Rent The New Statesman: Series 1 (1987)
3.8 of 5 from 35 ratings
2h 50min
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- Synopsis:
"The New Statesman" is a multi-award winning masterpiece of political satire. Rik Mayall stars as the ruthless Alan B'Stard, the egocentric MP who will stop at nothing to further his political career. Alan B'Stard is a man without morals. As a Conservative MP his political views place him somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan. There are no depths to which he would not sink, no plot too cunning. With the help of his transexual accountant Norma(n), the invincible Alan manipulates his way through the worlds of drugs, pornography, fraud and murder; worlds which have no place for scruples or diplomacy; worlds ideally suited to the conniving mind of the Tory MP with the largest majority in the house.
Episodes Comprise:
- Happiness is a Warm Gun
- Passport to Freedom
- Sex is Wrong
- Waste Not, Want Not
- Friends of St. James
- Three Line Whipping
- Baa Baa Black Sheep- Actors:
- Rik Mayall, Rowena Cooper, Marsha Fitzalan, Vivien Heilbron, John Nettleton, Peter Sallis, Michael Troughton, John Woodvine, Nick Stringer, John Carlin, Donald Nithsdale, Alan Starkey, Brian Horstead, Bernard Alexander, David F. Betts, Charlie Burman, David Sutch, Serena Gordon, Brigitte Kahn, David Simeon
- Directors:
- Geoffrey Sax
- Producers:
- David Reynolds
- Voiced By:
- Chris Barrie
- Creators:
- Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
- Writers:
- Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
- Studio:
- VCI
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies, TV Political
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Reviews (1) of The New Statesman: Series 1
As funny as it is scary - The New Statesman: Series 1 review by JD
My parents loved this, and watching it with them changed my political view for ever.
Not because of the clear bias in the show, but how it made clear what really does happen when you let a certain type of person have such influence. So rather than question or accept a policy or decision directly the question often becomes 'who gains what' And as the show points out, the 'who gains what' can often comprise of several layers!
But beside the politics its actually pretty funny. In the most part thanks to the brilliant Rik Mayall. The guy was massively talented and fantastic entertainer.
Few things stand the test of time, but Rik has. Watching him today as a parent he is every bit as funny as when i first watched him as a child.
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