The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 3

Al Pacino (Peter Richardson) and Meryl Streep (Jennifer Saunders) star as Arthur Scargill and his wife in an overly-dramatized Hollywood epic about the 1984 miners' strike.

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders

Five years after their far-from-amicable break-up, the members of heavy metal band Bad News reunite when they are offered a record deal and a chance to play the festival at Castle Donington.

Director: Adrian Edmondson

Writer: Adrian Edmondson

Two boozers who run the Dreamytime Escort agency are in for the night of their lives when they accept a job to ""take out"" popular TV entertainer Nicholas Parsons.

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Rowland Rivron

A trendy music video director has his brain crossed with that of a football hooligan in a freak accident resulting when he mistakes a cerebral teleportational machine for a portable toilet. He begins a slow and painful transition from artsy high-fashion connoisseur to violent Neanderthal thug, finding himself physically incapable of suppressing his newfound urges to drink lager and vandalize public lavatories. This episode pays tribute to David Cronenberg's film classic The Fly.

Director: Ian Emes

Writer: Daniel Peacock, Keith Allen

Carl Moss, a convicted murderer, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him.

Director: Bob Spiers

Writer: Alexei Sayle, David Stafford, Pauline Melville

A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s.

Director: Baz Taylor

Writer: Doug Lucie, Nigel Planer