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The New Statesman

All Episodes 1987 - 1994

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f9e623c0520>
  • 1987-09-12T23:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 13h (26 episodes)
  • Maurice Gran + 1 more, Laurence Marks
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

29 episodes

This short, produced by Yorkshire Television for the BBC, is also known as 'Alan B'Stard At No. 10'. Alan tries to get Margaret Thatcher to disband the BBC.

Special 2 Who Shot Alan B'Stard?

  • 1990-01-14T00:00:00Z30m

Having survived the assassination attempt, Alan starts a campaign to bring back capital punishment.

1994-12-30T00:00:00Z

Special 3 A. B'Stard Exposed

Special 3 A. B'Stard Exposed

  • 1994-12-30T00:00:00Z30m

Having been re-elected to Parliament from a district in Wales, Alan is interviewed about his plans for the future.

Series Premiere

1987-09-12T23:00:00Z

1x01 Happiness is a Warm Gun

Series Premiere

1x01 Happiness is a Warm Gun

  • 1987-09-12T23:00:00Z30m

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

1987-09-19T23:00:00Z

1x02 Passport to Freedom

1x02 Passport to Freedom

  • 1987-09-19T23:00:00Z30m

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

1987-09-26T23:00:00Z

1x03 Sex is Wrong

1x03 Sex is Wrong

  • 1987-09-26T23:00:00Z30m

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

1987-10-03T23:00:00Z

1x04 Waste Not, Want Not

1x04 Waste Not, Want Not

  • 1987-10-03T23:00:00Z30m

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

1987-10-10T23:00:00Z

1x05 Friends of St. James

1x05 Friends of St. James

  • 1987-10-10T23:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

1987-10-17T23:00:00Z

1x06 Three Line Whipping

1x06 Three Line Whipping

  • 1987-10-17T23:00:00Z30m

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

Season Finale

1987-10-24T23:00:00Z

1x07 Baa Baa Black Sheep

Season Finale

1x07 Baa Baa Black Sheep

  • 1987-10-24T23:00:00Z30m

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

Season Premiere

1989-01-15T00:00:00Z

2x01 Fatal Extraction

Season Premiere

2x01 Fatal Extraction

  • 1989-01-15T00:00:00Z30m

Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.

1989-01-22T00:00:00Z

2x02 Live from Westminster

2x02 Live from Westminster

  • 1989-01-22T00:00:00Z30m

Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

1989-01-29T00:00:00Z

2x03 A Wapping Conspiracy

2x03 A Wapping Conspiracy

  • 1989-01-29T00:00:00Z30m

Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

1989-02-05T00:00:00Z

2x04 The Haltemprice Bunker

2x04 The Haltemprice Bunker

  • 1989-02-05T00:00:00Z30m

Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.

1989-02-12T00:00:00Z

2x05 California Here I Come

2x05 California Here I Come

  • 1989-02-12T00:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.

1989-02-19T00:00:00Z

2x06 May the Best Man Win

2x06 May the Best Man Win

  • 1989-02-19T00:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

Season Finale

1989-02-26T00:00:00Z

2x07 Piers of the Realm

Season Finale

2x07 Piers of the Realm

  • 1989-02-26T00:00:00Z30m

Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

Season Premiere

1991-01-06T00:00:00Z

3x01 Labour of Love

Season Premiere

3x01 Labour of Love

  • 1991-01-06T00:00:00Z30m

A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.

1991-01-13T00:00:00Z

3x02 The Party's Over

3x02 The Party's Over

  • 1991-01-13T00:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.

1991-01-20T00:00:00Z

3x03 Let Them Sniff Cake

3x03 Let Them Sniff Cake

  • 1991-01-20T00:00:00Z30m

Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.

1991-01-27T00:00:00Z

3x04 Keeping Mum

3x04 Keeping Mum

  • 1991-01-27T00:00:00Z30m

Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.

1991-02-04T00:00:00Z

3x05 Natural Selection

3x05 Natural Selection

  • 1991-02-04T00:00:00Z30m

At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.

Season Finale

1991-02-11T00:00:00Z

3x06 Profit of Boom

Season Finale

3x06 Profit of Boom

  • 1991-02-11T00:00:00Z30m

MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.

Season Premiere

1992-11-22T00:00:00Z

4x01 Back from the Mort

Season Premiere

4x01 Back from the Mort

  • 1992-11-22T00:00:00Z30m

Having survived imprisonment at hard labour in a Russian gulag, Alan attempts a return to politics by joining the European Parliament as representative from an obscure part of East Germany.

1992-11-29T00:00:00Z

4x02 H*A*S*H

4x02 H*A*S*H

  • 1992-11-29T00:00:00Z30m

Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.

1992-12-06T00:00:00Z

4x03 Speaking in Tongues

4x03 Speaking in Tongues

  • 1992-12-06T00:00:00Z30m

Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.

1992-12-13T00:00:00Z

4x04 Heil and Farewell

4x04 Heil and Farewell

  • 1992-12-13T00:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.

1992-12-20T00:00:00Z

4x05 A Bigger Splash

4x05 A Bigger Splash

  • 1992-12-20T00:00:00Z30m

Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.

Season Finale

1992-12-26T00:00:00Z

4x06 The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

Season Finale

4x06 The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

  • 1992-12-26T00:00:00Z30m

With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.

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