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The Best Episodes of The New Statesman

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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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    The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 6 - Three Line Whipping
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    #1 - Three Line Whipping

    S1:E6

    Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  2. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 4 - The Haltemprice Bunker
    8.0/10(87 votes)

    #2 - The Haltemprice Bunker

    S2:E4

    Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  3. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 1 - Labour of Love
    7.9/10(67 votes)

    #3 - Labour of Love

    S3:E1

    A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  4. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 3 - A Wapping Conspiracy
    7.8/10(75 votes)

    #4 - A Wapping Conspiracy

    S2:E3

    Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  5. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 6 - May the Best Man Win
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #5 - May the Best Man Win

    S2:E6

    Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  6. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 7 - Piers of the Realm
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #6 - Piers of the Realm

    S2:E7

    Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  7. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 2 - The Party's Over
    7.8/10(66 votes)

    #7 - The Party's Over

    S3:E2

    Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  8. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 3 - Sex is Wrong
    7.7/10(94 votes)

    #8 - Sex is Wrong

    S1:E3

    Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  9. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 1 - Fatal Extraction
    7.7/10(77 votes)

    #9 - Fatal Extraction

    S2:E1

    Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  10. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 3 - Let Them Sniff Cake
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #10 - Let Them Sniff Cake

    S3:E3

    Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  11. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 4 - Keeping Mum
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #11 - Keeping Mum

    S3:E4

    Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  12. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 6 - Profit of Boom
    7.6/10(60 votes)

    #12 - Profit of Boom

    S3:E6

    MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  13. The New Statesman Season 4 Episode 6 - The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    #13 - The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  14. The New Statesman Season 3 Episode 5 - Natural Selection
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #14 - Natural Selection

    S3:E5

    At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  15. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 7 - Baa Baa Black Sheep
    7.4/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Baa Baa Black Sheep

    S1:E7

    Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  16. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 2 - Live from Westminster
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Live from Westminster

    S2:E2

    Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  17. The New Statesman Season 4 Episode 4 - Heil and Farewell
    7.4/10(54 votes)

    #17 - Heil and Farewell

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  18. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 1 - Happiness is a Warm Gun
    7.3/10(116 votes)

    #18 - Happiness is a Warm Gun

    S1:E1

    Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  19. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 2 - Passport to Freedom
    7.3/10(96 votes)

    #19 - Passport to Freedom

    S1:E2

    Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  20. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 5 - Friends of St. James
    7.3/10(86 votes)

    #20 - Friends of St. James

    S1:E5

    Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  21. The New Statesman Season 4 Episode 1 - Back from the Mort
    7.3/10(57 votes)

    #21 - Back from the Mort

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  22. The New Statesman Season 1 Episode 4 - Waste Not, Want Not
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    #22 - Waste Not, Want Not

    S1:E4

    Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  23. The New Statesman Season 2 Episode 5 - California Here I Come
    7.1/10(75 votes)

    #23 - California Here I Come

    S2:E5

    Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  24. The New Statesman Season 4 Episode 3 - Speaking in Tongues
    6.9/10(53 votes)

    #24 - Speaking in Tongues

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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  25. The New Statesman Season 4 Episode 5 - A Bigger Splash
    6.9/10(61 votes)

    #25 - A Bigger Splash

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks

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Best Episodes Summary

"Three Line Whipping" is the best rated episode of "The New Statesman". It scored 8/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, it aired on 10/18/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Haltemprice Bunker".