The Best Episodes of The Comic Strip Presents... Season 5

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(67 votes)

   #1 - Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

   S5:E14/22/1993

   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.

   Directors:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen

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   Directors:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen
2. 

   7.5/10(58 votes)

   #2 - Space Virgins from Planet Sex

   S5:E24/29/1993

   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.

   Directors:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Directors:Peter Richardson, Keith Allen

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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   7.5/10(139 votes)

   #3 - Queen of the Wild Frontier

   S5:E35/6/1993

   Two escaped convicts hide in a country house owned by two women.

   Director:Peter Richardson

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Peter Richardson

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
4. 

   6.4/10(66 votes)

   #4 - Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

   S5:E45/13/1993

   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

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Peter Richardson

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
5. 

   6.3/10(56 votes)

   #5 - Demonella

   S5:E55/20/1993

   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

   Writers:Paul Bartel, Barry Dennen

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   Director:Paul Bartel

   Writers:Paul Bartel, Barry Dennen
6. 

   7.0/10(115 votes)

   #6 - Jealousy

   S5:E65/27/1993

   A jealous husband is consumed to the point of madness with suspicions about his wife's extracurricular activities.

   Director:Robbie Coltrane

   Writers:Morag Fullarton, Robbie Coltrane

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   Director:Robbie Coltrane

   Writers:Morag Fullarton, Robbie Coltrane
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