Queye TV The New Statesman
Comedy
The New Statesman
1987
0:30
4 Seasons 26 Episodes
★ 7.5
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

Episodes

Happiness is a Warm Gun
Episode 1

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

30m
Passport to Freedom
Episode 2

Passport to Freedom

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

30m
Sex is Wrong
Episode 3

Sex is Wrong

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

30m
Waste Not, Want Not
Episode 4

Waste Not, Want Not

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

30m
Friends of St. James
Episode 5

Friends of St. James

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

30m
Three Line Whipping
Episode 6

Three Line Whipping

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

30m
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Episode 7

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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

30m
Fatal Extraction
Episode 1

Fatal Extraction

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

30m
Live from Westminster
Episode 2

Live from Westminster

Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

30m
A Wapping Conspiracy
Episode 3

A Wapping Conspiracy

Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

30m
The Haltemprice Bunker
Episode 4

The Haltemprice Bunker

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

30m
California Here I Come
Episode 5

California Here I Come

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

30m
May the Best Man Win
Episode 6

May the Best Man Win

Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

30m
Piers of the Realm
Episode 7

Piers of the Realm

Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

30m
Labour of Love
Episode 1

Labour of Love

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

30m
The Party's Over
Episode 2

The Party's Over

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

30m
Let Them Sniff Cake
Episode 3

Let Them Sniff Cake

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

30m
Keeping Mum
Episode 4

Keeping Mum

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

30m
Natural Selection
Episode 5

Natural Selection

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

30m
Profit of Boom
Episode 6

Profit of Boom

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

30m
Back from the Mort
Episode 1

Back from the Mort

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.

30m
H*A*S*H
Episode 2

H*A*S*H

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

30m
Speaking in Tongues
Episode 3

Speaking in Tongues

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

30m
Heil and Farewell
Episode 4

Heil and Farewell

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

30m
A Bigger Splash
Episode 5

A Bigger Splash

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

30m
The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
Episode 6

The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

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

30m

Cast

Rik Mayall

Alan B'Stard

Michael Troughton

Piers Fletcher-Dervish

Crew

David Reynolds

Producer

Alan Hawkshaw

Music

Dave Whiteley

Sound Supervisor

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