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The New Statesman

Season 1 1984 - 1985

  • 1984-12-03T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
The life of the pompous, grandiose curator of a small agricultural museum near Aylesbury is turned upside down when he inherits a Welsh Earldom. However his inheritance turns out to be far less grandiose than he expects.

7 episodes

Series Premiere

1984-12-03T00:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 1984-12-03T00:00:00Z30m

George Vance , curator of Aylesbury Museum, has always known that greatness would be thrust upon him some day. That day arrives and George sets out to change the world....

1985-09-11T23:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 1

1x02 Episode 1

  • 1985-09-11T23:00:00Z30m

George Vance is the custodian of an agricultural museum near Aylesbury. One day he receives news that will change his, and the British, way of life for ever.

1985-09-18T23:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 2

1x03 Episode 2

  • 1985-09-18T23:00:00Z30m

To the embarrassment of his family, George is behaving as if he ruled the world, but he is Painfully ignorant about how to take his seat in the House of Lords.

1985-09-25T23:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 3

1x04 Episode 3

  • 1985-09-25T23:00:00Z30m

The Vances' newly-inherited business, Noble Haddock
Limited, is given a trial run on the beaches of North
Wales but, in his thirst for power, George has paid scant attention to some of the important details in his life.

1985-10-02T23:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 4

1x05 Episode 4

  • 1985-10-02T23:00:00Z30m

George meets the Criccieth Chamber of Commerce, believing them to be as Welsh as he is. Will Robert and Clementine think he is worth saving from himself? Or, like the rest of the world, will they try to pretend he doesn't really exist?

Season Finale

1985-10-09T23:00:00Z

1x06 Episode 5

Season Finale

1x06 Episode 5

  • 1985-10-09T23:00:00Z30m

George visits Ynys Enlli and stays a little longer than he intended. Eventually, he manages to get his family to listen to the draft of his maiden speech. But why were they trying to avoid doing so in the first place?

1985-10-16T23:00:00Z

1x07 Episode 6

1x07 Episode 6

  • 1985-10-16T23:00:00Z30m

The Vance family get George to smarten up for his debut at the House of Lords. Needless to say, he enters into the spirit of the thing with his usual insane vigour.

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