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The New Statesman

Sun, Sep 13, 1987
  • Comedy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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

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  • Rik Mayall
    Rik Mayall
    as Alan B'Stard
  • Michael Troughton
    Michael Troughton
    as Piers Fletcher-Dervish
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Episodes

4 seasons · 27 episodes

Ended · 27 aired
Season 1
7 episodes · 7 aired
▾
  • E1
    Happiness is a Warm Gun
    Aired · Sun, Sep 13, 1987 · 30m
  • E2
    Passport to Freedom
    Aired · Sun, Sep 20, 1987 · 30m
  • E3
    Sex is Wrong
    Aired · Sun, Sep 27, 1987 · 30m
  • E4
    Waste Not, Want Not
    Aired · Sun, Oct 4, 1987 · 30m
  • E5
    Friends of St. James
    Aired · Sun, Oct 11, 1987 · 30m
  • E6
    Three Line Whipping
    Aired · Sun, Oct 18, 1987 · 30m
  • E7
    Baa Baa Black Sheep
    Aired · Sun, Oct 25, 1987 · 30m
Season 2
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Fatal Extraction
    Aired · Sun, Jan 15, 1989 · 30m
  • E2
    Live from Westminster
    Aired · Sun, Jan 22, 1989 · 30m
  • E3
    A Wapping Conspiracy
    Aired · Sun, Jan 29, 1989 · 30m
  • E4
    The Haltemprice Bunker
    Aired · Sun, Feb 5, 1989 · 30m
  • E5
    California Here I Come
    Aired · Sun, Feb 12, 1989 · 30m
  • E6
    May the Best Man Win
    Aired · Sun, Feb 19, 1989 · 30m
  • E7
    Piers of the Realm
    Aired · Sun, Feb 26, 1989 · 30m
  • E8
    Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
    Aired · Thu, Jan 4, 1990 · 60m
Season 3
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Labour of Love
    Aired · Sun, Jan 6, 1991 · 30m
  • E2
    The Party's Over
    Aired · Sun, Jan 13, 1991 · 30m
  • E3
    Let Them Sniff Cake
    Aired · Sun, Jan 20, 1991 · 30m
  • E4
    Keeping Mum
    Aired · Sun, Jan 27, 1991 · 30m
  • E5
    Natural Selection
    Aired · Mon, Feb 4, 1991 · 30m
  • E6
    Profit of Boom
    Aired · Mon, Feb 11, 1991 · 30m
Season 4
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Back from the Mort
    Aired · Sun, Nov 22, 1992 · 30m
  • E2
    H*A*S*H
    Aired · Sun, Nov 29, 1992 · 30m
  • E3
    Speaking in Tongues
    Aired · Sun, Dec 6, 1992 · 30m
  • E4
    Heil and Farewell
    Aired · Sun, Dec 13, 1992 · 30m
  • E5
    A Bigger Splash
    Aired · Sun, Dec 20, 1992 · 30m
  • E6
    The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
    Aired · Sat, Dec 26, 1992 · 30m