The New Statesman

The New Statesman

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

Comedy

Seasons

Happiness is a Warm Gun

1. Happiness is a Warm Gun

Air Date: 1987-09-13

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

Passport to Freedom

2. Passport to Freedom

Air Date: 1987-09-20

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

Sex is Wrong

3. Sex is Wrong

Air Date: 1987-09-27

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

Waste Not, Want Not

4. Waste Not, Want Not

Air Date: 1987-10-04

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

Friends of St. James

5. Friends of St. James

Air Date: 1987-10-11

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

Three Line Whipping

6. Three Line Whipping

Air Date: 1987-10-18

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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.

Fatal Extraction

1. Fatal Extraction

Air Date: 1989-01-15

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

Live from Westminster

2. Live from Westminster

Air Date: 1989-01-22

Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

A Wapping Conspiracy

3. A Wapping Conspiracy

Air Date: 1989-01-29

Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

The Haltemprice Bunker

4. The Haltemprice Bunker

Air Date: 1989-02-05

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

California Here I Come

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.

May the Best Man Win

6. May the Best Man Win

Air Date: 1989-02-19

Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

Piers of the Realm

7. Piers of the Realm

Air Date: 1989-02-26

Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

Labour of Love

1. Labour of Love

Air Date: 1991-01-06

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

The Party's Over

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.

Let Them Sniff Cake

3. Let Them Sniff Cake

Air Date: 1991-01-20

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

Keeping Mum

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.

Natural Selection

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.

Profit of Boom

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.

Back from the Mort

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.

H*A*S*H

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.

Speaking in Tongues

3. Speaking in Tongues

Air Date: 1992-12-06

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

Heil and Farewell

4. Heil and Farewell

Air Date: 1992-12-13

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

A Bigger Splash

5. A Bigger Splash

Air Date: 1992-12-20

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

The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

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

Cast

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