The BEST episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 5
Every episode of The Comic Strip Presents... season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... season 5!
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 - Queen of the Wild Frontier
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/1993
Two escaped convicts hide in a country house owned by two women.
#2 - Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/1993
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.
#3 - Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/1993
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.
#4 - Jealousy
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/1993
A jealous husband is consumed to the point of madness with suspicions about his wife's extracurricular activities.
#5 - Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/1993
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.
#6 - Demonella
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/1993
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.