The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents... (Season 3)
The Strike (Episode 1)
Writer: Dawn French
Air date: 1988-02-20
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Al 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.
More Bad News (Episode 2)
Writer: Adrian Edmondson
Air date: 1988-02-27
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Five 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.
Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (Episode 3)
Writer: Adrian Edmondson
Air date: 1988-03-05
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Two 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.
The Yob (Episode 4)
Writer: Daniel Peacock
Air date: 1988-03-12
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: A 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.
Didn't You Kill My Brother? (Episode 5)
Writer: Alexei Sayle
Air date: 1988-03-19
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Carl Moss, a convicted murderer, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him.
Funseekers (Episode 6)
Writer: Doug Lucie
Air date: 1988-03-26
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s.
