Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
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.
James Hacker, MP is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?