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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Series 2, Episode 3 - A Fistful Of Travellers' Cheques
Two students go to Spain to do the 'whole spaghetti western thing' and run into a series of disparate and desperate characters.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 21st January 1984
- Time
- 10:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
| Keith Allen | Mr Bastardos |
| Adrian Edmondson | Billy |
| Dawn French | Jackie |
| Rik Mayall | Carlos |
| Daniel Peacock (as Danny Peacock) | Barman |
| Nigel Planer | Paul |
| Peter Richardson | Miguel |
| Jennifer Saunders | Shona |
| Christopher Malcolm | Café Owner |
| Peter Richardson | Writer |
| Pete Richens (as Peter Richens) | Writer |
| Rik Mayall | Writer |
| Bob Spiers | Director |
| Peter Richardson | Producer |
| Sarah Radclyffe | Producer |
| Michael White | Executive Producer |
| Peter Delfgou | Editor |
| Beverley D'Souza | Editor |
| Michael Buchanan (as Mike Buchanan) | Production Designer |
| Bud Beadle | Composer |
| Robert Greenfield | Composer |
Press
French and Saunders almost died after poisoning horror while filming
Dawn - one half of comedy duo French and Saunders - says the pair were filming for a Comic Strip movie in Spain when a faulty boiler almost killed them as they slept.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 25th October 2023