The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents... (Season 1)
Five Go Mad in Dorset (Episode 1)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1982-11-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Julian, Dick, George, and Anne are four children with a taste for adventure, as well as for lashings of ginger beer. They set out on a bicycle ride through the country, having picnics aplenty and exposing heinous crimes such as homosexuality.
War (Episode 2)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1983-01-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: It's 1985 and the Communist Warsaw Pact countries have seized control of England. A young married couple retreats to a countryside cottage, but they soon find themselves hopelessly separated and swept up in the chaos of a war-torn nation
The Beat Generation (Episode 3)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1983-01-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A group of Beatnik artists and poets convene for a weekend of debauchery, destructive behavior, and clever conversation at the house of naive young wannabe Desmond while his parents are out of town.
Bad News Tour (Episode 4)
Writer: Adrian Edmondson
Air date: 1983-01-24
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Fifth-rate heavy metal band Bad News is the subject of a rock documentary. Band members Vim Fuego, Den Dennis, Colin Grigson, and Spider Webb take to the road in search of lager, gigs, and schoolgirls.
Summer School (Episode 5) 10.0
Writer: Dawn French
Air date: 1983-01-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Summer school students taking a course on the Iron Age construct a primitive village in the center of a university campus, where they must learn to fend for themselves without modern conveniences.
