The BEST episodes of The New Statesman (1987)
Every episode of The New Statesman (1987) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New Statesman (1987)!
A British comedy that might be described as a combination of Yes, Minister and Blackadder, this is the story of A. B'Stard, a statesman in the tradition of Genghis Khan, who will stop at nothing to make himself richer and more comfortable. Arguably the most conservative member of the British Parliament, he is aided by a witless colleague, MP Piers Fletcher-Dervish.
#1 - The Wapping Conspiracy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1989
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Passport to Freedom
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1987
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
#4 - Profit of Boom
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1991
MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.
#5 - Happiness is a Warm Gun
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1987
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Labour of Love
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1991
A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.
#8 - The Haltemprice Bunker
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/1989
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Sex Is Wrong
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1987
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
#11 - Waste Not, Want Not
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1987
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
#12 - Piers of the Realm
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1989
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
#13 - A Bigger Splash
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/20/1992
Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
#14 - Heil and Farewell
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/1992
Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
#15 - Speaking in Tongues
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/1992
Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
#16 - H*A*S*H
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/29/1992
Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.
#17 - Back from the Mort
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/22/1992
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.
#18 - Natural Selection
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1991
At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.
#19 - Keeping Mum
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1991
Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.
#20 - Let Them Sniff Cake
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1991
Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.
#21 - The Party's Over
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1991
Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Friends of St. James
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1987
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
#24 - Live from Westminster
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/1989
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
#25 - May the Best Man Win
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/1989
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.