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Maurice Gran
The New Statesman
Overview
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Key Crew
Producer: David Reynolds
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 0 (1988)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special)
1988-02-05This short, produced by Yorkshire Television for the BBC, is also known as 'Alan B'Stard At No. 10'. Alan tries to get Margaret Thatcher to disband the BBC.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1990-01-14Having survived the assassination attempt, Alan starts a campaign to bring back capital punishment.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: A. B'Stard Exposed
1994-12-30Having been re-elected to Parliament from a district in Wales, Alan is interviewed about his plans for the future.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 1 (1987)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Happiness is a Warm Gun
1987-09-13Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Passport to Freedom
1987-09-20Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Sex is Wrong
1987-09-27Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Waste Not, Want Not
1987-10-04Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Friends of St. James
1987-10-11Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Three Line Whipping
1987-10-18Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Baa Baa Black Sheep
1987-10-25Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (1989)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Fatal Extraction
1989-01-15Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Live from Westminster
1989-01-22Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: A Wapping Conspiracy
1989-01-29Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: The Haltemprice Bunker
1989-02-05Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: California Here I Come
1989-02-12Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: May the Best Man Win
1989-02-19Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Piers of the Realm
1989-02-26Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 (1991)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Labour of Love
1991-01-06A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: The Party's Over
1991-01-13Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Let Them Sniff Cake
1991-01-20Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Keeping Mum
1991-01-27Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Natural Selection
1991-02-04At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Profit of Boom
1991-02-11MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 (1992)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Back from the Mort
1992-11-22Having 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.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: H*A*S*H
1992-11-29Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Speaking in Tongues
1992-12-06Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Heil and Farewell
1992-12-13Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: A Bigger Splash
1992-12-20Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
1992-12-26With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.
Runtime: 30 min
