The New Statesman (1987)
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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Episode 1 - Back from the Mort
Release Date: 1992-11-22Having 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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Episode 2 - H*A*S*H
Release Date: 1992-11-29Alan is worried that European drug lords may interfere with his attempt to make a profit from the forthcoming legalization of marijuana.
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Episode 3 - Speaking in Tongues
Release Date: 1992-12-06Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
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Episode 4 - Heil and Farewell
Release Date: 1992-12-13Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
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Episode 5 - A Bigger Splash
Release Date: 1992-12-20Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
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Episode 6 - The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
Release Date: 1992-12-26With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.