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The New Statesman
7.5(51 votes)
4 Seasons
26 Episodes
September 13, 1987
Comedy
Overview
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Status
Ended
Created By
Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
Network
ITV1
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
September 13, 1987
Episodes
Episodes
Episode 1
Happiness is a Warm Gun
September 13, 198730m7.0
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
Episode 2
Passport to Freedom
September 20, 198730m7.3
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
Episode 3
Sex is Wrong
September 27, 198730m7.5
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
Episode 4
Waste Not, Want Not
October 4, 198730m7.3
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
Episode 5
Friends of St. James
October 11, 198730m7.3
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
Episode 6
Three Line Whipping
October 18, 198730m7.3
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
Episode 7
Baa Baa Black Sheep
October 25, 198730m7.3
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
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Top Cast
Rik Mayall
Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton
Piers Fletcher-Dervish
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