7.8/10313 votes#1 - Five Go Mad in Dorset
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1982
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.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
6.0/10147 votes#2 - War
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/1983
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
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
6.3/10131 votes#3 - The Beat Generation
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1983
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.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
8.1/10481 votes#4 - Bad News Tour
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1983
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.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Adrian Edmondson
6.2/10131 votes#5 - Summer School
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1983
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.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Dawn French
The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 1
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Genre:Comedy
Network:Channel 4
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Five Go Mad in Dorset" is the best rated episode of "The Comic Strip Presents..." season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 313 votes. Directed by Bob Spiers and written by Pete Richens, Peter Richardson, it aired on 11/2/1982. This episode is rated 1.8 points higher than the second-best, "War".