The BEST episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 3
Every episode of The Comic Strip Presents... season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 3!
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 - The Yob
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/1988
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.
#2 - Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/1988
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.
#3 - More Bad News
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/1988
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.
#4 - The Strike
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/1988
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.
#5 - Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/19/1988
Carl Moss, a convicted murder, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him.
#6 - Funseekers
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/1988
A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s.