The New Statesman

30min

Comedy

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

Episodes

Cast

Happiness is a Warm Gun

1. Happiness is a Warm Gun

30min

13th Sep 1987

Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

Passport to Freedom

2. Passport to Freedom

30min

20th Sep 1987

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

Sex is Wrong

3. Sex is Wrong

30min

27th Sep 1987

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

Waste Not, Want Not

4. Waste Not, Want Not

30min

4th Oct 1987

Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

Friends of St. James

5. Friends of St. James

30min

11th Oct 1987

Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

Three Line Whipping

6. Three Line Whipping

30min

18th Oct 1987

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

Baa Baa Black Sheep

7. Baa Baa Black Sheep

30min

25th Oct 1987

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

First air date

13th Sep 1987

Last air date

26th Dec 1992

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks