Yes Minister
The Greasy Pole
Season 2, Episode 4 · Aired 1981-03-16
Synopsis
Jim discovers that the outcome of scientific reports can be manipulated if needs be.
In the series
This episode is part of Yes Minister (1980–1984) on BBC Two.
Civil service as comic chess — yes, Minister, with a knife behind the smile.
Key cast
- Paul Eddington as Jim Hacker
- Nigel Hawthorne as Sir Humphrey Appleby
- Derek Fowlds as Bernard Woolley