
The New Statesman (1987)
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Maurice Gran — Writer
Episodes 27
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Alan is blackmailed into passing a bill arming the police.
Read MorePassport to Freedom
Alan tries to ruin a company of which Sarah has just inherited shares.
Read MoreSex is Wrong
Alan impersonates Sir Steven, leader of the Campaign for Moral Regeneration.
Read MoreWaste Not, Want Not
Alan secretly has to move 1000 gallons of toxic waste.
Read MoreFriends of St. James
Alan tries to get investors for a Caribbean bank.
Read MoreThree Line Whipping
Alan misses an important vote then appears on TV AM without knowing the result.
Read MoreBaa Baa Black Sheep
Alan's tries to get an American businessman to build a fast food factory in Haltemprice.
Read MoreAlan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special)
This short, produced by Yorkshire Television for the BBC, is also known as 'Alan B'Stard At No. 10'.
Alan tries to get Margaret Thatcher to disband the BBC.
Read MoreFatal Extraction
Alan finds oil on public lands then tries to buy it from a Labour Party leader.
Read MoreLive from Westminster
Televised debates turns Alan into a media superstar
Read MoreA Wapping Conspiracy
Alan is accused of fraternizing with teenaged girls.
Read MoreThe Haltemprice Bunker
Alan needs publicity so he annonunces that he has found a Nazi.
Read MoreCalifornia Here I Come
Alan tries to sell a sitcom to an American producer, but Piers has to bail Alan out of jail first.
Read MoreMay the Best Man Win
Alan tries to sabotage Piers' wedding.
Read MorePiers of the Realm
Alan files for divorce. Piers gets promoted.
Read MoreWho Shot Alan B'Stard?
Having survived the assassination attempt, Alan starts a campaign to bring back capital punishment.
Read MoreLabour of Love
A new MP threatens Alan's status as the most right-wing member of Commons.
Read MoreThe Party's Over
Alan tries to help the Labour party win the next election so he can blame them for the impending oil shortage.
Read MoreLet Them Sniff Cake
Alan upsets animal rights activists. A old friend wants a birthday ""cake"" from Alan.
Read MoreKeeping Mum
Alan's mum visits and threatens to stay forever unless Alan repeals his new bill abolishing social security.
Read MoreNatural Selection
At his annual cocktail party, Alan upsets a local VIP who threatens to take over his seat in the House.
Read MoreProfit of Boom
MI5 and the KGB ask Alan to start a new cold war because they no longer have anyone to spy on.
Read MoreBack from the Mort
Having survived imprisonment at hard labour in a Russian gulag, Alan attempts a return to politics by joining the European Parliament as representative from an obscure part of East Germany.
Read MoreSpeaking in Tongues
Alan schemes to make some illicit profits from the translators who work for the EC.
Read MoreHeil and Farewell
Alan tries to take over leadership of a neo-Nazi organization.
Read MoreA Bigger Splash
Alan tries to become a war profiteer by arranging shipments of aid to Bosnia.
Read MoreThe Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
With his fortunes falling in Europe, Alan tries to get himself appointed to a government post back in England.
Read MoreA. B'Stard Exposed
Having been re-elected to Parliament from a district in Wales, Alan is interviewed about his plans for the future.
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