The New Statesman

1987 - 1992

Happiness is a Warm Gun

13th September 1987

Episode 1

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

Passport to Freedom

20th September 1987

Episode 2

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

Sex is Wrong

27th September 1987

Episode 3

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

Waste Not, Want Not

4th October 1987

Episode 4

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

Friends of St. James

11th October 1987

Episode 5

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

Three Line Whipping

18th October 1987

Episode 6

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

25th October 1987

Episode 7

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

Top Cast

Rik Mayall•Michael Troughton

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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Alan B'Stard

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Michael Troughton

Piers Fletcher-Dervish

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Producer

Alan Hawkshaw

Music

Dave Whiteley

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