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The Smoke Screen
Episode 3 of 8
The health minister wants to abolish smoking using prohibitive taxation, losing the Treasury £4bn revenue. Jim sees how he can use this to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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James Hacker | Paul Eddington |
Sir Humphrey Appleby | Nigel Hawthorne |
Bernard Woolley | Derek Fowlds |
Sir Ian Whitworth - DHSS Secretary | John Barron |
Dr Peter Thorn - Minister of State at the DHSS | Clive Merrison |
Sir Frank Gordon - Permanent Secretary of the Treasury | Peter Cellier |
Leslie Potts - Minister for Sport | Bill Wallis |
Gerald - Chairman, British Tobacco Group | Brian Hawksley |
Director | Sydney Lotterby |
Writer | Jonathan Lynn |
Writer | Antony Jay |
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- Thu 23 Jan 1986 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Tue 28 Oct 1986 20:30
- Wed 28 May 1997 22:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Thu 2 Dec 2004 20:30
- Wed 19 Oct 2005 20:30
- Thu 13 Aug 2015 13:45ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales & HD only
- Fri 30 Sep 2016 14:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & HD only
- Tue 15 Dec 2020 20:00
- Tue 1 Feb 2022 20:30
- Sat 5 Feb 2022 23:40
- Tue 16 Jan 2024 20:30
- Sun 21 Jan 2024 00:35