7.4/1092 votes#1 - 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
7.5/1076 votes#2 - 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
7.9/1075 votes#3 - 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
7.3/1069 votes#4 - 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
7.4/1071 votes#5 - 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
8.1/1073 votes#6 - 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
7.5/1068 votes#7 - 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
The Best Episodes of The New Statesman Season 1
Every episode of The New Statesman Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Statesman Season 1!
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Happiness is a Warm Gun" is the best rated episode of "The New Statesman" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, it aired on 9/13/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Passport to Freedom".