The BEST episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 1
Every episode of The Comic Strip Presents... season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 1!
The Comic Strip Presents... debuted on 2 November 1982, the opening night of Channel 4. The first episode was "Five Go Mad in Dorset", a parody of The Famous Five. It was written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, who wrote most of the early episodes. "Five Go Mad..." drew anger from some viewers for the way it mercilessly satirised a children's classic, although the Enid Blyton estate had given permission for the broadcast. A meeting was called to discuss the group's future with Channel 4, after complaints from viewers.
#1 - Bad News Tour
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1983
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.
#2 - Five Go Mad in Dorset
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1982
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.
#3 - War
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/1983
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
#4 - Summer School
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1983
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.
#5 - The Beat Generation
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1983
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.