Yes, Minister, Series One (1986)

Jim Hacker:
I wanted to sound you out about something.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Of course, Prime Minister.

Jim Hacker:
It's about Humphrey. I wonder if he hasn't got rather too much on his plate.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Oh I'm sure he can manage. Tremendously able.

Jim Hacker:
You don't think he is overstretched?

Sir Frank Gordon:
Oh no, got it all under control. No problem there.

Jim Hacker:
I see, because I was wondering, speculating of course, about his position as the head of the civil service.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Ah...

Jim Hacker:
It could make some sense if everything were to be transferred to the Treasury if you think you could do part of Humphrey's job.

Sir Frank Gordon:
Oh... Yes, that could make a lot of sense.

Jim Hacker:
But if as you say he's not overstretched...

Sir Frank Gordon:
Ah, when I say not 'overstretched', I was of course talking in the sense of total cumulative loading taken globally, rather than in respect of certain individual and essentially anomalous responsibilities which are not, logically speaking, consonant or harmonious with the broad spectrum of intermeshing and inseparable functions and could indeed be said to place an excessive and supererogatory burden on the office when considered in relation to the comparatively exiguous advantages of their overall centralization.

Jim Hacker:
You could do part of Humphrey's job!