The Comic Strip Presents...

Season 1

1982 · 5 episodes · 2h 30m in all · 10.0/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Five Go Mad in Dorset

   2 Nov 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. 

   2. War

   3 Jan 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. 

   3. The Beat Generation

   17 Jan 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. 

   4. Bad News Tour

   24 Jan 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. 

   5. Summer School

   31 Jan 1983 · 30 min · 10.0/10

   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.