The following is a list of episodes for the British comedy series The Comic Strip Presents..., created by the titular comedy troupe, which originally ran for three series and one special on Channel 4 from 1983 to 1988. Two series and three specials subsequently aired on BBC Two between 1990 and 1993. Since then, specials have aired sporadically on Channel 4, beginning in 1998 and most recently in 2016. The collective also created four theatrical films between 1985 and 2004. There have been a total of 42 television episodes, four feature films, and one short film.
A semi-documentary in which Jennifer searches for her sister Dawn, who has run away from a Salvation Army shelter to join The Comic Strip in search of fame. Features sketches by Alexei Sayle, The Outer Limits, and The Dangerous Brothers.
Cast: Arnold Brown, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle
Cast: Ronald Allen, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Daniel Peacock, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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"Dirty Movie"
Sandy Johnson
Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall
7 January 1984 (1984-01-07)
Postman Bean wants to see The Sound of Muzak at his local cinema. Cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film. Bean's wife Monica, is the star.
Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Daniel Peacock, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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"Susie"
Bob Spiers
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
14 January 1984 (1984-01-14)
School teacher Susie Darling is continually having affairs behind her husband's back. One day she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm.
Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Lanah P,[b] Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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4
"A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques"
Bob Spiers
Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
21 January 1984 (1984-01-21)
Two students arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western. In the meantime, two Australian girls encounter a scruffy hitch-hicker and a dangerous matador.
Cast: Keith Allen, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Daniel Peacock, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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5
"Gino: Full Story and Pics"
Bob Spiers
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
28 January 1984 (1984-01-28)
A hoodlum is turned in to a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.
Cast: Ronald Allen, Arnold Brown, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Lanah P,[b] Daniel Peacock, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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"Eddie Monsoon – A Life?"
Sandy Johnson
Adrian Edmondson
4 February 1984 (1984-02-04)
A documentary about the life of the violent drunken entertainer Eddie Monsoon.
Cast: Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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"Slags"
Sandy Johnson
Jennifer Saunders
11 February 1984 (1984-02-11)
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison. Their gang the Slags have disbanded due to rival gang, the Hawaiians.
Cast: Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
A parody of The Professionals. When Commander Jackson, head of DI5, hears that his daughter Janie has been kidnapped and held for ransom, he has to call in ex-agents Bonehead and Foyle to save her.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Robbie Coltrane, Lanah P,[c] Peter Richardson
After returning from a holiday in the West Country, Dennis Carter tries to impress a girl by untruthfully boasting of being a drug smuggler. He is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass and inform on his associates. The more Dennis lies, the bigger the dangers get.
Cast: Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Daniel Peacock, Lanah P,[d] Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle
Small time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by newly disbanded group Toy Department. He takes it to a promoter who turns it into a chart hit. Complications arise when Brian wants a live tour.
Cast: Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
A Hollywood studio turns the story of the failed British Miner's Strike of 1984-85 into a romantic thriller starring Al Pacino.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Ronald Allen, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Daniel Peacock, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle
Carl Moss leaves jail a model prisoner, and gets community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases his brother Sterling, as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.
Tourists arrive in Ibiza for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Jamie is upset when the annoying Tony moves into his room. He gets his revenge when he discovers that Tony is too old to be part of the Club 18-30 clientele.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Kathy Burke, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson
Stan has managed to make it to the Falklands, which have been taken over by the Argentinians. He is tied to a stake alongside Frances and are sentenced to death by dictator, General Galtieri. Stan recounts how he and his Raiders managed to make it all the way to the islands.
Cast: Kevin Allen, Ronald Allen, Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Gary Beadle, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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4
"Oxford"
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
22 February 1990 (1990-02-22)
When an American comedian arrives in Oxford to make a 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.
Cast: Ronald Allen, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Lenny Henry, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
26
5
"Spaghetti Hoops"
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
1 March 1990 (1990-03-01)
In a monochrome city, 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, but when they catch up with him, they have no idea what to do.
Cast: Keith Allen, Dawn French, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle
27
6
"Les Dogs"
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
8 March 1990 (1990-03-08)
During a wedding reception, the families of the couple exchange insults and a gun battle ensues. 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 the bride.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Gary Beadle, Kate Bush, Adrian Edmondson, Tim McInnerny, Daniel Peacock, Miranda Richardson, Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle
John Majer is useless as the circus clown, so he gets into politics. A few weeks later he becomes the Prime Minister. He still has to attend to his job as Coco the Clown. He falls in love with the leader of the opposition party, who falls in love with Coco the Clown.
Cast: Keith Allen, Mark Caven, Phil Cornwell, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Doon Mackichan, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle
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"The Crying Game"
Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
5 May 1992 (1992-05-05)
The British tabloids are falling over themselves to report on the footballer Roy Brush after he scores for England in the European Cup Final, and saves a child's life. However, Brush has a deep secret - he is gay.
The title is a reference to the movie The Crying Game, which starred Miranda Richardson, who also appeared in a few Comic Strip Presents... episodes.
Cast: Keith Allen, Gary Beadle, Mark Caven, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson
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"Wild Turkey"
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
24 December 1992 (1992-12-24)
A New York cop brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue. Unfortunately they make a dramatic discovery - the turkey is not dead.
Cast: Gary Beadle, Phil Cornwell, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax
The star of 'The Gourmet Detective' is mysteriously murdered. Various detectives from 70's television shows team up with a television detective of the 90's to solve the crime.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Gary Beadle, Jim Broadbent, Mark Caven, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan, Peter Richardson
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"Space Virgins from Planet Sex"
Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
29 April 1993 (1993-04-29)
A group of sexy female aliens travel to Earth in order to enslave men to impregnate them. Only the non-feminist agent James Blond can save the day.
Cast: Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Gary Beadle, Mark Caven, Robbie Coltrane, Phil Cornwell, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Doon Mackichan, Miranda Richardson, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders
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3
"Queen of the Wild Frontier"
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
6 May 1993 (1993-05-06)
Two convicts escape their prison van, and end up at a remote farmhouse belonging to the sex-starved sisters Finoa and Susie.
Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a house in Berkshire, learning that Ron and Helen, the previous owners of their house, died mysteriously. They suspect their neighbours, who are all sex-addicts.
Cast: Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Sheridan Smith
The police are coming to arrest prime minister Tony Blair for murder. This is because he allowed himself to be abducted by a thug called George Bush and collude in murdering a bunch of Afghans.
Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Stephen Mangan, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, James Buckley
