The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(341 votes)

   #1 - Five Go Mad in Dorset

   S1:E111/2/1982

   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

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
2. 

   6.0/10(161 votes)

   #2 - War

   S1:E21/3/1983

   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

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
3. 

   6.4/10(143 votes)

   #3 - The Beat Generation

   S1:E31/17/1983

   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

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
4. 

   8.1/10(523 votes)

   #4 - Bad News Tour

   S1:E41/24/1983

   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

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Adrian Edmondson
5. 

   6.2/10(140 votes)

   #5 - Summer School

   S1:E51/31/1983

   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

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Dawn French