{"product_id":"the-new-statesman-the-complete-series","title":"The New Statesman: The Complete Series - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlan 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere 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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis box set contains every episode made for ITV - four complete series and the feature-length special Who Shot Alan B'Stard? Written throughout by BAFTA award-winning writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (Birds of a Feather, Shine on Harvey Moon), each script is a wonderful combination of razor sharp-satire, black gallows humour and visual slapstick.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ITV","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298817265838,"sku":"SPIRITV129","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/new_statesman_Lime_Light_Front_DVD.png?v=1752590568","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-new-statesman-the-complete-series","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}