''The New Statesman'' is a British

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which first aired on

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.Perry p.156 It consists of seven episodes, including the original pilot. It is unrelated to the

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series of the same name which began three years later. The life of the pompous, grandiose

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of a small agricultural museum near

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is turned upside down when he inherits a Welsh

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. However, his inheritance turns out to be far less grandiose than he expects.

Main cast

Windsor Davies Windsor Davies (28 August 1930 – 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's popularity resulted ...

as George Vance *

Anna Dawson Anna Dawson (born 27 July 1937) is an England, English actress and singer. Born in County Borough of Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire, Dawson spent part of her childhood in Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika, where her father worked. She attended th ...

as Enid Vance *

Sean Chapman Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as '' Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; anglic ...

as Robert Vance *

Madeline Adams ''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian-American author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series a ...

as Clementine Vance * Ivor Roberts as Phillip Thomas * Eilian Wyn as Owen Thomas *

Victoria Plucknett Victoria Plucknett is a Welsh television actress, best known for playing the character of Diane Ashurst in the Welsh soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm'' and Mary in ''The Duchess of Duke Street''. She played WPC Beck in ''Z-Cars''. She played Phebe in t ...

as Leonora Thomas *

Julian Curry Julian Burnlee Curry (8 December 1937 – 27 June 2020) was an English actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Browne in ITV's legal comedy-drama '' Rumpole of the Bailey''. Early life The son of William Burnlee Curry (1900-1962), headmast ...

as Lecturer * Paul Beech as Butler

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Statesman 1984 British television series debuts 1985 British television series endings 1980s British comedy television series BBC television sitcoms English-language television shows Television shows set in Buckinghamshire