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Jim has the chance of creating jobs,and saving a chemical company, when they are offered the chance to manufacture a highly dangerous chemical, but when the news gets out that it might be too dangerous, he has to back down.
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Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Paul Eddington
Rt Hon James Hacker
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Derek Fowlds
Bernard Wooley
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ADD QUOTES- Jim Hacker: Humphrey, I just want to make absolutely sure. You're not asking me to make a courageous decision, are you? Sir Humphrey: Of course not, Minister, what a suggestion. Edit
- Humphrey: Minister, a Minister can do what he likes. Hacker: It's the people's will. I am their leader. I must follow them! Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- Hacker: The greasy pole is important. I have to climb it. Humphrey: Why? Hacker: Because it's there. Refers to George Mallory's famous 1924 answer to the question of climbing Mount Everest. Mallory was killed later that year attempting to climb Everest. Edit
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