The New Statesman (1987)
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1987 - 1994
- 28 episodes (4 series)
Sitcom parody of 1980s Conservatism. Tory MP Alan B'Stard holds the largest majority in the House: his interests are money, power, sex, and himself. Stars Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Marsha Fitzalan, Rowena Cooper, John Nettleton and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 6 - May The Best Man Win
Piers is engaged; to a beautiful, motorcycle-riding aristocrat. Alan is outraged - has he finally met his match?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 19th February 1989
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Rik Mayall | Alan B'Stard MP |
| Michael Troughton | Piers Fletcher-Dervish MP |
| Marsha Fitzalan | Sarah B'Stard |
| Celia Imrie | Hilary |
| Leonie Mellinger | Clarissa |
| Randal Herley | Mr. Mumford |
| Dorothea Phillips | Mrs. Mumford |
| Neil Daglish | Keith |
| Heather Tobias | Woman in Church |
| Michael Branwell | Vicar |
| Laurence Marks | Writer |
| Maurice Gran | Writer |
| Geoffrey Sax | Director |
| Tony Charles | Producer |
| David Reynolds | Executive Producer |
| Stuart Quarmby | Editor |
| Lance Tattersall | Editor |
| Roger Andrews | Production Designer |
| Alan Hawkshaw | Composer |