The New Statesman

The New Statesman

1987
7.5
5 Seasons
Comedy

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

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

Episode 2
Ep 2

Passport to Freedom

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

Episode 3
Ep 3

Sex is Wrong

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

Episode 4
Ep 4

Waste Not, Want Not

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

Episode 5
Ep 5

Friends of St. James

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

Episode 6
Ep 6

Three Line Whipping

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

Episode 7
Ep 7

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

Cast

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

Alan B'Stard

Michael Troughton

Michael Troughton

Piers Fletcher-Dervish