The Comic Strip Presents

A series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Peter Richardson , Adrian Edmondson , Jennifer Saunders , Nigel Planer , Dawn French , Robbie Coltrane , Rik Mayall , Keith Allen , Steven O'Donnell , Kevin Allen , Jimmy Fagg , Daniel Peacock , Gary Beadle , Phil Cornwell , Alexei Sayle , Serena Evans , Doon Mackichan , Malcolm Hardee

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Five Go Mad in Dorset

Tue, Nov 2, 1982

In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal, go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection - plus their snobbery and xenophobia - gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ War

Mon, Jan 3, 1983

1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill each other, they get separated.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Beat Generation

Mon, Jan 17, 1983

In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumped by his girlfriend Jeremy is anxious to be part of their circle until two girls from the outside world and a wild party open his eyes to what really matters.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Bad News Tour

Mon, Jan 24, 1983

A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where they argue about the cost of sausage and chips.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Summer School

Mon, Jan 31, 1983

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Five Go Mad on Mescalin

Wed, Nov 2, 1983

On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Uncle Quentin's escaped prison. Arriving at the farm they're appalled to meet the vulgar millionaire, Mr Budweiser and his spoilt son, Willy. Julian and Dick are so incensed, they sleep outdoors where they spy 2 heavies being secretly villainous. The trail leads to Love Island, where they discover Uncle Quentin and his boyfriend Toby.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Dirty Movie

Sat, Jan 7, 1984

Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early in order to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film and that Bean's wife, traffic warden Monica, is the star.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Susie

Sat, Jan 14, 1984

In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lusty mechanic Dave when she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm and asks her to live with him.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

Sat, Jan 21, 1984

Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western. At a cafe in a remote town they meet two Australian girls who have picked up a scruffy hitch-hiker and a would-be rapist dressed as a matador.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Gino: Full Story and Pics

Sat, Jan 28, 1984

A hoodlum is turned in to a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Eddie Monsoon, a Life

Sat, Feb 4, 1984

Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for TV in his homeland, faked his suicide, went to Brazil and then to England where he attracted notoriety with his explicit sex farces on the stage and shocking TV shows which even Channel 4 banned.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Slags

Sat, Feb 11, 1984

Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their gang the Slags have disbanded due to rival gang, the Hawaiians, who wear garlands and drink Pina Coladas.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Bullshitters: Roll out the Gunbarrel

Sat, Nov 3, 1984

Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and Foyle.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Strike

Sat, Feb 20, 1988

Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting left-wing screenplay about the 1984 miners' strike. It is accepted by a Hollywood film company but gets turned into a distorted action thriller film in which Arthur Scargill is portrayed by Al Pacino.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ More Bad News

Sat, Feb 27, 1988

Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits, beginning with a reunion gig at the Flying Horse.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door

Sat, Mar 5, 1988

A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit-gang and an ax-murderer - Mr. Jolly. Gratuitous violence, rivers of blood and maximum hilarity, all rolled into one.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Yob

Sat, Mar 12, 1988

Patrick is a director of avant-garde music videos. Whilst at a UB40 concert, he walks into what he believes to be a portable toilet but is actually a matter transportation pod being used for an illegal experiment. As a result, his personality is changed to that of a yobbish, Cockney Arsenal supporter.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Sat, Mar 19, 1988

Carl Moss leaves jail, where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling, and has been declared a model prisoner. Pauline Sneek, his probation officer - and girlfriend - gets him community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases Sterling, as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Funseekers

Sat, Mar 26, 1988

High season in Ibiza sees the tourists arriving for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Trendy Jamie is riled when the annoying Tony moves into his room but gets the chance for revenge when he discovers from his passport that Tony is too old to be part of the Club 18-30 clientele, leading to Tony being banned from group activities.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Thu, Feb 1, 1990

Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue mission when a dictator invades the Falklands.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

Thu, Feb 8, 1990

In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklands, which have indeed been taken over by the Argentinians after all. He is tied to a stake alongside Frances who he has finally met and been captured with. The pair are sentenced to death by dictator, General Galtieri. Stan, in a desperate attempt to stall for time, recounts how he and his fellow 'South Atlantic Raiders' managed to make it all the way to the Falklands. After just escaping from prison and making their getaway in an ice cream van.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ GLC: The Carnage Continues...

Thu, Feb 15, 1990

From the Hollywood production team that gave the world "The Strike" comes yet another blockbuster. In this one, Ken Livingstone, played by Charles Bronson, elected leader of the G.L.C., must prevent the evil Tories from flooding London in order to turn it into a yacht club.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Oxford

Thu, Feb 22, 1990

When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a comedy film, his girlfriend Caroline goes behind his back to enroll in a poetry course. Meanwhile, Hannah Van Hosenstratt comes from New Orleans for the course and is tricked into believing she has a place by the dean, but the professor has other ideas.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Spaghetti Hoops

Thu, Mar 1, 1990

In a monochrome city which is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker Aldo Vini is on the run from Mafia boss Corelli, from whom he has embezzled two million. Corelli hires Mig and Mog, two inept hitmen to go after Vini, killing any witnesses as they go, but when they finally catch up with him, they have no idea what to do with him and confuse Corelli's instructions with their shopping list.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Les Dogs

Thu, Mar 8, 1990

Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

Thu, Apr 22, 1993

When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of various detectives from television shows from the seventies are teamed up with a television detective of the nineties to solve the crime.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Thu, Apr 29, 1993

A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their race and whom they imprison in their sex factory. Fortunately for the world the secret agent James Blond,a decidedly non-feminist secret agent,sets out to rescue the men and see off the Space Rats in his own inimitable way.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Queen of the Wild Frontier

Thu, May 6, 1993

Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by Fiona and Susie, two sex-starved sisters who have been waiting to have babies with the right men,and whilst these two may not be the right ones,they are certainly available.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

Thu, May 13, 1993

Governor Wilkins brings rookie cop Lucille Bromley to see the imprisoned cannibal Dr Genghis in order to gain information about a serial killer. At the same time the extremely boring Gregory Dawson,who is interested in serial killers,is building his own torture chamber and making a very mundane video diary about his life. However the two worlds are shortly about to collide.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Demonella

Thu, May 20, 1993

Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams,a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill his part of the deal,to give the Devil his mother's secret recipe for chicken soup to serve her celebrity guests in Hell.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ Jealousy

Thu, May 27, 1993

Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair with her handsome water aerobics instructor. Seeing a name and number in her diary he follows her in drag,only to find it is a transvestite club she is covering as a journalist and where he is embarrassingly chatted up. In the event his suspicions are correct but the proof comes as a cost.