The New Statesman

The Best Episodes of The New Statesman

Genre:Comedy
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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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  1. 8.1/10(77 votes)

    #1 - Three Line Whipping

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    S1:E6

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

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  2. 8.1/10(78 votes)

    #2 - The Haltemprice Bunker

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    S2:E4

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

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  3. 8.0/10(58 votes)

    #3 - Labour of Love

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    S3:E1

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

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  4. 7.9/10(65 votes)

    #4 - A Wapping Conspiracy

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    Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.

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  5. 7.9/10(65 votes)

    #5 - Piers of the Realm

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    S2:E7

    Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.

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  6. 7.9/10(59 votes)

    #6 - The Party's Over

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    S3:E2

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

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  8. 7.8/10(82 votes)

    #7 - Sex is Wrong

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    S1:E3

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

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  9. 7.8/10(66 votes)

    #8 - Fatal Extraction

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    S2:E1

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

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  10. 7.8/10(65 votes)

    #9 - May the Best Man Win

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    S2:E6

    Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.

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  11. 7.8/10(56 votes)

    #10 - Let Them Sniff Cake

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    S3:E3

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

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  12. 7.8/10(56 votes)

    #11 - Keeping Mum

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    S3:E4

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

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  13. 7.8/10(50 votes)

    #12 - The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard

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    S4:E6

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

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  14. 7.7/10(54 votes)

    #13 - Profit of Boom

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

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  15. 7.6/10(55 votes)

    #14 - Natural Selection

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    S3:E5

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

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  16. 7.5/10(71 votes)

    #15 - Baa Baa Black Sheep

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    S1:E7

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

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  17. 7.5/10(63 votes)

    #16 - Live from Westminster

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    Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar

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  18. 7.5/10(48 votes)

    #17 - Heil and Farewell

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

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  19. 7.4/10(99 votes)

    #18 - Happiness is a Warm Gun

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    S1:E1

    Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

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  20. 7.4/10(82 votes)

    #19 - Passport to Freedom

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    S1:E2

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

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  21. 7.4/10(75 votes)

    #20 - Friends of St. James

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    S1:E5

    Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

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  22. 7.3/10(75 votes)

    #21 - Waste Not, Want Not

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    Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

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  23. 7.3/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Back from the Mort

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    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.

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  24. 7.0/10(66 votes)

    #23 - California Here I Come

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

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  25. 6.9/10(47 votes)

    #24 - Speaking in Tongues

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    S4:E3

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

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  26. 6.9/10(55 votes)

    #25 - A Bigger Splash

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    S4:E5

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Three Line Whipping" is the best rated episode of "The New Statesman". It scored 8.1/10 based on 77 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".