7.8/1065 votes#1 - Fatal Extraction
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/1989
Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.5/1062 votes#2 - Live from Westminster
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/1989
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.9/1064 votes#3 - A Wapping Conspiracy
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1989
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
8.1/1077 votes#4 - The Haltemprice Bunker
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/1989
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.0/1065 votes#5 - California Here I Come
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/1989
Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.8/1064 votes#6 - May the Best Man Win
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/1989
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.9/1064 votes#7 - Piers of the Realm
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1989
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
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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.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Fatal Extraction" is the best rated episode of "The New Statesman" season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, it aired on 1/15/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Live from Westminster".