Trivia / The New Statesman

• The Character Died with Him: After Rik Mayall's death, the writers created an obituary for Alan, listing his death as being on the same day.
• Real Song Theme Tune: A cover of "Promenade" from Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".
• Recast as a Regular: Brigitte Kahn played a ground hostess in the episode "Passport to Freedom" before returning to play Frau Kleist in a couple of Series 4 episodes.
• Working Title: The Bastard File, The B'Stard File and Maggie's Wet Member.

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