Yes, Minister

Out with the old and in with the new? So thinks Jim Hacker MP when his party, formerly in opposition, win the general election and he is appointed Minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs. But he doesn't count on the implacable will of the British Civil Service.His attempts to implement legislative and organisational changes are frequently thwarted by his Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appelby. While the novice Minister is keen to win favour with the PM and the public, Appelby is only interested in securing and possibly extending the budget and staff of the department. Caught between the two is Bernard Woolley, Principal Private Secretary to Hacker...