The BEST episodes of Yes Minister season 2
Every episode of Yes Minister season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yes Minister season 2!
This is the story of the endless battles between the Government in the form of Jim Hacker, a brand new Cabinet Minister and the Civil Service of his department run by Sir Humphrey Appleby. Stuck in the middle of it all is civil servant Bernard Woolley.
#1 - A Question of Loyalty
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/1981
Jim and Sir Humphrey pass the buck to protect each other when they appear before a select committee investigating charges of waste in Hacker's ministry, until Jim's higher loyalties are called upon.
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#2 - The Death List
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/1981
Jim learns that when in opposition he was bugged by the secret service, and decides to bring in legislation to curb the bugging. He then finds out that he is on the death list of a group of terrorists, and the best way to find them is by bugging phone lines.
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#3 - The Devil You Know
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/1981
When Jim is betrayed by a Cabinet colleague over his plans to bring in jobs for British workers, he thinks about leaving Westminster and becoming a European Commissioner. But when Sir Humphrey learns who Hacker's replacement will be, he tries to change his mind.
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#4 - The Quality of Life
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/1981
Sir Humphrey uses Jim's promise to keep a popular city farm project open to get special permission for an additional nine floors on a proposed skyscraper.
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#5 - Doing the Honours
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/1981
When Jim learns that he can block civil servants' honours, he blackmails them into cutting their budgets, but when he hears that he might be in line for an honorary degree, he has to back down.
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#6 - The Greasy Pole
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/1981
Jim has the chance of creating jobs and saving a chemical company which has been offered the chance to manufacture a highly dangerous chemical. But when the news gets out that it might be too dangerous, he has to back down.
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#7 - The Compassionate Society
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/23/1981
When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff. Meanwhile, the government is under pressure to accommodate 1,000 overseas refugees.