The New Statesman - Cast List

Cast List

  • Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard
  • Michael Troughton as Piers Fletcher-Dervish
  • Marsha Fitzalan as Sarah B'Stard
  • Rowena Cooper as Norman/Norma Bormann (Series 1; she was credited as "R. R. Cooper" in order to keep her gender uncertain)
  • Charles Gray as Roland Gidleigh-Park (Series 1)
  • Vivien Heilbron as Beatrice Protheroe (Series 1)
  • Steve Nallon as Mrs Thatcher (Series 1–2)
  • John Nettleton as Sir Stephen Baxter (Series 1–2)
  • Nick Stringer as Bob Crippen (Series 1–2)
  • Berwick Kaler as Geoff Diquead (Series 2)
  • Terence Alexander as Sir Greville McDonald (Series 2–4)
  • Brigitte Kahn as Frau Kleist MEP, who shares Alan's office for most of Series 4.
  • Peter Sallis as Sidney Bliss, (played by John Normington in the special Who Shot...) a former hangman and current publican in Alan's constituency

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