Series two sees Prime Minister Jim Hacker still muddling through under the guidance of his Machiavellian mentor Sir Humphrey Appleby. When Jim decides to implement a new plan to reduce unemployment in the North Sir Humphrey decides that desperate cases call for desperate measures. Meanwhile if the Prime Minister gives false information to Parliament should the Cabinet Secretary support him or should he tell all? As Sir Humphrey ponders the ethics he finds that he too has something to hide. Classic satirical comedy starring Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne.