The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip Presents...74%

TV 1982-11-02 30m Comedy Guldbagge Award for Best Director 1
★ 7.4 / 10 · 19 votes
Ratings
Combined
74.0 %
3 sources
IMDb
7.8 /10
1,831 votes
Trakt
70 %
36 votes
TMDB
73 %
19 votes

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
30m
Seasons
5
Episodes
30
Network
Channel 4
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

Awards

Won 1 Guldbagge Award for Best Director Award

Guldbagge Award for Best Director 1 won

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Cast
Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Saunders Dawn French Dawn French Rik Mayall Rik Mayall Peter Richardson Peter Richardson Mr. Lovebucket Nigel Planer Nigel Planer Den Dennis Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane Max Keith Allen Keith Allen Film Executive/Camp Actor 2/Architect/Celebrity Daniel Peacock Daniel Peacock Toby Thurlow Steven O'Donnell Steven O'Donnell Rollon Serena Evans Serena Evans Louise Kevin Allen Kevin Allen Frenchman
Season 1 1982 · 5 eps
  1. 1 Five Go Mad in Dorset Julian, Dick, George, and Anne are four children with a taste for adventure, as well as for lashings of ginger beer. They set out on a bicycle ride through the country, having pic… Nov 2, 1982 30m
  2. 2 War It's 1985 and the Communist Warsaw Pact countries have seized control of England. A young married couple retreats to a countryside cottage, but they soon find themselves hopelessl… Jan 3, 1983 30m
  3. 3 The Beat Generation A group of Beatnik artists and poets convene for a weekend of debauchery, destructive behavior, and clever conversation at the house of naive young wannabe Desmond while his paren… Jan 17, 1983 30m
  4. 4 Bad News Tour Fifth-rate heavy metal band Bad News is the subject of a rock documentary. Band members Vim Fuego, Den Dennis, Colin Grigson, and Spider Webb take to the road in search of lager,… Jan 24, 1983 30m
  5. 5 Summer School Summer school students taking a course on the Iron Age construct a primitive village in the center of a university campus, where they must learn to fend for themselves without mod… Jan 31, 1983 30m
Season 2 1983 · 7 eps
  1. 1 Five Go Mad on Mescalin Child adventurers Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and their dog Timmy return to the countryside for the holidays, only to learn that Uncle Quentin, the well known scientist and homose… Nov 2, 1983 30m
  2. 2 Dirty Movie A theater owner waits for the mail to deliver his dirty movie Jan 7, 1984 30m
  3. 3 Susie A lascivious schoolteacher has grown hopelessly bored with her bland small-town existence. Her world takes a sudden turn, however, when a wealthy, impetuous pop star moves to town… Jan 14, 1984 33m
  4. 4 A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques Carlos and Miguel are Englishmen obsessed with the mystique of the Old West-- would-be gunmen ever in search of a brawl. Traveling the countryside by public rail on a fantasy holi… Jan 21, 1984 37m
  5. 5 Gino - Full Story and Pics A small-time thief on the run from the law is pursued by over-zealous police officers masquerading as milkmen and postmen, framed for murder by a homicidal housewife, and built up… Jan 28, 1984 30m
  6. 6 Eddie Monsoon - A Life? Relentless alcoholic, drug addict, and fame-obsessed TV personality Eddie Monsoon is the subject of a Channel 4 expose that looks back over his life and loves, while he lies bedri… Feb 4, 1984 30m
  7. 7 Slags Feared street leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, whereupon they learn that their gang the Slags has disbanded during their incarceration, having been driv… Feb 11, 1984 30m
Season 3 1988 · 6 eps
  1. 1 The Strike Al Pacino (Peter Richardson) and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) star as Arthur Scargill and his wife in an overly-dramatized Hollywood epic about the 1984 miners' strike. Feb 20, 1988 59m
  2. 2 More Bad News Five years after their far-from-amicable break-up, the members of heavy metal band Bad News reunite when they are offered a record deal and a chance to play the festival at Castle… Feb 27, 1988 50m
  3. 3 Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door Two boozers who run the Dreamytime Escort agency are in for the night of their lives when they accept a job to ""take out"" popular TV entertainer Nicholas Parsons. Mar 5, 1988 49m
  4. 4 The Yob A trendy music video director has his brain crossed with that of a football hooligan in a freak accident resulting when he mistakes a cerebral teleportational machine for a portab… Mar 12, 1988 57m
  5. 5 Didn't You Kill My Brother? Carl Moss, a convicted murderer, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him. Mar 19, 1988 53m
  6. 6 Funseekers A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s. Mar 26, 1988 48m
Season 4 1990 · 6 eps
  1. 1 South Atlantic Raiders (1) A security service driver for a British bank meets and falls in love over the radio with a woman stranded on a bird watching expedition in the South Atlantic. When he is tricked i… Feb 1, 1990 30m
  2. 2 South Atlantic Raiders: Argie Bargie! Having robbed a bank and hijacked a plane to travel to the South Atlantic to protect Frances, the woman he loves, Stan finds himself at the mercy of Argentinian soldiers plotting … Feb 8, 1990 30m
  3. 3 GLC: The Carnage Continues Charles Bronson (Robbie Coltrane) stars in a big-budget Hollywood film as Ken Livingstone, a man of the people and elected leader of the GLC. After successfully preventing the Tor… Feb 15, 1990 32m
  4. 4 Oxford Hannah is a street-wise American woman with a passion for Lord Byron's poetry who is prepared to do anything it takes to get into a course at Oxford, and she means anything. Also … Feb 22, 1990 35m
  5. 5 Spaghetti Hoops Bank chairman Aldo Vini, who is suspected of embezzling $200 million from his bank in Rome, is pursued across Europe by incompetent assassins. Mar 1, 1990 31m
  6. 6 Les Dogs A wedding between feuding upper-class families turns into an all-out war zone. In the midst of the chaos and bloodshed, the wedding photographer becomes enraptured by the bride's … Mar 8, 1990 30m
Season 5 1993 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown In a sequel to The Bullshitters, Bonehead and Foyle are called in to solve a 70s-style murder. Unfortunately, so are 70s detectives Shouting George of The Weeney and Jason Bentley… Apr 22, 1993 31m
  2. 2 Space Virgins from Planet Sex Beautiful space aliens on a mission to repopulate their planet use their feminine wiles to capture healthy, intelligent specimens of Earthmen as sex slaves. It's up to decidedly n… Apr 29, 1993 31m
  3. 3 Queen of the Wild Frontier Two escaped convicts hide in a country house owned by two women. May 6, 1993 30m
  4. 4 Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase In this none-too-subtle parody of the film The Silence of the Lambs, a rookie police cadet falls prey to the sexual allure of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr Ghengis; me… May 13, 1993 38m
  5. 5 Demonella A struggling music producer accepts a song from the Devil that is guaranteed to win him riches and fame. In exchange, he must obtain his mother's top-secret chicken soup recipe so… May 20, 1993 30m
  6. 6 Jealousy A jealous husband is consumed to the point of madness with suspicions about his wife's extracurricular activities. May 27, 1993 30m
Specials 1981 · 16 eps
  1. 1 The Comic Strip A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which gave rise to 'The Comic Strip Presents' Apr 11, 1981 30m
  2. 2 The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel Bonehead and Foyle reunite to find the police chief's kidnapped daughter. A parody of The Professionals. Nov 3, 1984 41m
  3. 3 Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) In this parody of Rebecca a young bride arrives at her husband's vast estate to find that she is left to fend for herself, at the mercy of a mysterious and sinister Spanish maid w… Jan 1, 1986 36m
  4. 4 Private Enterprise When a toilet paper delivery van driver and small-time con man chances upon a demo tape by a defunct no-name band, he decides to pass himself off as a rock musician, in his most e… Jan 2, 1986 34m
  5. 5 Red Nose of Courage John Major rises above his humble beginnings as a mediocre clown in a circus family when he sets out to pursue his dream of becoming a Tory bureaucrat and forges a career in the p… Apr 9, 1992 51m
  6. 6 The Crying Game All Roy Brush wants is to be the greatest footballer in the world. When he rises to national hero status after saving a young man from drowning and secures a European Cup Final tr… May 5, 1992 34m
  7. 7 Wild Turkey A turkey that's about to become Christmas dinner takes hostages. Dec 24, 1992 28m
  8. 8 Four Men in a Car Four rivals on their way to a meeting find themselves in a tricky situation. Apr 12, 1998 29m
  9. 9 Four Men in a Plane Stranded in the desert, some men will do whatever it takes to survive. Jan 4, 2000 34m
  10. 10 The Comic Strip: A Retrospective Comprising of interviews with Dawn French, Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer, Pete Richens, Lenny Henry, Leslie Philips, Julie T Wallace, Gary Beadle … Jul 4, 2005 54m
  11. 11 ...Sex Actually The neighbours in a seemingly quiet street may be more than they at first appear. Dec 28, 2005 42m
  12. 12 The Hunt for Tony Blair Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is wanted for murder and is on the run as a fugitive from justice. Oct 14, 2011 47m
  13. 13 First Laugh on Four Part 1 The cast and crew of The Comic Strip look back at how the group drew the attention of the fledgling Channel 4 producers, and won airtime on its opening night. Jan 31, 2012 26m
  14. 14 First Laugh on Four Part 2 The cast and crew of The Comic Strip look back at how the group drew the attention of the fledgling Channel 4 producers, and won airtime on its opening night. Jan 31, 2012 25m
  15. 15 Five Go to Rehab Set against a backdrop of rolling hills and ruined castles, the Five have failed to live up to their puritanical ideals and must now confront today's modern world. Nov 7, 2012 40m
  16. 16 Five Go to Rehab: The Making Of Behinds the scenes of the brand new special of this classic series, Five Go to Rehab. Nov 7, 2012 6m
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