The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents... (Season 5)
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown (Episode 1)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1993-04-22
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: In a sequel to The Bullshitters, Bonehead and Foyle are called in to solve a 70s-style murder. Unfortunately, so are 70s detectives Shouting George of The Weeney and Jason Bentley of Department Z, and 90s Northern detective Dave Spanker.
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (Episode 2)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1993-04-29
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Beautiful space aliens on a mission to repopulate their planet use their feminine wiles to capture healthy, intelligent specimens of Earthmen as sex slaves. It's up to decidedly non-feminist secret agent James Blond to shut down the Space Rats' baby factory and free Earth men from unspeakable sexual oppression.
Queen of the Wild Frontier (Episode 3)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1993-05-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Two escaped convicts hide in a country house owned by two women.
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase (Episode 4)
Writer: Peter Richardson
Air date: 1993-05-13
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: In this none-too-subtle parody of the film The Silence of the Lambs, a rookie police cadet falls prey to the sexual allure of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr Ghengis; meanwhile, aspiring serial killer Gregory Dawson makes a video diary of his botched attempts to stalk and imprison a woman in his homemade torture chamber.
Demonella (Episode 5)
Writer: Paul Bartel
Air date: 1993-05-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A struggling music producer accepts a song from the Devil that is guaranteed to win him riches and fame. In exchange, he must obtain his mother's top-secret chicken soup recipe so the Devil can impress finicky dinner guests in Hell.
Jealousy (Episode 6)
Writer: Morag Fullarton
Air date: 1993-05-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A jealous husband is consumed to the point of madness with suspicions about his wife's extracurricular activities.
