• Air date: 15 Jan '89 7 episodes
      The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
  • List of Episodes (7)
    • 1. Fatal Extraction

      15 Jan '89
      Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
    • 2. Live from Westminster

      22 Jan '89
      Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
    • 3. A Wapping Conspiracy

      29 Jan '89
      Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
    • 4. The Haltemprice Bunker

      05 Feb '89
      Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
    • 5. California Here I Come

      12 Feb '89
      Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
    • 6. May the Best Man Win

      19 Feb '89
      Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
    • 7. Piers of the Realm

      26 Feb '89
      Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.