1987
4 Seasons
26 Episodes
EN
Ended
15About
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
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Cast
Rik Mayall
as Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton
as Piers Fletcher-Dervish
Episodes
Season 1
E1
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Sep 13, 198730m7.0
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
E2
Passport to Freedom
Sep 20, 198730m7.3
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
E3
Sex is Wrong
Sep 27, 198730m7.3
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
E4
Waste Not, Want Not
Oct 4, 198730m7.3
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
E5
Friends of St. James
Oct 11, 198730m7.3
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
E6
Three Line Whipping
Oct 18, 198730m7.3
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
E7
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Oct 25, 198730m7.3
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
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