PG certificateYes, Prime Minister is a Sitcom programme that first aired in 1986 and has been classified a PG certificate.

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Yes, Prime Minister: The Smoke Screen

Series 1, episode 3

Directed by
Sydney Lotterby

Originally Aired On: Thursday, 23 January 1986

Classic political sitcom. The health minister wants to abolish smoking using prohibitive taxation, losing the Treasury £4bn revenue. Jim sees how he can use this to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.

Cast

Paul Eddington...James Hacker
Image for Nigel HawthorneNigel Hawthorne...Sir Humphrey Appleby
Derek Fowlds...Bernard Woolley
John Nettleton
John Barron...Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary
Frederick Treves
Clive Merrison...Dr. Peter Thorn - Minister of State at the DHSS
Peter Cellier...Sir Frank Gordon Permanent Secretary of the Treasury
Michael Byrne
Bill Wallis...Leslie Potts - Minister for Sport
Brian Hawksley...Gerald - Chairman British Tobacco Group