THE NEW STATESMAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES

Alan Beresford B’Stard (Rik Mayall – Bottom, The Young Ones) is a cunning and conniving low-life MP with aspirations to reach the upper echelons of society. A devious philanderer who would think nothing of dumping nuclear waste in a children’s playground, B’Stard possesses extreme political views and has no hesitation in following them in his pursuit of power and money. There are no depths to which he would not happily sink, no plot too devious. With the aid of his equally deceitful wife, Sarah (Marsha Fitzalan – Henry VIII, Rosemary & Thyme), and his pitiful fellow MP and whipping boy, Piers Fletcher-Dervish (Michael Troughton – Cold Feet, Holby City), he schemes his slimy way through the corridors of power with an astounding lack of scruples.