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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.
See also
The Bullshitters
Professionals spoof from the team behind The Comic Strip Presents series.
The Supergrass
1985 Film
Eat The Rich
1987 Film
The Young Ones
Hippy Neil, nerdy Cliff Richard-obsessed Rick, psychopathic punk Vyvyan and smooth Mike share a squalid and collapsing student house together.
Girls On Top
Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist.
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Following the misadventures of never-was-been Richie Rich, his drunken minder Eddie Catflap, and agent Ralph Filthy as they strive to get him on TV.
Bottom
Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler are a pair of disgusting, anti-social and regularly violent losers who share a grubby flat in Hammersmith.
Bottom Live
Eddie and Richie get up to more insane antics in the 1993 live stage version of the popular sitcom.
Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmundson reprise their roles as anarchic flatmates Richie and Eddie on stage. The duo invite the Queen to dinner.
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Richie and Eddie find themselves marooned on a desert island in the third live stage show based on the popular sitcom.
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Another stage show starring Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson. This time, Richie & Eddie are stranded on a Pacific island.
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson journey through space and time inside Eddie's lavatorial time machine.
30 Years Of The Comic Strip Presents
New documentary looking back at The Comic Strip Presents... and its influence on British comedy in the past 30 years.
Funny Women: French & Saunders
A documentary looking at the comedy careers of double-act Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Boom Boom... Out Go The Lights
Groundbreaking alternative comedy programme bringing the new wave of humour to television for the first time.
French And Saunders
Long-running popular sketch show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Murder Most Horrid
Comic horror anthology series starring Dawn French in a variety of different roles.
Inside No. 9
Dark comedy anthology series from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Each episode focuses on the goings-on around something to do with the number 9.
Ripping Yarns
Series of comic plays written by Pythons Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Lenny Henry Tonite
Series of individual sitcom playlets starring Lenny Henry.
The Glam Metal Detectives
Comedy series about a band who want to save the planet with their music.
Lust For Glorious
Rockumentary spoof starring Eddie Izzard.
Model, Actress, Whatever
Sitcom pilot from Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand.
Rik Mayall Presents
Comedy series showcasing the talents of Rik Mayall.
The Pope Must Die
Comedy starring Robbie Coltrane as a wrongly-elected Pope.
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Satirical comedy in which Winston Churchill is portrayed as a no-nonsense American GI. Starring Christian Slater, Neve Campbell and Jon Culshaw.
Catterick
A surreal comedy series following the story of Carl and his brother Chris, who've been apart for 15 years.