

The Comic Strip Presents...
1981–2016 · U&GOLD · 75 min · 5 seasons
S05E06 · Jealousy
Fri, 28 May, 7:00 am
About
The Comic Strip Presents... began airing on the launch night of Channel 4 in November 1982. The show aired a number of episodes and one-off satirical comedy specials over a number of years, including a move to BBC2 in the early 1990s. Since 2012, GOLD has begun airing brand new one-off episodes of the show with some of the original cast members. The cast who originally appeared in the show include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, many of the cast members comedy careers launched due to the series popularity.
Episodes
- E01
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Fri, 23 Apr· 75 min - E02
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Fri, 30 Apr· 75 min - E03
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Fri, 7 May· 75 min - E04
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Fri, 14 May· 75 min - E05
Demonella
Fri, 21 May· 75 min - E06
Jealousy
Fri, 28 May· 75 min - Special
Four Men in a Car
Mon, 13 Apr· 30 minFour salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is guaranteed promotion. There is much bickering, Steve is perpetually sick and gets put in the boot, the C.D. player jams and they have a run-in with a Range Rover driver. When the car breaks down in a snow storm they wind up in a deserted cottage with a shotgun-wielding, diabetic woman.
- Special
Four Men in a Plane
Wed, 5 Jan· 33 minSalesmen Alan,Ian,Tim and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan joins the mile high club with a model in the toilet but Tim is annoyed that he is two air miles short of joining the others in club class. On arrival in North Africa they decide to charter a plane rather than face a fifteen mile coach journey to the conference.
- Special
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Sat, 4 Dec· 80 minChurchill: The Hollywood Years is a 2004 film, directed by Peter Richardson. It stars Christian Slater as Winston Churchill, and Neve Campbell as Queen Elizabeth II. Miranda Richardson and Antony Sher also co star. The film is a satire on the Hollywood take on history, such as U-571 (portraying the capture of an Enigma machine as being by the Americans rather than the British) and Pearl Harbor (where American participation in the Battle of Britain was exaggerated).
- Special
...Sex Actually
Thu, 29 Dec· 30 minThe neighbours in a seemingly quiet street may be more than they at first appear.
- Special
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Sun, 16 Oct· 60 minThe Hunt for Tony Blair is a one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents…, a British television comedy. The 60 minute film was written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens and presented in the style of a 1950s film noir. It stars Stephen Mangan as the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is wanted for murder and on the run as a fugitive from justice. The film received its world premier at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August 2011. Shot as a 1950s-style black comedy, the film imagines former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a fugitive on the run from the police having been accused of a series of murders. These include the killing of his former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, although he is also implicated in the death of his predecessor as Labour Party leader John Smith. Determined to clear his name, Blair escapes from 10 Downing Street, but he is a man with no friends willing to give him sanctuary and a fervent media demanding his capture. He is pursued across a fog-bound London by Inspector Hutton and his sergeant who are helped in their investigation by Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown. Blair is eventually aided by Margaret Thatcher who promptly seduces him. But it gradually emerges that Blair may be innocent of the crime he is accused of committing.
- Special
Five Go to Rehab
Thu, 8 Nov· 30 minIn 1982, The Comic Strip Presents debuted with Five Go Mad In Dorset, an establishment-shaking parody of the Famous Five stories, complete with lashings of ginger beer. As well as poking fun at cosy Middle England, it also heralded the emergence of comedians that went onto shape the British comedy landscape for the next 20 years. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the series, original writer Peter Richardson has returned to the English countryside for a brand-new Comic Strip adventure, starring himself, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Robbie Coltrane and Stephen Mangan. Set against a backdrop of rolling hills and ruined castles, the Five have failed to live up to their puritanical ideals and must now confront today's modern world
- Special
The Comic Strip Presents... Red Top
Thu, 21 Jan· 75 minThe story of Rebekah Brooks, an innocent red-headed journalist who ends up embroiled in a Watergate-style scandal.
Cast

Rik Mayall
Various

Nigel Planer
Various

Keith Allen
Various

Jennifer Saunders
Various

Dawn French
Various

Daniel Peacock
Various

Robbie Coltrane
Various


