7.3/1061 votes#1 - Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/22/1993
In a sequel to The Bullshitters, Bonehead and Foyle are called in to solve a 70s-style murder. Unfortunately, so are 70s detectives Shouting George of The Weeney and Jason Bentley of Department Z, and 90s Northern detective Dave Spanker.
Director: Peter Richardson, Keith Allen
Writer: Keith Allen, Peter Richardson
7.2/1053 votes#2 - Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/29/1993
Beautiful space aliens on a mission to repopulate their planet use their feminine wiles to capture healthy, intelligent specimens of Earthmen as sex slaves. It's up to decidedly non-feminist secret agent James Blond to shut down the Space Rats' baby factory and free Earth men from unspeakable sexual oppression.
Director: Peter Richardson, Keith Allen
Writer: Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
7.4/10131 votes#3 - Queen of the Wild Frontier
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/1993
Two escaped convicts hide in a country house owned by two women.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
6.3/1063 votes#4 - Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/13/1993
In this none-too-subtle parody of the film The Silence of the Lambs, a rookie police cadet falls prey to the sexual allure of imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer Dr Ghengis; meanwhile, aspiring serial killer Gregory Dawson makes a video diary of his botched attempts to stalk and imprison a woman in his homemade torture chamber.
Director: Peter Richardson
Writer: Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
6.2/1053 votes#5 - Demonella
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 5/20/1993
A struggling music producer accepts a song from the Devil that is guaranteed to win him riches and fame. In exchange, he must obtain his mother's top-secret chicken soup recipe so the Devil can impress finicky dinner guests in Hell.
Director: Paul Bartel
Writer: Paul Bartel, Barry Dennen
6.9/10108 votes#6 - Jealousy
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/1993
A jealous husband is consumed to the point of madness with suspicions about his wife's extracurricular activities.
Director: Robbie Coltrane
Writer: Robbie Coltrane, Morag Fullarton
The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 5
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Genre:Comedy
Network:Channel 4
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown" is the best rated episode of "The Comic Strip Presents..." season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Peter Richardson, Keith Allen and written by Keith Allen, Peter Richardson, it aired on 4/22/1993. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Space Virgins from Planet Sex".