| 1 | * AluminiumChristmasTrees: Think an MP named "Bastard" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Bastard_(politician) unlikely?]] There was actually a small political dynasty by that name. |
| 2 | * FairForItsDay: As was typical (heck, ''best case'') for the time, everything to do with Norma's status as a trans woman is PlayedForLaughs. Despite this, Norma is still one of the more comparatively moral characters in the first season, being frequently shown as uncomfortable going along with Alan's schemes, and outright refusing to have anything to do with his trying to store radioactive waste in an abandoned mineshaft near a school. |
| 3 | * HilariousInHindsight: Alan's seat for the first three series was Haltemprice, at the time a fictional constituency (though a real place). There now actually is such a constituency as Haltemprice and Howden, represented by former Sec. of State for Brexit David Davis MP (Con). |
| 4 | * MisaimedFandom: The show went one better and actually ''inverted'' the trope. The writers received a great deal of assistance with their research from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Portillo Michael Portillo]], despite being a rather vicious parody of Thatcher's Conservative Party and Britain in the 1980s. To what extent Alan B'Stard was inspired by Portillo himself is unclear, though the man himself is on record as saying he chose to take "a very long holiday" around the time the media started to wonder who the real B'stard was. |
| 5 | * RetroactiveRecognition: |
| 6 | ** An interpreter from "Who Shot Alan B'Stard?" is played by Creator/JanineDuvitski, who would later be best known for playing Jane Edwards in ''Series/WaitingForGod'' and Pippa Trench in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''. |
| 7 | ** Cher Titley from "Natural Selection" is played by Creator/JoanneHeywood, who would later be best known for playing Jessica Lovelock in ''Series/GraceAndFavour''. |
| 8 | * SpiritualAdaptation: This is as close as a LiveActionAdaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'''s Baxter Basics MP as we'll get. |
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