The Comic Strip Presents...
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / BBC Two / U&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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...Sex Actually
This brand new film delves deep into middle class suburbia.
Notes
A Comic Strip / Great Western Features Production.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 28th December 2005
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Bathurst | Charles |
| Phil Cornwell | Roy |
| Rebecca Front | Carol |
| Tamer Hassan | Luccio |
| Doon Mackichan | Diana |
| Rik Mayall | Bilbo |
| Nigel Planer | Graham |
| Glenna Scacchi Morrison | Jane |
| Sheridan Smith | Angie |
| Steven O'Donnell | Brian |
| Allan Hern | Ron |
| Elizabeth Beale-Stephens | Helen |
| Kate Lambdon | Maid |
| Bryan Jacobs | Scientist |
| Dragos Florescu | Seb |
| Aleksandar Mikic | Mick |
| Sandra Cush (as Sandra Beck) | Carol Singer |
| Jeff Beck | Carol Singer |
| Chick Pea | Carol Singer |
| Joy Maxwell-Davies | Carol Singer |
| David Styles | Carol Singer |
| Marion Styles | Carol Singer |
| Kit Line | Carol Singer |
| Charles Styles | Carol Singer |
| Sarah Styles | Carol Singer |
| Cleo Rocos | Woman on Green |
| Peter Richardson | Writer |
| Pete Richens (as Peter Richens) | Writer |
| Peter Richardson | Director |
| Ben Swaffer | Producer |
| Cleo Rocos | Executive Producer |
| Nick Smith | Executive Producer |
| Geoff Hogg | Editor |
| Nick Smith | Editor |
| Rod Melvin | Composer |
| Andre Jacquemin (as Andre Jacquemain) | Composer |
Press
As Comic Strip films go, Sex Actually is not as good as The Strike, Didn't You Kill My Brother? or Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase. But it's not as bad as Queen of the Wild Frontier or The Funseekers. It's simply a muted and underachieving step back into the arena when most viewers were doubtless expecting a lot more, especially as the recent DVD box set release of their previous works throws its shortcomings into sharp relief.
TJ Worthington, Off The Telly, 28th December 2005