The New Statesman 1987
★ 7.5/10 Comedy 4 seasons · 26 eps Ended
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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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Cast
Rik Mayall
Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton
Piers Fletcher-Dervish
Marsha Fitzalan
Sarah B'Stard
Terence Alexander
Sir Greville McDonald
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Nick Stringer
Crippen
Rowena Cooper
Norman Bormann
John Nettleton
Sir Stephen Baxter ☻
Victor Lucas
Mr. Speaker ☻
John Carlin
House of Commons Speaker
Vivien Heilbron
Beatrice Protheroe ☻
Brigitte Kahn
Frau Kleist ☻
Adam Wide
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Season 1 · 7 episodes
- E1 Happiness is a Warm Gun Sep 13, 1987
- E2 Passport to Freedom Sep 20, 1987
- E3 Sex is Wrong Sep 27, 1987
- E4 Waste Not, Want Not Oct 4, 1987
- E5 Friends of St. James Oct 11, 1987
- E6 Three Line Whipping Oct 18, 1987
- E7 Baa Baa Black Sheep Oct 25, 1987
Season 2 · 7 episodes
- E1 Fatal Extraction Jan 15, 1989
- E2 Live from Westminster Jan 22, 1989
- E3 A Wapping Conspiracy Jan 29, 1989
- E4 The Haltemprice Bunker Feb 5, 1989
- E5 California Here I Come Feb 12, 1989
- E6 May the Best Man Win Feb 19, 1989
- E7 Piers of the Realm Feb 26, 1989
Season 3 · 6 episodes
- E1 Labour of Love Jan 6, 1991
- E2 The Party's Over Jan 13, 1991
- E3 Let Them Sniff Cake Jan 20, 1991
- E4 Keeping Mum Jan 27, 1991
- E5 Natural Selection Feb 4, 1991
- E6 Profit of Boom Feb 11, 1991
Season 4 · 6 episodes
- E1 Back from the Mort Nov 22, 1992
- E2 H*A*S*H Nov 29, 1992
- E3 Speaking in Tongues Dec 6, 1992
- E4 Heil and Farewell Dec 13, 1992
- E5 A Bigger Splash Dec 20, 1992
- E6 The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard Dec 26, 1992