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The Best Episodes of The New Statesman

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Every episode of The New Statesman ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Statesman!

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The Best Episodes of The New Statesman

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Every episode of The New Statesman ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The New Statesman!

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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#1 - Happiness is a Warm Gun
S1:E19/13/1987
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
6.0/10(2 votes)
#2 - Passport to Freedom
S1:E29/20/1987
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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Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
6.0/10(2 votes)
#3 - Sex is Wrong
S1:E39/27/1987
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
6.0/10(2 votes)
#4 - Waste Not, Want Not
S1:E410/4/1987
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
6.0/10(2 votes)
#5 - Friends of St. James
S1:E510/11/1987
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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6.0/10(2 votes)
#6 - Three Line Whipping
S1:E610/18/1987
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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The 20 WORST Episodes of The New Statesman

6.0/10(2 votes)
#7 - Baa Baa Black Sheep
S1:E710/25/1987
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#8 - The Party's Over
S3:E21/13/1991
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#9 - Keeping Mum
S3:E41/27/1991
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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Director:Graeme Harper
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6.0/10(2 votes)
#10 - Profit of Boom
S3:E62/11/1991
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#11 - Back from the Mort
S4:E111/22/1992
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#12 - Speaking in Tongues
S4:E312/6/1992
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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6.0/10(2 votes)
#13 - A Bigger Splash
S4:E512/20/1992
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#14 - Fatal Extraction
S2:E11/15/1989
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#15 - Live from Westminster
S2:E21/22/1989
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#16 - A Wapping Conspiracy
S2:E31/29/1989
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#17 - The Haltemprice Bunker
S2:E42/5/1989
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#18 - California Here I Come
S2:E52/12/1989
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#19 - May the Best Man Win
S2:E62/19/1989
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#20 - Piers of the Realm
S2:E72/26/1989
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
Director:Geoffrey Sax
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#21 - Labour of Love
S3:E11/6/1991
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#22 - Let Them Sniff Cake
S3:E31/20/1991
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#23 - Natural Selection
S3:E52/4/1991
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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5.5/10(2 votes)
#24 - H*A*S*H
S4:E211/29/1992
Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.
Director:Graeme Harper
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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5.5/10(2 votes)
#25 - Heil and Farewell
S4:E412/13/1992
Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
Director:Graeme Harper
Writers:Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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Best Episodes Summary

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" is the best rated episode of "The New Statesman". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, it aired on 9/13/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Passport to Freedom".