The New Statesman 1987
Created by Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
- Comedy
- 30 min episodes
- 4 seasons
- 26 episodes
- Ended
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
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Character
Comic, cool, ironic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Where do you stand?
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“Does the irony keep it from meaning anything?”
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“Is it funnier than it is smart?”
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“Is Rik Mayall the best thing in The New Statesman?”
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Cast
- Rik MayallAlan B'Stard
- Michael TroughtonPiers Fletcher-Dervish
Crew
- Laurence MarksCreator
- Maurice GranCreator
- David ReynoldsProducer
Where to watch
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Seasons
- Season 17 eps · 1987
- Season 27 eps · 1989
- Season 36 eps · 1991
- Season 46 eps · 1992
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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