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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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Season 1

8.0/1088 votes
Three Line Whipping
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1987
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.7/1094 votes
Sex is Wrong
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1987
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.4/1082 votes
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1987
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.3/10116 votes
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1987
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.3/1096 votes
Passport to Freedom
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1987
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.3/1086 votes
Friends of St. James
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1987
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.2/1088 votes
Waste Not, Want Not
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1987
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks