The New Statesman
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Seasons
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
Air Date: 1987-09-13
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
2. Passport to Freedom
Air Date: 1987-09-20
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
3. Sex is Wrong
Air Date: 1987-09-27
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
4. Waste Not, Want Not
Air Date: 1987-10-04
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
5. Friends of St. James
Air Date: 1987-10-11
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
6. Three Line Whipping
Air Date: 1987-10-18
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
7. Baa Baa Black Sheep
Air Date: 1987-10-25
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
1. Fatal Extraction
Air Date: 1989-01-15
Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
2. Live from Westminster
Air Date: 1989-01-22
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
3. A Wapping Conspiracy
Air Date: 1989-01-29
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
4. The Haltemprice Bunker
Air Date: 1989-02-05
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
5. California Here I Come
Air Date: 1989-02-12
Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
6. May the Best Man Win
Air Date: 1989-02-19
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
7. Piers of the Realm
Air Date: 1989-02-26
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
1. Labour of Love
Air Date: 1991-01-06
A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.
2. The Party's Over
Air Date: 1991-01-13
Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.
3. Let Them Sniff Cake
Air Date: 1991-01-20
Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.
4. Keeping Mum
Air Date: 1991-01-27
Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.
5. Natural Selection
Air Date: 1991-02-04
At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.
6. Profit of Boom
Air Date: 1991-02-11
MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.
1. Back from the Mort
Air Date: 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.
2. H*A*S*H
Air Date: 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.
3. Speaking in Tongues
Air Date: 1992-12-06
Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
4. Heil and Farewell
Air Date: 1992-12-13
Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
5. A Bigger Splash
Air Date: 1992-12-20
Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
6. The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
Air Date: 1992-12-26
With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.
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Rating
7.5/10
Release Date
1987-09-13
Episodes
26 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
