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The New Prime Minister, Jim Hacker gets a frightening briefing on Britain's inability to defend itself. A conversation with his Chief Scientific Advisor proves fruitful and Jim Hacker coems up with a soultion in which he cancels the Trident nuclear missile delivery and channels all of the money into conventional forces but reintroducing conscription. Thus simultaneously solving Britains defence, unemployment and education problems. ''The Civil Servie and the military establishment are appalled and its Sir Humphrey to the rescue.moreless
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Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby
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Diana Hoddinott
Annie Hacker
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Paul Eddington
Rt Hon James Hacker
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ADD QUOTES- Sir Humphrey: Make him something important. What's he interested in? Television? Jim Hacker: Hasn't even got a set. Sir Humphrey: Fine, make him a governor of the BBC. Edit
- Bernard Woolley: That is why that torpedo landed on Sandwich Golf Course. Jim Hacker: Sandwich Golf Course? I didn't read that in the paper. Bernard Woolley: No, of course not: there was a cover-up. The members just found a new bunker on the 7th fairway the next day. Edit
- Jim Hacker: Tell me, General, where is the Hot Line? General Howard: Which one? Jim Hacker: The one to Russia. Bernard Woolley: The Red Hot Line, Sir. General Howard: That's in Downing Street. Jim Hacker: So in an emergency, I can get straight through to the Soviet President? General Howard: Theoretically, yes. Jim Hacker: Theoretically? General Howard: That's what we tell journalists. In fact, we did once get through to the Kremlin, but only to a switchboard operator. Jim Hacker: Couldn't the operator put you through? General Howard: We never found out. He didn't seem to speak much English. Edit
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