
About this season
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Episodes (7)

1. Happiness is a Warm Gun
7.0Aired 13 September 1987 • 30 min
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.

2. Passport to Freedom
7.3Aired 20 September 1987 • 30 min
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.

3. Sex is Wrong
7.3Aired 27 September 1987 • 30 min
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.

4. Waste Not, Want Not
7.3Aired 4 October 1987 • 30 min
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.

5. Friends of St. James
7.3Aired 11 October 1987 • 30 min
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.

6. Three Line Whipping
7.3Aired 18 October 1987 • 30 min
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.

7. Baa Baa Black Sheep
7.3Aired 25 October 1987 • 30 min
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.