TV Series
Where to Watch The New Statesman (1987) in the US
- 1987–1994
- TV-14
- 1h 10m
- 4 seasons
- 7.8IMDb
The New Statesman is available with a subscription, free with ads, free with a participating library card, or to buy in the United States.
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- Watch the series with a subscription on BritBox, Prime Video (HD), and Shout! Factory.
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Seasons and episodes
Watch links for each season and episode are the same services that carry The New Statesman.
What it's about
Tells the adventures of Conservative MP Alan B'Stard, a man who doesn't have any morals at all. He stops at nothing to make himself richer and more powerful in the party and is involved in drugs, adult films, fraud (making up charities with the initials C.A.S.H when writing on cheques) and even murder but believes that he will never be caught as he is a Conservative MP and therefore all powerful. He has almost complete power over another MP - Piers Fletcher-Dervish who is nearly completely brainless. His wife Sarah B'Stard has very loose morals (both of them have affairs mostly every day) and has hated her husband from five minutes after they got married and tries to use Alan to get anything she wants. Each episode contains recent news items and Alan moves with the times with things like the end of the cold war, the Nazi hunt in the late 80's as well as the Animal Freedom Party. Keeping up with the huge amount of cash, Alan moves (in the 4th season) to the European Union to continue to make herself richer and to climb to the most powerful position he can reach...
Cast and crew
- Writer
- Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
- Starring
- Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Marsha Fitzalan
Details
- Release date
- Sep 13, 1987
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Awards
- Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
Where to Watch The New Statesman (1987) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch The New Statesman in the United States?
- The New Statesman is available with a subscription, free with ads, free with a participating library card, or to buy in the United States. Watch the series with a subscription on BritBox, Prime Video (HD), and Shout! Factory. Watch the series free with ads on Plex Channel (HD), Plex Player (HD), Pluto TV, Prime Video (HD), The Roku Channel (HD), and Tubi TV. Watch the series free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD). Buy available seasons on Prime Video.
- Can I stream The New Statesman or do I have to rent it in the United States?
- Watch the series with a subscription on BritBox, Prime Video (HD), and Shout! Factory. Buy available seasons on Prime Video.
- Can I watch The New Statesman for free in the United States?
- Watch the series free with ads on Plex Channel (HD), Plex Player (HD), Pluto TV, Prime Video (HD), The Roku Channel (HD), and Tubi TV. Watch the series free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD).
