In The Whisky Priest, perhaps the best Yes, Minister episode — an assertion that is arduously dangerous, because picking the greatest Yes, Minister episode is like picking the greatest Beatles song — Sir Humphrey Appleby is aghast to learn that Jim Hacker is so bothered about Italian Red terrorists getting access to British weapons that he intends to broach the topic with the Prime Minister.
Before explaining to Bernard Woolley, Jim Hacker’s private secretary, the importance of being a moral vacuum, Sir Humphrey insists they must stop the minister from informing the Prime Minister.
