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It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and helps reinstate capital punishment—until the tables turn and he is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. This standalone special serves as the eighth episode of the series and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best British Comedy.
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Key crew
- Geoffrey SaxDirector
- Laurence MarksWriter
- Maurice GranWriter
Cast
- Rik MayallAlan B'Stard
- Michael TroughtonPiers Fletcher-Dervish
- Marsha FitzalanSarah B'Stard
- Terence AlexanderSir Greville McDonald
- David BealeMr. Speaker
- Michael BiltonSir William Horsey QC
- Paul BirchardXimenes
- Peter BlakeKerry Grout
- Geoffrey ChaterJustice Saunders
- Dickie DaviesSelf
- Janine DuvitskiInterpreter
- Roger GraingerUsher
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