7.2/10152 votes#1 - Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1983
Child adventurers Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and their dog Timmy return to the countryside for the holidays, only to learn that Uncle Quentin, the well known scientist and homosexual, has escaped from prison. The children set out to unlock the mysteries of Love Island.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
7.6/10161 votes#2 - Dirty Movie
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/1984
A theater owner waits for the mail to deliver his dirty movie
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
6.1/10115 votes#3 - Susie
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/1984
A lascivious schoolteacher has grown hopelessly bored with her bland small-town existence. Her world takes a sudden turn, however, when a wealthy, impetuous pop star moves to town to get a taste of country life. Suddenly, she must choose between her tedious but adoring husband, her indifferent but steady lover, and this intriguing, unpredictable new man in her life.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
8.1/10282 votes#4 - A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/1984
Carlos and Miguel are Englishmen obsessed with the mystique of the Old West-- would-be gunmen ever in search of a brawl. Traveling the countryside by public rail on a fantasy holiday, in costumes straight out of a Spaghetti Western, they hook up with spunky Australian tourists, a hippie hitchhiker, and a mass-murderer who works in an abattoir but dresses as a matador.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Rik Mayall, Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
7.1/10137 votes#5 - Gino - Full Story and Pics
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/28/1984
A small-time thief on the run from the law is pursued by over-zealous police officers masquerading as milkmen and postmen, framed for murder by a homicidal housewife, and built up by the media to sound like an infamous criminal mastermind. Every step he takes carries him further into a life of crime, and it looks like there's no way out for Gino, but when he teams up with a gutsy typist on the run from her own unfulfilling life, the two of them may find a way to turn the media attention to their advantage.
Director: Bob Spiers
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
7.1/10117 votes#6 - Eddie Monsoon - A Life?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/1984
Relentless alcoholic, drug addict, and fame-obsessed TV personality Eddie Monsoon is the subject of a Channel 4 expose that looks back over his life and loves, while he lies bedridden in a rehab hospital.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Adrian Edmondson
5.8/10112 votes#7 - Slags
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/11/1984
Feared street leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, whereupon they learn that their gang the Slags has disbanded during their incarceration, having been driven out of its territory by rival gang The Hawaiians. Bent on revenge, they reunite the Slags for a rumble with The Hawaiians to reclaim their turf. This grim tale set in a bizarre, apocalyptic world is West Side Story with a gruesome twist.
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writer: Jennifer Saunders
7.1/10153 votes#8 - The Bullshitters
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1984
Bonehead and Foyle reunite to find the police chief's kidnapped daughter. A parody of The Professionals.
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 2
Every episode of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 2!
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Genre:Comedy
Network:Channel 4
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Five Go Mad on Mescalin" is the best rated episode of "The Comic Strip Presents..." season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 152 votes. Directed by Bob Spiers and written by Pete Richens, Peter Richardson, it aired on 11/2/1983. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Dirty Movie".