Yes, Prime Minister: The Bishop's Gambit

Air Date

Thursday February 20, 1986

Production Code

LLCP068J

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• Guest Cast

  • Ronnie Stevens Peter Harding
  • Donald Pickering Permanent Secretary to the Foreign Office
  • Frank Middlemass Master of Balliol College
  • John Nettleton Sir Arnold Robinson
  • Sue Lawley Herself
  • William Fox Bursar of Balliol College

• Writers

  • Jonathan Lynn Writer

• Recurring Roles

  • Deborah Norton Dorothy Wainwright

• Stars

  • Diana Hoddinott Annie Hacker
  • Derek Fowlds Bernard Woolley
  • Paul Eddington Rt Hon James Hacker
  • Nigel Hawthorne Sir Humphrey Appleby

• Musics

  • Ronnie Hazlehurst Music
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• Jim Hacker: Is there anyone in the church who doesn't believe in God?
  Sir Humphrey: Yes, most of the Bishops.
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• Jim Hacker: The Foreign Office will never get the Cabinet to agree to this policy.
  Sir Humphrey: The Foreign Office never expects the Cabinet to agree with any of their policies. That is why they never fully explain them. [edit]
• Sir Humphrey: The Queen is inseparable from the Church of England.
  Jim Hacker: And what about God?
  Sir Humphrey: I think he is what is called an optional extra. [edit]

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