British Comedy Guide
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The Comic Strip Presents.... Credit: Comic Strip Productions
The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip Presents...

  • TV comedy drama
  • Channel 4 / BBC Two / Gold
  • 1982 - 2016
  • 41 episodes (5 series)

Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4. Stars Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and more.

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Five Go Mad In Dorset (1982)

The first episode of The Comic Strip Presents... was broadcast on the launch night of Channel 4 itself: the Enid Blyton spoof Five Go Mad In Dorset.

Series 2 (1983 - 1984)

Seven more episodes, including Five Go Mad On Mescalin, Dirty Movie, Susie and Slags.

1986 Specials

Consuela and Private Enterprise were shown on the 1st and 2nd of January 1986.

Series 3 (1988)

The Strike, More Bad News, Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, The Yob, Didn't You Kill My Brother? and Funseekers made up the third series.

Series 4 (1990)

There were six more episodes in 1990, including the South Atlantic Raiders episodes, Spaghetti Hoops and Les Dogs. This series saw The Comic Strip transfer to the BBC, rather than being shown on Channel 4.

1992 Specials

There were three Comic Strip episodes scattered through 1992, namely Red Nose Of Courage, The Crying Game and Wild Turkey.

Series 5 (1993)

Six more episodes on the BBC, including Space Virgins From Planet Sex, Demonella and Jealousy.

Five Go To Rehab (2012)

The original Comic Strip team reunited in 2012 for a follow-up to the two Famous Five spoofs, 30 years since the series first launched - and this time on GOLD.

Red Top (2016)

A satire of News International, tabloid journalism and phone hacking.

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