Yes, Prime Minister (TV Series)

The Grand Design (1986)

Frederick Treves: Chief of Defence Staff

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• Jim Hacker : Tell me, General, where is the Hot Line?

  General Howard : Which one?

  Jim Hacker : The one to Russia.

  Bernard Woolley : The Red Hot Line, Sir.

  General Howard : That's in Downing Street.

  Jim Hacker : So in an emergency, I can get straight through to the Soviet President?

  General Howard : Theoretically, yes.

  Jim Hacker : Theoretically?

  General Howard : That's what we tell journalists. In fact, we did once get through to the Kremlin, but only to a switchboard operator.

  Jim Hacker : Couldn't the operator put you through?

  General Howard : We never found out. He didn't seem to speak much English.