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The New Statesman

TV-14
1987–1992·Ended·4 Seasons·26 Episodes·30 min·ITV1
TMDb7.4
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UK
English · Foreign
FOREIGN
Comedy

Overview

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
Rik Mayall
Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton
Michael Troughton
Piers Fletcher-Dervish

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Keywords

london, englandsurrealnorthern englandgreedpoliticsparliamentpoliticiansatireyorkshiredark comedyconservativebritish politicspolitical satiresitcomhouse of commonstory politician

Seasons

Specials3 episodes
1988
1
Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special)
1988-02-05
30m0.0es549769
2
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1990-01-14
30m0.0es549770
3
A. B'Stard Exposed
1994-12-30
30m8.0es549771
Season 17 episodes
1987
1
Happiness is a Warm Gun
1987-09-13
30m7.0es549772
2
Passport to Freedom
1987-09-20
30m7.3es549773
3
Sex is Wrong
1987-09-27
30m7.3es549774
4
Waste Not, Want Not
1987-10-04
30m7.3es549775
5
Friends of St. James
1987-10-11
30m7.3es549776
6
Three Line Whipping
1987-10-18
30m7.3es549777
7
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1987-10-25
30m7.3es549778
Season 27 episodes
1989
1
Fatal Extraction
1989-01-15
30m7.0es549779
2
Live from Westminster
1989-01-22
30m7.0es549780
3
A Wapping Conspiracy
1989-01-29
30m7.0es549781
4
The Haltemprice Bunker
1989-02-05
30m7.0es549782
5
California Here I Come
1989-02-12
30m7.0es549783
6
May the Best Man Win
1989-02-19
30m7.0es549784
7
Piers of the Realm
1989-02-26
30m7.0es549785
Season 36 episodes
1991
1
Labour of Love
1991-01-06
30m7.0es549786
2
The Party's Over
1991-01-13
30m7.3es549787
3
Let Them Sniff Cake
1991-01-20
30m6.7es549788
4
Keeping Mum
1991-01-27
30m7.3es549789
5
Natural Selection
1991-02-04
30m6.7es549790
6
Profit of Boom
1991-02-11
30m7.3es549791
Season 46 episodes
1992
1
Back from the Mort
1992-11-22
30m7.3es549792
2
H*A*S*H
1992-11-29
30m7.0es549793
3
Speaking in Tongues
1992-12-06
30m7.3es549794
4
Heil and Farewell
1992-12-13
30m7.0es549795
5
A Bigger Splash
1992-12-20
30m7.3es549796
6
The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
1992-12-26
30m7.0es549797
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026