The Comic Strip Presents...
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / BBC Two / U&Gold
- 1982 - 2016
- 41 episodes (5 series)
Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4. Stars Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and more.
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Series 2, Episode 1 - Dirty Movie
Cinema manager Terry Toadstool has a plan to watch a porno movie at 9am, but certain people are out to thwart him.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 7th January 1984
- Time
- 10:25pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 40 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robbie Coltrane | Chief of Police |
| Adrian Edmondson | Bean |
| Dawn French | Monica |
| Rik Mayall | Toadstool |
| Bert Parnaby | Man |
| Nigel Planer | Nigel |
| Peter Richardson | Peter |
| Jennifer Saunders | June |
| Peter Richardson | Writer |
| Adrian Edmondson | Writer |
| Peter Richardson | Producer |
| Sarah Radclyffe | Producer |
| Michael White | Executive Producer |
| Rob Wright | Editor |
| Ron Blythe | Editor |
| Christopher Hobbs | Production Designer |
| Alasdair MacNeill | Composer |
Press
It is a curious thing that when their Dirty Movie (C4) began my house was empty but by the time it finished people were sitting on the floor because all the chairs were taken or were standing on one leg as if they had been bewitched in the act of passing the TV set. And the only two I recognised were the dog and my daughter.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 9th January 1984