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The New Statesman

Comedy Connections Series 5
Episode 4 of 8

Series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Marks and Gran's 1980s sitcom The New Statesman, with Rik Mayall as an unscrupulous Tory MP.

Series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's 1980s satirical sitcom The New Statesman, which starred Rik Mayall as unscrupulous Tory MP Alan B'stard. It reveals how the series was sold to ITV by writing a fake Who's Who entry for Alan, and how the team were so determined to make the show as accurate as possible that they enlisted the help of a Tory MP at the time, a certain Michael Portillo.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Feb 2007 23:05
麻豆社 One Scotland

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  • Fri 2 Feb 2007 22:35
    麻豆社 One except Channel Islands, London, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, Scotland & 3 more
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    麻豆社 One Scotland

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