Yes Minister

The Prime Minister has resigned, there is no clear successor, and the newly installed Party Chairman, Jim Hacker, finds himself in the middle of some very dark political machinations. Sir Humphrey Appleby, of course, has views. This hour-long special from December 1984 is Yes Minister at its sharpest: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds trading very polite knives, and the fate of a humble sausage somehow becoming a matter of national importance. It is a pre-Christmas treat rather than a festive story, so pour a sherry and enjoy the best-dressed backstabbing on British television.