Name: The New Statesman
Released: 1987-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Paul O'Grady, Terence Alexander, Nick Stringer

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This BAFTA-winning political satire stars Rik Mayall as Conservative MP Alan B'Stard, whose thirst for power is paramount as he adopts relentless methods to reach the top of the political ladder.

Comedy · 1987 · 24 min

Starring Paul O'Grady , Terence Alexander , Nick Stringer

EPISODE 1

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

In the first episode of this hilarious new political comedy, we meet Alan Beresford B'Stard, an unscrupulous young politico, who will stop at nothing to get elected to parliament.

23 min · Sep 13, 1987
EPISODE 2

Passport To Freedom

Alan's wife, Sarah, inherits a million pounds worth of shares, which enables her to fulfill her deepest wish - to leave Alan. But Alan B'Stard MP knows a politician needs a wife.

23 min · Sep 20, 1987
EPISODE 3

Sex Is Wrong

Alan realises that joining a moral crusade can be extremely profitable... with hilarious consequences.

23 min · Sep 27, 1987
EPISODE 4

Waste Not Want Not

Tory MP Alan B'Stard's dirty dealings have finally caught up with him. Five years ago he accepted £55,000 to get rid of a lorryload of Argentinian nuclear waste but his financial advisor Norman Bormann tells him the lock-up garage storing the sludge is earmarked for demolition!

23 min · Oct 4, 1987
EPISODE 5

Friends Of St. James

Alan organises a parliamentary fact-finding expedition to a sun-kissed Carribean island whose only export seems to be the world's strongest marijuana!

22 min · Oct 11, 1987
EPISODE 6

Three Line Whipping

Alan is booked to appear on TVAM to discuss an important by-election result. Unfortunately, an all-night sitting in a notorious house of ill-repute means he has no idea about the election result.

23 min · Oct 18, 1987