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The New Statesman: Season 2, Episode 8
An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and helps reinstate capital punishment—until the tables turn and he is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. This standalone special serves as the eighth episode of the series and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best British Comedy.Read moreLess
An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and helps reinstate capital punishment—until the tables turn and he is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. This standalone special serves as the eighth episode of the series and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best British Comedy.
The story
An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and helps reinstate capital punishment—until the tables turn and he is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. This standalone special serves as the eighth episode of the series and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best British Comedy.
Cast & crew
Rik MayallAlan B'Stard
Michael TroughtonPiers Fletcher-Dervish
Marsha FitzalanSarah B'Stard
Terence AlexanderSir Greville McDonald
Michael BiltonSir William Horsey QC
Paul BirchardXimenes
Geoffrey ChaterJustice Saunders
Janine DuvitskiInterpreterExplore the crew
- Director
- Geoffrey Sax
- Writer
- Laurence Marks
- Writer
- Maurice Gran
- Producer
- David Reynolds
- Editor
- Lance Tattersall
- Editor
- Mary Hopkins