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The New Statesman

Series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's 1980s satirical sitcom The New Statesman, which starred Rik Mayall as unscrupulous Tory MP Alan B'stard. It reveals how the series was sold to ITV by writing a fake Who's Who entry for Alan, and how the team were so determined to make the show as accurate as possible that they enlisted the help of a Tory MP at the time, a certain Michael Portillo.

English
  • Originally Aired February 2, 2007
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Created January 13, 2016 by
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Name Type Role
Angela Buchanan Director