Title: Rik Mayall
Content: His crazed portrayal of Roald Dahl's "George's Marvellous Medicine" proved memorable. However, the BBC received complaints "with viewers claiming both story and presentation to be both dangerous and offensive". In 1987, Mayall played fictional Conservative MP Alan Beresford B'Stard in the sitcom "The New Statesman" (Yorkshire Television) written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The character was a satirical portrait of Tory MPs in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and early 1990s. The programme ran for four series—incorporating two BBC specials—between 1987 and '94 and was successful critically and in the ratings. In a similar vein to his appearance

Title: The New Statesman
Content: of Siberia 'because [she] could'. Following Sarah and Alan's divorce (a sub-plot of the original stage show), Alan B'Stard's "Sunday Telegraph" column made reference to her 'coming over all dead'. Sir Greville was introduced in the final episode of series 2, portrayed as a corrupt Cabinet Minister who recruited an unwitting Piers as Junior Minister for Housing in order to 'nod through' some of his shadier housing projects. Sir Greville had his first dealings with B'Stard in this episode who implied he would expose him unless he agreed a similar arrangement for B'Stard, and thus became a suspect for the

Title: The New Statesman
Content: 2 when, having already been alienated by the introduction of TV cameras and film crews into the House of Commons, Sir Stephen witnesses Piers inflating an blow-up Alan B'Stard doll in a suggestive manner. Sir Stephen gives Piers a stern telling-off before declaring that he "might as well accept that peerage" and then leaves the office, suggesting that he moved up to the House of Lords. Roland was Alan's despicable father-in-Law with whom B'Stard had to curry favour if he wanted to retain his seat due to Roland controlling the local Conservative Party. In some ways similar to Sir Greville,

Title: Nick Stringer
Content: 1990-1993 who was a likeable, hard working and honest cop. Stringer appeared in the first two series of "The New Statesman" as the fictional Member of Parliament Bob Crippen, a Labour opponent of the Conservative Alan B'Stard. Other roles have included a cameo role in Goodnight Sweetheart in the episode "You're Driving Me Crazy" as an undercover detective, and as a deputy headmaster Mr Sullivan in "Press Gang" (mainly appearing in the first two seasons). He appeared in the BBC drama "Holby City", in an episode entitled "Doctor's Dilemma", on 18 June 2008. Stringer has also made two guest appearances

Title: The New Statesman
Content: wife while playing Al-Qaeda and the Americans off each other in the hunt for weapons of mass destruction (which are being carefully hidden by Alan). Aided by his PPS Frank, the last socialist in the Labour Party and Flora, an ex-Young Conservative turned Blairite lackey, Alan arranges the fake kidnapping of Tony Blair and the ruining of Gordon Brown in order to place himself in ultimate power. The show ends with Alan being named Lord Protector with the declaration, "And Alan takes EVERYTHING". ALAN B'STARD'S EXTREMELY SECRET WEAPON – The stage show returns, heavily re-written in late 2006, touring into

Question: Who played the part of Piers Fletcher Dervish, personal assistant to MP Alan B'stard, in the television comedy series The New Statesman?
Answer: Michael Troughton