Talking of political sit-coms. Has THE NEW STATESMAN ever been shown
in the US or anywhere other than GB? It is not very ingenious
comedy-wise. Starring Rik Mayall as the conservative MP Alan
B'Stard, however, its politics are admirably unbalanced - a major
difference to the well-meaning satire of PRIME MINISTER which
apparently went down very well with Mrs Thatcher. It is also unusual
as it was shown on ITV (produced by Thames TV, I think).
Dr. Eckart Voigts-Virchow
Institut fuer Anglistik & Amerikanistik
Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10 B
D-35394 Giessen
Phone +49 6 41 / 99 - 30030 or 30033
Fax +49 6 41 / 99 - 30039
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