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Comedy

The New Statesman

Comedy

The New Statesman

1987 – 1994 (completed) · 4 seasons · 29 episodes · United Kingdom · English

The New Statesman (1987) is a solid-tier series on goodrecmovies, rated 7.6/10 on IMDb from 2,199 votes. Updated

63.5GRM score
★ 7.6IMDb · 2k

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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Top cast

16
Rik Mayall
Alan B'Stard
Michael Troughton
Piers Fletcher-Dervish
Marsha Fitzalan
Sarah B'Stard
Terence Alexander
Sir Greville McDonald
Terence Alexander
Sir Greville
Rowena Cooper
Norman Bormann
John Nettleton
Sir Stephen Baxter
Berwick Kaler
Geoff Dicquead
Berwick Kaler
Jeffrey Dicquead
Berwick Kaler
Jeff Dicquead
Nick Stringer
Crippen
Nick Stringer
Bob Crippen
Victor Lucas
Mr Speaker
Victor Lucas
House of Commons Speaker
Victor Lucas
Mr. Speaker
Steve Nallon
Margaret Thatcher

Seasons

5

best episode: S2E8 — Who Shot Alan B'Stard? ★ 8.3 (87)

S18 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Happiness Is a Warm Gun★ 7.0122
  • E2Passport to Freedom★ 7.399
  • E3Sex Is Wrong★ 7.697
  • E4Waste Not Want Not★ 7.292
  • E5Friends of St. James★ 7.391
  • E6Three Line Whipping★ 8.092
  • E7Baa Baa Black Sheep★ 7.485
  • E8Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC★ 8.348
S28 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Fatal Extraction★ 7.779
  • E2Live from Westminster★ 7.575
  • E3The Wapping Conspiracy★ 7.877
  • E4The Haltemprice Bunker★ 8.189
  • E5California Here I Come★ 7.177
  • E6May the Best Man Win★ 7.877
  • E7Piers of the Realm★ 7.976
  • E8Who Shot Alan B'Stard?★ 8.387
S36 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Labour of Love★ 8.070
  • E2The Party's Over★ 7.970
  • E3Let Them Sniff Cake★ 7.867
  • E4Keeping Mum★ 7.867
  • E5Natural Selection★ 7.564
  • E6Profit of Boom★ 7.663
S46 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Back from the Mort★ 7.260
  • E2H*A*S*H★ 6.857
  • E3Speaking in Tongues★ 6.855
  • E4Heil and Farewell★ 7.557
  • E5A Bigger Splash★ 6.963
  • E6The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard★ 7.758
Specials1 eps · ★ 8.1
  • ·A B'Stard Exposed★ 8.185

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Where to watch

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Seasons

5

best episode: S2E8 — Who Shot Alan B'Stard? ★ 8.3 (87)

S18 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Happiness Is a Warm Gun★ 7.0122
  • E2Passport to Freedom★ 7.399
  • E3Sex Is Wrong★ 7.697
  • E4Waste Not Want Not★ 7.292
  • E5Friends of St. James★ 7.391
  • E6Three Line Whipping★ 8.092
  • E7Baa Baa Black Sheep★ 7.485
  • E8Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC★ 8.348
S28 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Fatal Extraction★ 7.779
  • E2Live from Westminster★ 7.575
  • E3The Wapping Conspiracy★ 7.877
  • E4The Haltemprice Bunker★ 8.189
  • E5California Here I Come★ 7.177
  • E6May the Best Man Win★ 7.877
  • E7Piers of the Realm★ 7.976
  • E8Who Shot Alan B'Stard?★ 8.387
S36 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Labour of Love★ 8.070
  • E2The Party's Over★ 7.970
  • E3Let Them Sniff Cake★ 7.867
  • E4Keeping Mum★ 7.867
  • E5Natural Selection★ 7.564
  • E6Profit of Boom★ 7.663
S46 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Back from the Mort★ 7.260
  • E2H*A*S*H★ 6.857
  • E3Speaking in Tongues★ 6.855
  • E4Heil and Farewell★ 7.557
  • E5A Bigger Splash★ 6.963
  • E6The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard★ 7.758
Specials1 eps · ★ 8.1
  • ·A B'Stard Exposed★ 8.185

Top cast

16
RRik MayallAlan B'StardMMichael TroughtonPiers Fletcher-DervishMMarsha FitzalanSarah B'StardTTerence AlexanderSir Greville McDonaldTTerence AlexanderSir GrevilleRRowena CooperNorman BormannJJohn NettletonSir Stephen BaxterBBerwick KalerGeoff DicqueadBBerwick KalerJeffrey DicqueadBBerwick KalerJeff DicqueadNNick StringerCrippenNNick StringerBob CrippenVVictor LucasMr SpeakerVVictor LucasHouse of Commons SpeakerVVictor LucasMr. SpeakerSSteve NallonMargaret Thatcher

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Comments

Comments are moderated against a short code of conduct. Disagree as much as you like; do it kindly.