TV Series
★7.5(54 votes)
19874 Seasons26 EpisodesEndedThe New Statesman
Comedy
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Episodes & Seasons
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Season 1
7 EpisodesEP 01
01.Happiness is a Warm Gun
30m★ 7
1987-09-13
01.Happiness is a Warm Gun
30m★ 7
Aired 1987-09-13
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
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EP 02
02.Passport to Freedom
30m★ 7.2
1987-09-20
02.Passport to Freedom
30m★ 7.2
Aired 1987-09-20
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
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EP 03
03.Sex is Wrong
30m★ 7.5
1987-09-27
03.Sex is Wrong
30m★ 7.5
Aired 1987-09-27
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
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EP 04
04.Waste Not, Want Not
30m★ 7.2
1987-10-04
04.Waste Not, Want Not
30m★ 7.2
Aired 1987-10-04
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
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EP 05
05.Friends of St. James
30m★ 7.3
1987-10-11
05.Friends of St. James
30m★ 7.3
Aired 1987-10-11
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
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EP 06
06.Three Line Whipping
30m★ 7.3
1987-10-18
06.Three Line Whipping
30m★ 7.3
Aired 1987-10-18
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
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EP 07
07.Baa Baa Black Sheep
30m★ 7.3
1987-10-25
07.Baa Baa Black Sheep
30m★ 7.3
Aired 1987-10-25
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
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