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The New Statesman

  • 1987 – 1992
  • Ended
  • Comedy
  • ~30m / ep
  • 4 seasons
  • 7.4/10

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

Latest: Season 4 · 1992

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  1. E1. Back from the Mort

    Nov 22, 1992 · 30m

    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.

  2. E2. H*A*S*H

    Nov 29, 1992 · 30m

    Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.

  3. E3. Speaking in Tongues

    Dec 6, 1992 · 30m

    Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.

  4. E4. Heil and Farewell

    Dec 13, 1992 · 30m

    Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.

  5. E5. A Bigger Splash

    Dec 20, 1992 · 30m

    Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.

  6. E6. The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

    Dec 26, 1992 · 30m

    With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.

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