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Series Cast Summary
| Rik Mayall | ... |
Alan B'Stard
(29 episodes, 1987-1994)
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| Michael Troughton | ... |
Piers Fletcher-Dervish
(26 episodes, 1987-1992)
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| Marsha Fitzalan | ... |
Sarah B'Stard
(21 episodes, 1987-1992)
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| Terence Alexander | ... |
Sir Greville McDonald
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(8 episodes, 1989-1992)
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Rowena Cooper | ... |
Norman Bormann
(5 episodes, 1987)
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| John Nettleton | ... |
Sir Stephen Baxter
(5 episodes, 1987-1989)
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| Berwick Kaler | ... |
Geoff Dicquead
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(5 episodes, 1989-1990)
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| Nick Stringer | ... |
Crippen
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(4 episodes, 1987-1989)
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| Victor Lucas | ... |
Mr Speaker
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(4 episodes, 1989)
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| Steve Nallon | ... |
Margaret Thatcher
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(4 episodes, 1987-1990)
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| Vivien Heilbron | ... |
Beatrice Protheroe
(3 episodes, 1987)
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| Benjamin Whitrow | ... |
Paddy O'Rourke
(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
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Brigitte Kahn | ... |
Frau Kleist
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(3 episodes, 1987-1992)
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Adam Wide | ... |
Messenger
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(3 episodes, 1987-1991)
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John Carlin | ... |
House of Commons Speaker
(3 episodes, 1987)
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John Warnaby | ... |
Auctioneer
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(3 episodes, 1992)
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Alan Hardwick | ... |
Newscaster
(3 episodes, 1989-1990)
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| Charles Gray | ... |
Roland Gidleigh-Park
(2 episodes, 1987)
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| Peter Sallis | ... |
Sidney Bliss
(2 episodes, 1987)
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| Martin Friend | ... |
House of Commons Speaker
(2 episodes, 1991)
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| Tip Tipping | ... |
Mugger
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(2 episodes, 1991)
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| Andy Serkis | ... |
Peter Moran
(2 episodes, 1989)
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| Celia Imrie | ... |
Hilary
(2 episodes, 1988-1989)
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| Jerome Willis | ... |
Sir Austin Periam
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(2 episodes, 1989-1990)
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David Simeon | ... |
P.C. Austin
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(2 episodes, 1987-1990)
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Judith Hibbert | ... |
Chantelle
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(2 episodes, 1987-1989)
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Jim Brogan | ... |
Beggar
(2 episodes, 1989)
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Brian Walden | ... |
Interviewer
(1 episode, 1994)
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| Stephen Fry | ... |
Piers Lonsdale
(1 episode, 1989)
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| Lou Hirsch | ... |
Houghton Mifflin
(1 episode, 1989)
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Suzette Llewellyn | ... |
Georgina
(1 episode, 1989)
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| Geoffrey McGivern | ... |
Producer
(1 episode, 1994)
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| Trevor Laird | ... |
Lance Okum-Martin
(1 episode, 1987)
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| Julianne White | ... |
Donna Nightingale
(1 episode, 1989)
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Bernard Gallagher | ... |
Chief Whip
(1 episode, 1989)
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William Merrow | ... |
Helmut Drucker
(1 episode, 1989)
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| Kevin McNally | ... |
Colonel Gromyko
(1 episode, 1991)
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| John Sessions | ... |
Lord Penistone
(1 episode, 1991)
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| Maurice Roëves | ... |
Ken Price
(1 episode, 1991)
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| Brenda Bruce | ... |
Beryl
(1 episode, 1991)
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| James Saxon | ... |
Victor Crosby
(1 episode, 1991)
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Phoebe Scholfield | ... |
Make-Up Girl
(1 episode, 1994)
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| Patrick Godfrey | ... |
Chief Whip
(1 episode, 1987)
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| William Simons | ... |
Catchpole
(1 episode, 1987)
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Isabelle Amyes | ... |
Lady Virginia
(1 episode, 1987)
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| Duncan Preston | ... |
Floor Manager
(1 episode, 1989)
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| Helen Lederer | ... |
Radio Presenter
(1 episode, 1989)
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| Mac McDonald | ... |
Sheriff
(1 episode, 1989)
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Leonie Mellinger | ... |
Clarissa
(1 episode, 1989)
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David Stoll | ... |
Judge
(1 episode, 1989)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- ARTE (1993) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (1993) (France) (tv)
- ITV - Independent Television
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Tells the adventures of Conservative MP Alan B'Stard, a man who doesn't have any morals at all. He stops at nothing to make himself richer and more powerful in the party and is involved in drugs, adult films, fraud (making up charities with the initials C.A.S.H when writing on cheques) and even murder but believes that he will never be caught as he is a Conservative MP and therefore all powerful. He has almost complete power over another MP - Piers Fletcher-Dervish who is nearly completely brainless. His wife Sarah B'Stard has very loose morals (both of them have affairs mostly every day) and has hated her husband from five minutes after they got married and tries to use Alan to get anything she wants. Each episode contains recent news items and Alan moves with the times with things like the end of the cold war, the Nazi hunt in the late 80's as well as the Animal Freedom Party. Keeping up with the huge amount of cash, Alan moves (in the 4th season) to the European Union to continue to make herself richer and to climb to the most powerful position he can reach...
Written by Lee Horton |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Rowena Cooper was credited as R. R. Cooper to keep her gender dubious for the first 6 episodes of season 1 See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989). See more » |
| Quotes |
Alan:
Why should we, the country that produced Shakespeare, Christopher Wren, and those are just the people on our banknotes for Christ's sake, cower down to the countries that produced Hitler, Napoleon, the Mafia, and the the the, the the the, the the the Smurfs! See more » |