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

#1 Fan Favorite
6.5/10(112 votes)
#1 - The Strike
S3:E12/20/1988
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
Writers:Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
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Director:Stephen Frears
Writers:Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
7.5/10(104 votes)
#2 - More Bad News
S3:E22/27/1988
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
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Director:Adrian Edmondson
Writer:Adrian Edmondson
0.0/10(0 votes)
#3 - Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
S3:E33/5/1988
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
Writers:Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Rowland Rivron
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Director:Stephen Frears
Writers:Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Rowland Rivron
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#4 - The Yob
S3:E43/12/1988
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
Writers:Daniel Peacock, Keith Allen
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Director:Ian Emes
Writers:Daniel Peacock, Keith Allen
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#5 - Didn't You Kill My Brother?
S3:E53/19/1988
Carl Moss, a convicted murderer, is released early from prison and is confronted by his brother who framed him.
Director:Bob Spiers
Writers:Alexei Sayle, David Stafford, Pauline Melville
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Director:Bob Spiers
Writers:Alexei Sayle, David Stafford, Pauline Melville
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#6 - Funseekers
S3:E63/26/1988
A social loser goes to a sleazy holiday resort in Spain for under-30s.
Director:Baz Taylor
Writers:Doug Lucie, Nigel Planer
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Director:Baz Taylor
Writers:Doug Lucie, Nigel Planer