The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
1987-09-13
S01 E01 · 1987-09-13 · 30 min
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
S01 E02 · 1987-09-20 · 30 min
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
S01 E03 · 1987-09-27 · 30 min
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
S01 E04 · 1987-10-04 · 30 min
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
S01 E05 · 1987-10-11 · 30 min
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
S01 E06 · 1987-10-18 · 30 min
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
S01 E07 · 1987-10-25 · 30 min
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
1989-01-15
S02 E01 · 1989-01-15 · 30 min
Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
S02 E02 · 1989-01-22 · 30 min
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
S02 E03 · 1989-01-29 · 30 min
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
S02 E04 · 1989-02-05 · 30 min
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
S02 E05 · 1989-02-12 · 30 min
Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
S02 E06 · 1989-02-19 · 30 min
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
S02 E07 · 1989-02-26 · 30 min
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
1991-01-06
S03 E01 · 1991-01-06 · 30 min
A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.
S03 E02 · 1991-01-13 · 30 min
Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.
S03 E03 · 1991-01-20 · 30 min
Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.
S03 E04 · 1991-01-27 · 30 min
Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.
S03 E05 · 1991-02-04 · 30 min
At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.
S03 E06 · 1991-02-11 · 30 min
MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.
1992-11-22
S04 E01 · 1992-11-22 · 30 min
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.
S04 E02 · 1992-11-29 · 30 min
Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.
S04 E03 · 1992-12-06 · 30 min
Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
S04 E04 · 1992-12-13 · 30 min
Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
S04 E05 · 1992-12-20 · 30 min
Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
S04 E06 · 1992-12-26 · 30 min
With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.
Alan B'Stard
Piers Fletcher-Dervish