Ended · 1987–1994

The New Statesman

Comedy

A British comedy that might be described as a combination of Yes, Minister and Blackadder, this is the story of A. B'Stard, a statesman in the tradition of Genghis Khan, who will stop at nothing to make himself richer and more comfortable. Arguably the most conservative member of the British Parliament, he is aided by a witless colleague, MP Piers Fletcher-Dervish.

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Season 1 · 8 episodes

S01 E01 · Happiness is a Warm Gun1987-09-13
S01 E02 · Passport to Freedom1987-09-20
S01 E03 · Sex is Wrong1987-09-27
S01 E04 · Waste Not, Want Not1987-10-04
S01 E05 · Friends of St. James1987-10-11
S01 E06 · Three Line Whipping1987-10-18
S01 E07 · Baa Baa Black Sheep1987-10-25
S01 Special · Alan B'Stard Closes Down The BBC1988-02-05

Season 2 · 8 episodes

S02 E01 · Fatal Extraction1989-01-15
S02 E02 · Live from Westminster1989-01-22
S02 E03 · A Wapping Conspiracy1989-01-29
S02 E04 · The Haltemprice Bunker1989-02-05
S02 E05 · California Here I Come1989-02-12
S02 E06 · May the Best Man Win1989-02-19
S02 E07 · Piers of the Realm1989-02-26
S02 E08 · Who Shot Alan B'Stard?1990-01-04

Season 3 · 6 episodes

S03 E01 · Labour of Love1991-01-06
S03 E02 · The Party's Over1991-01-13
S03 E03 · Let Them Sniff Cake1991-01-20
S03 E04 · Keeping Mum1991-01-27
S03 E05 · Natural Selection1991-02-04
S03 E06 · Profit of Boom1991-02-11

Season 4 · 7 episodes

S04 E01 · Back from the Mort1992-11-22
S04 E02 · H*A*S*H1992-11-29
S04 E03 · Speaking in Tongues1992-12-06
S04 E04 · Heil and Farewell1992-12-13
S04 E05 · A Bigger Splash1992-12-20
S04 E06 · The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard1992-12-26
S04 Special · A B'Stard Exposed1994-12-30

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