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The New Statesman

The New Statesman

1987 · 4 seasons · 30m · ★ 7.5

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

Start from S1E1 · Happiness is a Warm Gun

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Episodes

Season

E1
1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
1987 · 30m · ★ 7.0
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
E2
2. Passport to Freedom
1987 · 30m · ★ 7.3
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
E3
3. Sex is Wrong
1987 · 30m · ★ 7.5
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.

Cast

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

Alan B'Stard

Michael Troughton

Michael Troughton

Piers Fletcher-Dervish

E4

4. Waste Not, Want Not

1987 · 30m · ★ 7.3

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

5. Friends of St. James

1987 · 30m · ★ 7.3

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

6. Three Line Whipping

1987 · 30m · ★ 7.3

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

7. Baa Baa Black Sheep

1987 · 30m · ★ 7.3

Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.