The New Statesman (1987)
Synopsis
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
First Air Date: 1987-09-13
Last Air Date: 1992-12-26
Number of Seasons: 4
Number of Episodes: 26
Created By: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard
- Michael Troughton as Piers Fletcher-Dervish
- Marsha Fitzalan as Sarah B'Stard
- Terence Alexander as Sir Greville McDonald
- Nick Stringer as Crippen
- Rowena Cooper as Norman Bormann
- John Nettleton as Sir Stephen Baxter
- Victor Lucas as Mr. Speaker
- John Carlin as House of Commons Speaker
- Vivien Heilbron as Beatrice Protheroe
Seasons
Season 1 (1987)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Happiness is a Warm Gun
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
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Ep. 2: Passport to Freedom
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
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Ep. 3: Sex is Wrong
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
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Ep. 4: Waste Not, Want Not
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
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Ep. 5: Friends of St. James
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
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Ep. 6: Three Line Whipping
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
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Ep. 7: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
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