7.6/10202 votes#1 - South Atlantic Raiders (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/1990
A security service driver for a British bank meets and falls in love over the radio with a woman stranded on a bird watching expedition in the South Atlantic. When he is tricked into thinking the Falklands are under attack by an enemy army, he takes drastic measures to finance a rescue mission to save his new girlfriend.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
8.5/10398 votes#2 - South Atlantic Raiders: Argie Bargie!
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/1990
Having robbed a bank and hijacked a plane to travel to the South Atlantic to protect Frances, the woman he loves, Stan finds himself at the mercy of Argentinian soldiers plotting to recapture the Falkland Islands.
Director: Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson
Writer: Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
8.6/10580 votes#3 - GLC: The Carnage Continues
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/1990
Charles Bronson (Robbie Coltrane) stars in a big-budget Hollywood film as Ken Livingstone, a man of the people and elected leader of the GLC. After successfully preventing the Tories from flooding South London to turn it into a yacht club, Livingstone makes it his one-man mission to stop ""The Ice Maiden"" Margaret Thatcher from beheading the Prince of Wales and taking over the kingdom.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
6.7/10136 votes#4 - Oxford
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/1990
Hannah is a street-wise American woman with a passion for Lord Byron's poetry who is prepared to do anything it takes to get into a course at Oxford, and she means anything. Also eager to study Byron is Caroline, the quiet-natured girlfriend of narcissistic mega-star comedian Steve ""Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants"" Wild. When he disapproves of her aspirations, Caroline must go behind her boyfriend's back to take the course, unaware that she's not the only one doing the deceiving.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
6.6/1095 votes#5 - Spaghetti Hoops
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/1990
Bank chairman Aldo Vini, who is suspected of embezzling $200 million from his bank in Rome, is pursued across Europe by incompetent assassins.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
6.6/1069 votes#6 - Les Dogs
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/1990
A wedding between feuding upper-class families turns into an all-out war zone. In the midst of the chaos and bloodshed, the wedding photographer becomes enraptured by the bride's beatific beauty, and the story drifts into the surreal realm of his imagination, where the lines between fantasy, dream, and reality become hopelessly blurred.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Pete Richens, Peter Richardson
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Genre:Comedy
Network:Channel 4
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"South Atlantic Raiders (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Comic Strip Presents..." season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 202 votes. Directed by Peter Richardson and written by Pete Richens, Peter Richardson, it aired on 2/1/1990. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "South Atlantic Raiders: Argie Bargie!".