Yes Minister
The Bed of Nails
Season 3, Episode 5 · Aired 1982-12-09
Synopsis
Jim takes on an unpopular role developing a national transport policy.
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