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Passport to Freedom

  • Episode aired Sep 20, 1987
  • TV-14
  • 24m
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The New Statesman (1987)
Comedy

Alan's wife Sarah inherits a quarter of a million pounds..Alan's wife Sarah inherits a quarter of a million pounds..Alan's wife Sarah inherits a quarter of a million pounds..

  • Director
    • Geoffrey Sax
  • Writers
    • Laurence Marks
    • Maurice Gran
  • Stars
    • Rik Mayall
    • Rowena Cooper
    • Marsha Fitzalan
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    7.3/10
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    • Director
      • Geoffrey Sax
    • Writers
      • Laurence Marks
      • Maurice Gran
    • Stars
      • Rik Mayall
      • Rowena Cooper
      • Marsha Fitzalan
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    Rik Mayall
    Rik Mayall
    • Alan B'Stard
    Rowena Cooper
    • Norman Bormann
    • (as R.R. Cooper)
    Marsha Fitzalan
    Marsha Fitzalan
    • Sarah B'Stard
    Vivien Heilbron
    Vivien Heilbron
    • Beatrice Protheroe
    Michael Troughton
    Michael Troughton
    • Piers Fletcher-Dervish
    Nick Stringer
    Nick Stringer
    • Crippen
    Serena Gordon
    • Victoria
    Brigitte Kahn
    • Ground Hostess
    David Simeon
    • P.C. Austin
    John Carlin
    • House of Commons Speaker
    Geoff Oldham
    Geoff Oldham
    • Conservative Minister
    • Director
      • Geoffrey Sax
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      • Laurence Marks
      • Maurice Gran
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    Passport to Freedom

    Sarah B'stard has come into a major inheritance. A quarter of a million pounds worth of shares in Ocelot motor company from an uncle.

    Now with her own finances she plans to divorce Alan. Well it is a loveless marriage. He picked up a one night stand on his way to a conference abroad.

    Divorce though is bad news for Alan. Sarah's father is the chairman of the local Conservative Association. He would be dumped from his seat at the next election.

    So Alan has a plan to send the Ocelot car shares plunging. It does mean breaking into the Prime Minister's office to place a forged letter with some information about the company planning to cut wages. So the workers come out on strike.

    The second episode shows how cunning and cruel Alan B'stard can be. The butt of his venom seem to be both fellow Tory MP Piers Fletcher-Dervish and Labour leader, Crippen.

    Although I cannot be the only one to notice that Norman Bormann, who is going through a sex change is played by a female actress.

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    • Trivia
      The station (Bramall) at which Piers is seen, is in real life Knaresborough station, on the Harrogate line in North Yorkshire, England.
    • Quotes

      Crippen: Do you like hospital food, pal?

      Alan B'Stard: I love it, but then, of course, I'm in BUPA.

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1987 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Knaresborough Station, Station Road, Knaresborough, England, UK(Standing in for the fictional Bramall Station where Piers Fletcher-Dervish goes to post his letter.)
    • Production company
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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      • 24m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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