The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Episode 1 - The Strike
Release Date: 1988-02-20Al Pacino (Peter Richardson) and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) star as Arthur Scargill and his wife in an overly-dramatized Hollywood epic about the 1984 miners' strike.
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Episode 2 - More Bad News
Release Date: 1988-02-27Five years after their far-from-amicable break-up, the members of heavy metal band Bad News reunite when they are offered a record deal and a chance to play the festival at Castle Donington.
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Episode 3 - Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
Release Date: 1988-03-05Two boozers who run the Dreamytime Escort agency are in for the night of their lives when they accept a job to ""take out"" popular TV entertainer Nicholas Parsons.
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Episode 4 - The Yob
Release Date: 1988-03-12A trendy music video director has his brain crossed with that of a football hooligan in a freak accident resulting when he mistakes a cerebral teleportational machine for a portable toilet. He begins a slow and painful transition from artsy high-fashion connoisseur to violent Neanderthal thug, finding himself physically incapable of suppressing his newfound urges to drink lager and vandalize public lavatories. This episode pays tribute to David Cronenberg's film classic The Fly.
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Episode 5 - Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Release Date: 1988-03-19Carl Moss, a convicted murderer, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him.
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Episode 6 - Funseekers
Release Date: 1988-03-26A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s.