About this season
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
Episodes (5)
1. Five Go Mad in Dorset
Aired 2 November 1982 • 30 min
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.
2. War
Aired 3 January 1983 • 30 min
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
3. The Beat Generation
Aired 17 January 1983 • 30 min
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.
4. Bad News Tour
Aired 24 January 1983 • 30 min
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.
5. Summer School
10.0Aired 31 January 1983 • 30 min
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.