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The Comic Strip Presents...
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / BBC Two / 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.
Episode menu
Series 4, Episode 5 - Spaghetti Hoops
Based on true events of Italian bank embezzlements and mafia ties, Nigel Planer plays the part of the light-fingered bank manager who disappears with $200million of his employers' money, and is then hotly persued by a pair of incompetent mafia hitmen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 1st March 1990
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Nigel Planer | Aldo Vini |
Tim McInnerny | Mig |
Alexei Sayle | Mog |
Dawn French | Francesca |
Jennifer Saunders | Maria |
Peter Richardson | Waiter |
Peter Richardson | Shopkeeper |
Keith Allen | Mason |
Keith Allen | Gondolier |
Steven O'Donnell (as Steve O'Donnell) | Bertoli |
Nosher Powell | Corelli |
Jimmy Fagg | Newsvendor |
Stephanie Ansell | Ladykiller |
Peter Richardson | Writer |
Pete Richens (as Peter Richens) | Writer |
Peter Richardson | Director |
Pete Richens | Associate Director |
Lolli Kimpton | Producer |
Michael White | Executive Producer |
Peter Delfgou | Editor |
Beverley D'Souza | Editor |
John Delfgou | Editor |
Marcus Rowland | Production Designer |