TV series
The New Statesman
Overview
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Details
- First air date
- 1987-09-13
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 4 seasons
- Episodes
- 26 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard
- Michael Troughton as Piers Fletcher-Dervish
- Marsha Fitzalan as Sarah B'Stard
- Terence Alexander as Sir Greville McDonald
- Nick Stringer as Crippen
- Rowena Cooper as Norman Bormann
- John Nettleton as Sir Stephen Baxter
- Victor Lucas as Mr Speaker
- John Carlin as House of Commons Speaker
- Vivien Heilbron as Beatrice Protheroe
- Brigitte Kahn as Frau Kleist
- Adam Wide as Messenger
Creators and crew
- Laurence Marks - Creator
- Maurice Gran - Creator
- David Reynolds - Producer
- Geoffrey Sax - Director
- Graeme Harper - Director
- Laurence Marks - Writer
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