.

Cast and crew

Cast

: Paul Eddington
: Nigel Hawthorne
: Derek Fowlds
: John Nettleton
: Frederick Treves
: Michael Byrne

Categories: Comedy

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