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The New Statesman

7/10

Release Date	1992-12-26
Runtime	30 minutes
Genres	Comedy
Stars	Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton
Directors	David Reynolds, Alan Hawkshaw, Dave Whiteley

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

1. Back from the Mort

1992-11-22

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. HAS*H

1992-11-29

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

3. Speaking in Tongues

1992-12-06

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

4. Heil and Farewell

1992-12-13

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

5. A Bigger Splash

1992-12-20

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

6. The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

1992-12-26

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