The New Statesman

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

Creators and Cast

Creators

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Laurence Marks

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Maurice Gran

Creator

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Rik Mayall

Alan B'Stard

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Michael Troughton

Piers Fletcher-Dervish

Episodes

Specials

3 episodes

S0 E1 · Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special)

1988-02-05

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.

S0 E2 · Who Shot Alan B'Stard?

1990-01-14

Having survived the assassination attempt, Alan starts a campaign to bring back capital punishment.

S0 E3 · A. B'Stard Exposed

1994-12-30

Having been re-elected to Parliament from a district in Wales, Alan is interviewed about his plans for the future.

Season 1

7 episodes

S1 E1 · Happiness is a Warm Gun

1987-09-13

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

S1 E2 · Passport to Freedom

1987-09-20

Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.

S1 E3 · Sex is Wrong

1987-09-27

Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.

S1 E4 · Waste Not, Want Not

1987-10-04

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

S1 E5 · Friends of St. James

1987-10-11

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

S1 E6 · Three Line Whipping

1987-10-18

Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.

S1 E7 · Baa Baa Black Sheep

1987-10-25

Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.

Season 2

7 episodes

S2 E1 · Fatal Extraction

1989-01-15

Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.

S2 E2 · Live from Westminster

1989-01-22

Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

S2 E3 · A Wapping Conspiracy

1989-01-29

Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

S2 E4 · The Haltemprice Bunker

1989-02-05

Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.

S2 E5 · California Here I Come

1989-02-12

Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.

S2 E6 · May the Best Man Win

1989-02-19

Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

S2 E7 · Piers of the Realm

1989-02-26

Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

Season 3

6 episodes

S3 E1 · Labour of Love

1991-01-06

A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.

S3 E2 · The Party's Over

1991-01-13

Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.

S3 E3 · Let Them Sniff Cake

1991-01-20

Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.

S3 E4 · Keeping Mum

1991-01-27

Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.

S3 E5 · Natural Selection

1991-02-04

At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.

S3 E6 · Profit of Boom

1991-02-11

MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.

Season 4

6 episodes

S4 E1 · Back from the Mort

1992-11-22

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 East Germany.

S4 E2 · H*A*S*H

1992-11-29

Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.

S4 E3 · Speaking in Tongues

1992-12-06

Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.

S4 E4 · Heil and Farewell

1992-12-13

Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.

S4 E5 · A Bigger Splash

1992-12-20

Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.

S4 E6 · The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

1992-12-26

With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.