Yes Minister - Season 2 - Eps 1: The Compassionate Society
When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff.
About Yes Minister

Title: Yes Minister
First Air Date: 1980-02-25
Last Air Date: 1982-12-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.3/10 (from 146 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 21
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Comedy, War & Politics
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Cast

Paul Eddington
Jim Hacker

Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Humphrey Appleby

Derek Fowlds
Bernard Woolley