The New Statesman: The Complete Collection

Welcome to the uproarious adventures of the most machiavellian, ultra-right-wing politician in London. While Yes Minister kept you laughing, The New Statesman keeps you howling at the wickedest, greediest, nastiest British politician of all time. Rik Mayall (The Comic Strip Presents?, All About George, BlackAdder, The Young Ones) stars as the appropriately named Alan B?Stard, who lies, bludgeons, steals and sleeps his way to power and wealth. Only A B?Stard would arrange for his opponents to suffer fatal accidents just before elections?for donors to make checks payable to the initials of his favorite charities?always spelled C.A.S.H.?and for his Keep Britain Nuclear pressure group to dump nuclear waste in a children?s playground. Wildly popular as a satire of British political life during the conservative Thatcher years, The New Statesman won the BAFTA? Award for Best Comedy Series. Includes all 27 episodes in all four series, plus both Specials.