The show was written specifically for Rik Mayall at his own request. Very much of it’s time it satirised the Conservative Government of the time.
The New Statesman was pricipally a Yorkshire Television production for ITV, although two of the specials one in 1988 and one in 1994 were made by the BBC (one of which was an episode for Comic Relief).
Summary
Alan B’Stard, is the egocentric Conservative MP who will stop at nothing to further his political career. With no morals, no depth to which he wouldn’t sink and no plot too cunning, the series follows the antics of the immoral MP.
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Cast
Rik Mayall
Michael Troughton
Marsha Fitzalan
Details
Channel: ITV (Except 1988 Comic Relief and 1994 specials BBC1)
Written By: Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Executive Producers: David Reynolds
John Bartlett
Michael Pilsworth
Allan McKeown
Original Transmission Dates: 13 September 1987 – 30 December 1994
Notes On Transmission:
The first special came on February 5, 1988, as part of BBC1′s Comic Relief fund raiser. The series itself came to an end in December 1992. However the character was resurrected by the BBC on December 30th, 1994 , for a special episode A B’Stard Exposed. This was the character’s last TV appearance.
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