History Series / TheNewStatesman

* BrotherChuck: Sir Steven Baxter, Norman, Roland Gidley-Park (jarringly, as he's Sarah's father), Sidney and Mr Crippen

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: After Rik Mayall's death the writers of The New Statesman created an Obituary for Alan, listing his death as being on the same day.

* StrawmanPolitical: Alan is notable for doing the tours of all three major parties; in the original series, he was a straw Tory; in the stage production, he was a straw Blairite; and in a sketch for a No2AV [[{{Party Political Broadcasts}} Party Political Broadcast]], he was an obvious parody of UsefulNotes/NickClegg.

* SpeedSex / TeenyWeenie: RunningGags in regards to Alan.
* StrawmanPolitical: Alan is notable for doing the tours of all three major parties; in the original series, he was a straw Tory; in the stage production, he was a straw Blairite; and in a sketch for a No2AV [[{{Party Political Broadcasts}} Party Political Broadcast]], he was an obvious parody of NickClegg.

* VillainProtagonist: Alan

''The New Statesman'' was an award winning British comedy program in which Rik Mayall played the evil Alan B'Stard, an utterly venal and corrupt Conservative MP who stopped at nothing to further his career, and/or make piles of money. Other characters included his wife Sarah, who was a very good (or rather evil) match for her husband, and Alan's brainless, spineless and much-abused flunky Piers Fletcher-Dervish.

* [[spoiler:PresidentEvil]] The series ended with [[spoiler: Alan becoming "Lord Protector" of England]].
* ReTool: Twice. There was a major one between series one and two (several characters vanish without explanation, Sarah goes from being in love with Alan's (female) press agent to being a complete nymphomaniac (unusually, her bisexuality remained), more focus on Alan's money-making schemes and less on his political schemes). There was also a comparatively minor retool at the beginning of season four when the shift to the European Parliament allowed for complete change in sets, storylines and the majority of the cast outside Alan, Sarah and Piers. The fourth season also slightly changed the opening, where the final picture of Alan was him looking somewhat older and more cunning than in his original picture, which is fitting given how much more successful he is in season 4, even [[spoiler: taking over Britain in the last episode]].

* ThePlan: One of them involved arranging the Falklands war to push up the price of corned beef.

* XanatosRoulette: Many of Alan's plans fall into this category, though he is quite good at [[XanatosSpeedChess speed-chessing]] his way past unwelcome developments. The most outrageous is his plot to [[spoiler:take over the country]] in the last episode.

* ReTool: Twice. There was a major one between series one and two (several characters vanish without explanation, Sarah goes from being in love with Alan's (female) press agent to being a complete nymphomaniac (unusually, her bisexuality remained), more focus on Alan's money-making schemes and less on his political schemes). There was also a comparatively minor retool at the beginning of season four when the shift to the European Parliament allowed for complete change in sets, storylines and the majority of the cast outside Alan, Sarah and Piers.

* XanatosRoulette: Many of Alan's plans fall into this category. The most outrageous is his plot to [[spoiler:take over the country]] in the last episode.

* BrotherChuck: Sir Steven Baxter, Norman, Roland Gidley-Park (jarringly, as he's Sarah's father), Sidney and Mr Cripin

* {{Jerkass:}} Alan

* DumbIsGood (Piers)

* FunWithAcronyms (How many charities can have the initials CASH?)

* {{Jerkass}} (Alan)

* TheStarscream (Sarah)

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (Alan)
* UpperClassTwit (Piers)
* VillainProtagonist (Alan)
* XanatosRoulette: many of Alan's plans fall into this category. The most outrageous is his plot to [[spoiler:take over the country]] in the last episode.

* AdultChild: Piers doesn't understand much of what goes on around him and keeps his teddy at his desk.

* CriticalResearchFailure: in at least one episode B'Stard refers to a Labour MP as "Mr. Crippen" (twice) while speaking in the House of Commons. British MPs (and Peers) ''never'' refer to each other by name in the chamber (they say "the (Right) Honourable Member for [constituency]") and would immediately be told off by the Speaker if they did.

* SuddenlyBilingual: In one episode, Alan B'Stard is on trial, and one of his fake witnesses is pretending to be a chief of a native South American tribe. It turns out that the prosecuting lawyer can speak the language of that tribe, having been a [[BritishEnglish fag]] for the tribe's high chief while they were both at Eton College.

* KavorkaMan: Alan is very good-looking and [[EvilIsStylish well turned-out]], but he treats women so badly and his personality is so repellent, it's amazing any female would be in the same room with him. Nonetheless, his stream of affairs is constant.

* XanatosRoultte: many of Alan's plans fall into this category. The most outrageous is his plot to [[spoiler:take over the country]] in the last episode.

''The New Statesman'' was an award winning British comedy program in which Rik Mayall played the evil Alan B'Stard, an utterly venal and corrupt Conservative MP who stopped at nothing to further his career, and/or make piles of money. Other characters included his wife Sarah, who was a very good (or rather evil) match for her husband, and Alan's spineless and much-abused flunky Piers Fletcher-Dervish.