How many seasons does The Comic Strip Presents... have?

The Comic Strip Presents... has 5 seasons with 30 episodes.

What network is The Comic Strip Presents... on?

The Comic Strip Presents... airs on U&GOLD.

When did The Comic Strip Presents... premiere?

The Comic Strip Presents... premiered on January 22, 1996.

The Comic Strip Presents...

Name: The Comic Strip Presents...
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8
Cast: Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Keith Allen, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French

8/10

U&GOLD Ended Comedy

5 Seasons · 30 Episodes · Premiered January 22, 1996 · Ended January 20, 2016

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.

Where to Watch: U&GOLD

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

5 episodes

E01

Five Go Mad in Dorset

Tue, Nov 2 1982 10:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min

Keith Allen, Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders from the Comic Strip have a ripping time on their summer hols.

E02

War

Mon, Jan 3 1983 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

What if there were armies from Russia and America occupying Britain? With Rik Mayall, Robbie Coltrane and Peter Richardson.

E03

The Beat Generation

Mon, Jan 17 1983 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

A part-time hipster desperately wants to be part of the 'Beat' scene, but can he handle it? With Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

E04

Bad News Tour

Mon, Jan 24 1983 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

A day on the road with the most controversial heavy metal band in the history of the universe, man

E05

Summer School

Mon, Jan 31 1983 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

Dawn French's improbable expose of a university course in Iron Age Living, with Robbie Coltrane and Peter Richardson

Season 2

7 episodes

E01

Five Go Mad on Mescalin

Wed, Nov 2 1983 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

While on their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm the intrepid youngsters learn that their Uncle Quentin, a well-known scientist and homosexual, has escaped from prison

E02

Dirty Movie

Sat, Jan 7 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

Cinema manager Terry Toadstool has a plan to watch a porno movie at 9am, but certain people are out to thwart him

E03

Susie

Sat, Jan 14 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

In a quiet village, a teacher is about to leave her husband for her lover, but the triangle is disturbed by the arrival of an ageing rock star

E04

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

Sat, Jan 21 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

Two students go to Spain to do the 'whole spaghetti western thing' and run into a series of disparate and desperate characters

E05

Gino - Full Story and Pics

Sat, Jan 28 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

The story of Gino the delinquent and Angie the party girl who, due to an excess of drink and drugs, passes out in the back of his taxi

E06

Eddie Monsoon - A Life?

Sat, Feb 4 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

A television biography of the most offensive TV star South Africa has ever produced, played by Adrian Edmondson

E07

Slags

Sat, Feb 11 1984 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

In the not-too distant future, the evil Slags confront the 'nice' Hawaiians, who control with goodwill and flower garlands, in a story of passion and shadowy violence

Season 3

6 episodes

E01

The Strike

Sat, Feb 20 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

A young and innocent man from the Welsh Valleys pens a script about the miners' strike. When success comes calling, he and the script get the Hollywood treatment.

E02

More Bad News

Sat, Feb 27 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

A rock journalist reunites the Bad News band, who parted company after a disastrous maiden tour, for a one-off gig. But all does not go according to plan...

E03

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

Sat, Mar 5 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

The inappropriately named hit man Mr Jolly, played by Peter Cook, rents office space next door to the alcoholic incompetents Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, proprietors of Dreamy Time Escorts

E04

The Yob

Sat, Mar 12 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football hooligan

E05

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Sat, Mar 19 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

Old rivalries are renewed when Carl Moss - Alexei Sayle - is prematurely released from prison. His new occupation leads him into direct conflict with his gangland brother and the notorious Mrs Moss.

E06

Funseekers

Sat, Mar 26 1988 10:00 PM GMT+0000 75 min

It's high season in Ibiza, and the18-30s holidaymakers have arrived for another annual binge. But the pace is so frantic no one notices the pregnant maid ostracised by her nearest and dearest.