TV The New Statesman - Season 0 Episode 1 : Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) The New Statesman - Season 0 Episode 1 : Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) 7.4/10 by 47 users 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. Details Casts Posters Images Title The New Statesman - Season 0 Episode 1 : Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) Alternative Titles First Air Date 1987-09-13 Last Air Date 1992-12-26 Number of Episodes 26 Number of Seasons 4 Genres Comedy, Networks ITV1, Casts Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton Plot Keywords , Alan B'Stard Rik Mayall Piers Fletcher-Dervish Michael Troughton Episodes List The New Statesman Season 0 :Episode 1 Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) Alan B'Stard Closes Down the BBC (Comic Relief Special) 1988-02-05 The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. The New Statesman Season 0 :Episode 2 Who Shot Alan B'Stard? Who Shot Alan B'Stard? 1990-01-14 The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. The New Statesman Season 0 :Episode 3 A. B'Stard Exposed A. B'Stard Exposed 1994-12-30 The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.