A
political satire based in the offices of MP Jim Hacker (Paul Eddington), whose
policies and principals are forever under siege by wily civil servant Sir
Humphrey (Nigel Hawthorne) and his protégé Bernard (Derek Fowlds). Writers: Antony Jay/Jonathan Lynn
A group of students - nerd Rik (Rik Mayall), hippy Neil (Nigel Planer), punk Vyvyen (Adrian Edmondson) and cool Mike (Christopher Ryan) - share a squalid house near a third rate university and have surreal and anarchic adventures loosely revolving around student life and politics. Writers: Ben Elton/Rik Mayall/Lise Mayer