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Description: The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.

Cast:
James Hacker: Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley: Derek Fowlds
Annie Hacker: Diana Hoddinott
Sir Arnold Robinson: John Nettleton
Frank Weisel: Neil Fitzwiliam
George - Jim's Driver: Arthur Cox
Sir Frederick 'Jumbo' Stewart: John Savident
Peter - Civil Servant: John Pennington
Bill Pritchard: Antony Carrick
Robert Dougall: Robert Dougall
Sir Desmond Glazebrook: Richard Vernon
Martin, Foreign Secretary: Tenniel Evans
Sir Ian Whitchurch, Permanent Secretary to the Environment: John Barron
Dr. Richard Cartwright: Ian Lavender
Sir Mark Spencer: Nigel Stock
Vic Gould: Edward Jewesbury
Civil Servant: David Howey
BBC Reporter: Lindy Alexander
Floor Manager - T.V. Interview: Frank Tregear
Civil Servant at Christmas Party: Laura Calland
Ludovic Kennedy: Ludovic Kennedy
Tom Sargent - Opposition MP: Robert Urquhart
Daniel Hughes: Daniel Moynihan
Joan Littler: Brenda Blethyn
Betty Oldham: Judy Parfitt
The Master of Ballie College: Frank Middlemass
Commander Forrest - Special Branch: Graeme Garden
Undersecretary Sarah Harrison: Eleanor Bron
Major Saunders: John Fortune
Ron Watson: Milton Johns
Robert McKenzie: Robert McKenzie
Sir Frank Gordon: Peter Cellier
Brian Baker - Trade Union Official: Norman Bird
Sir Wally McFarlane: Freddie Earlle
Alex Andrews - Reporter: Donald Gee
Jeffrey - Chief Whip: James Grout
Godfrey Finch: Frederick Jaeger
Lucy Hacker: Gerry Cowper
President Selim Mohammed: Thomas Baptiste
Professor Henderson: Jerome Willis
The Bursar of Ballie College: William Fox
Walter Fowler: Ivor Roberts
Mrs. Rogers: Rosemary Frankau
Ben Stanley: Doug Fisher
Jenny Goodwin: April Walker
Brian Wilkinson: Patrick O'Connell
Peter Maxwell: David Firth
Eric: Peter Jeffrey
Joe Morgan - Trade Union Official: Richard Davies
Deputation Member: Roger Elliott
R A Crichton: Geoffrey Toone
Bodyguard: Colin McCormack
Mrs. Phillips: Zulema Dene
Billy Fraser: Stephen Tate
BBC Director of Policy: Moray Watson
Undersecretary Air Division: Peter Dennis
Aston Wanderers Board Member: Derek Benfield
Qumrani Businessman: Sam Dastor
Newspaper Kathy: Talla Hayes
Duncan: Philip Stone
Nelly - Cleaning Lady: Pat Keen
the Mayor: Norman Mitchell
Sir George Conway: Brian Hawksley
Constable Ross: Michael Keating
Parks & Forestry Civil Servant: Margo Johns
Committee Chairman: Anthony Dawes
Undersecretary Rail Division: Robert East
Prince Mohammed: Vic Tablian
Permanent Secretary of the Home Office: Richard Simpson
Permanent Secretary at Lunch: Stuart Sherwin
Mandy - Secretary: Patricia Shakesby
BBC Interviewer: John D. Collins
Nigel Lloyd-Pritchard: David Moran
Topic Floormanager: Andrew Lane
BBC Producer: Roger Martin
Woman Protester: Sheila Fay
Committee Member: John Rolfe
Head Waiter: Jay Neill
Permanent Secretary FCO: Peter Howell
Qumrani: Walter Randall
Undersecretary Roads Division: David Rose
Maurice - European Commissioner: André Maranne
BBC Editor: Charles McKeown
Topic Director: Sheila Ferris
the Radio Reporter: Fraser Kerr
Offical at French Embassy: William Lawford
Sue Lawley: Sue Lawley
Mrs. Crichton: Maureen Stevens
Ross: Michael Sharvell-Martin
Permanent Secretary, MOD: Jeffrey Segal
Constable: David Warwick
Photographer: Norman Tipton
Topic Crewman: Matthew Roberton
Permanent Secretary, DHSS: Donald Pelmear
Reporter: Bunny Losh
Permanent Secretary: Harry Van Engel
Nelly: Pauline Quirke
Robert, Waiter: Robert Goodman
Gentlemans Club Member: Lewis Alexander
Restaurant Patron: Jay McGrath
Hitman: Harry Fielder
Servant: Reg Thomason
Major: Richard Atherton
Diner: George Ballantine
The Mayor: Charles Rayford
Embassy Technician: Cy Town
Party Official: Douglas Stark

Release date: 25 Feb 1980