The New Statesman

The New Statesman75%

TV 1987-09-13 30m Comedy
★ 7.5 / 10 · 53 votes
Ratings
Combined
74.7 %
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IMDb
7.8 /10
3,191 votes
Trakt
70 %
61 votes
TMDB
75 %
53 votes

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
30m
Seasons
4
Episodes
26
Network
ITV1
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata
Created by
Laurence Marks Maurice Gran
Cast
Rik Mayall Rik Mayall Alan B'Stard Michael Troughton Michael Troughton Piers Fletcher-Dervish Marsha Fitzalan Marsha Fitzalan Sarah B'Stard Terence Alexander Terence Alexander Sir Greville Nick Stringer Nick Stringer Crippen Rowena Cooper Rowena Cooper Norman Bormann John Nettleton John Nettleton Sir Stephen Baxter Victor Lucas Victor Lucas Mr. Speaker John Carlin John Carlin House of Commons Speaker Vivien Heilbron Vivien Heilbron Beatrice Protheroe Brigitte Kahn Brigitte Kahn Ground Hostess Adam Wide Adam Wide Messenger
Season 1 1987 · 7 eps
  1. 1 Happiness is a Warm Gun Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police. Sep 13, 1987 30m
  2. 2 Passport to Freedom Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares. Sep 20, 1987 30m
  3. 3 Sex is Wrong Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration. Sep 27, 1987 30m
  4. 4 Waste Not, Want Not Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste. Oct 4, 1987 30m
  5. 5 Friends of St. James Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank. Oct 11, 1987 30m
  6. 6 Three Line Whipping Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result. Oct 18, 1987 30m
  7. 7 Baa Baa Black Sheep Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice. Oct 25, 1987 30m
Season 2 1989 · 7 eps
  1. 1 Fatal Extraction Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader. Jan 15, 1989 30m
  2. 2 Live from Westminster Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar Jan 22, 1989 30m
  3. 3 A Wapping Conspiracy Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls. Jan 29, 1989 30m
  4. 4 The Haltemprice Bunker Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi. Feb 5, 1989 30m
  5. 5 California Here I Come Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first. Feb 12, 1989 30m
  6. 6 May the Best Man Win Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding. Feb 19, 1989 30m
  7. 7 Piers of the Realm Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted. Feb 26, 1989 30m
Season 3 1991 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Labour of Love A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons. Jan 6, 1991 30m
  2. 2 The Party's Over Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage. Jan 13, 1991 30m
  3. 3 Let Them Sniff Cake Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan. Jan 20, 1991 30m
  4. 4 Keeping Mum Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security. Jan 27, 1991 30m
  5. 5 Natural Selection At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House. Feb 4, 1991 30m
  6. 6 Profit of Boom MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on. Feb 11, 1991 30m
Season 4 1992 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Back from the Mort Having survived imprisonment at hard labour in a Russian gulag, Alan attempts a return to politics by joining the European Parliament as representative from an obscure part of Eas… Nov 22, 1992 30m
  2. 2 H*A*S*H Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana. Nov 29, 1992 30m
  3. 3 Speaking in Tongues Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC. Dec 6, 1992 30m
  4. 4 Heil and Farewell Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization. Dec 13, 1992 30m
  5. 5 A Bigger Splash Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia. Dec 20, 1992 30m
  6. 6 The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England. Dec 26, 1992 30m
Specials 1988 · 3 eps
  1. 1 Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) This short, produced by Yorkshire Television for the BBC, is also known as 'Alan B'Stard At No. 10'. Alan tries to get Margaret Thatcher to disband the BBC. Feb 5, 1988 30m
  2. 2 Who Shot Alan B'Stard? Having survived the assassination attempt, Alan starts a campaign to bring back capital punishment. Jan 14, 1990 30m
  3. 3 A. B'Stard Exposed Having been re-elected to Parliament from a district in Wales, Alan is interviewed about his plans for the future. Dec 30, 1994 30m
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