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   #1 - 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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   #2 - 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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   #3 - 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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   #4 - 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
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   5.9/10(131 votes)

   #5 - Slags

   S2:E72/11/1984

   Feared street leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, whereupon they learn that their gang the Slags has disbanded during their incarceration, having been driven out of its territory by rival gang The Hawaiians. Bent on revenge, they reunite the Slags for a rumble with The Hawaiians to reclaim their turf. This grim tale set in a bizarre, apocalyptic world is West Side Story with a gruesome twist.

   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Jennifer Saunders

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Jennifer Saunders
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   6.0/10(168 votes)

   #6 - War

   S1:E21/3/1983

   It's 1985 and the Communist Warsaw Pact countries have seized control of England. A young married couple retreats to a countryside cottage, but they soon find themselves hopelessly separated and swept up in the chaos of a war-torn nation

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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   6.2/10(150 votes)

   #7 - Summer School

   S1:E51/31/1983

   Summer school students taking a course on the Iron Age construct a primitive village in the center of a university campus, where they must learn to fend for themselves without modern conveniences.

   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Dawn French

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   Director:Sandy Johnson

   Writer:Dawn French
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   6.2/10(133 votes)

   #8 - Susie

   S2:E31/14/1984

   A lascivious schoolteacher has grown hopelessly bored with her bland small-town existence. Her world takes a sudden turn, however, when a wealthy, impetuous pop star moves to town to get a taste of country life. Suddenly, she must choose between her tedious but adoring husband, her indifferent but steady lover, and this intriguing, unpredictable new man in her life.

   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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   Director:Bob Spiers

   Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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   6.3/10(69 votes)

   #9 - 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
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    6.3/10(61 votes)

    #10 - 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
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    6.4/10(152 votes)

    #11 - The Beat Generation

    S1:E31/17/1983

    A group of Beatnik artists and poets convene for a weekend of debauchery, destructive behavior, and clever conversation at the house of naive young wannabe Desmond while his parents are out of town.

    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    6.5/10(108 votes)

    #12 - Spaghetti Hoops

    S4:E53/1/1990

    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

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Director:Peter Richardson

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    6.6/10(121 votes)

    #13 - 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
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    6.6/10(85 votes)

    #14 - Les Dogs

    S4:E63/8/1990

    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

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Director:Peter Richardson

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    6.8/10(157 votes)

    #15 - Oxford

    S4:E42/22/1990

    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

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    6.9/10(94 votes)

    #16 - 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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    7.1/10(160 votes)

    #17 - Gino - Full Story and Pics

    S2:E51/28/1984

    A small-time thief on the run from the law is pursued by over-zealous police officers masquerading as milkmen and postmen, framed for murder by a homicidal housewife, and built up by the media to sound like an infamous criminal mastermind. Every step he takes carries him further into a life of crime, and it looks like there's no way out for Gino, but when he teams up with a gutsy typist on the run from her own unfulfilling life, the two of them may find a way to turn the media attention to their advantage.

    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    7.1/10(135 votes)

    #18 - Eddie Monsoon - A Life?

    S2:E62/4/1984

    Relentless alcoholic, drug addict, and fame-obsessed TV personality Eddie Monsoon is the subject of a Channel 4 expose that looks back over his life and loves, while he lies bedridden in a rehab hospital.

    Director:Sandy Johnson

    Writer:Adrian Edmondson

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    Director:Sandy Johnson

    Writer:Adrian Edmondson
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    7.1/10(112 votes)

    #19 - 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
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    7.2/10(175 votes)

    #20 - Five Go Mad on Mescalin

    S2:E111/2/1983

    Child adventurers Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and their dog Timmy return to the countryside for the holidays, only to learn that Uncle Quentin, the well known scientist and homosexual, has escaped from prison. The children set out to unlock the mysteries of Love Island.

    Director:Bob Spiers

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
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    7.2/10(64 votes)

    #21 - 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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    7.3/10(73 votes)

    #22 - 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
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    7.4/10(116 votes)

    #23 - 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
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    7.6/10(183 votes)

    #24 - Dirty Movie

    S2:E21/7/1984

    A theater owner waits for the mail to deliver his dirty movie

    Director:Sandy Johnson

    Writers:Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall

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    Director:Sandy Johnson

    Writers:Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall
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    7.7/10(219 votes)

    #25 - South Atlantic Raiders (1)

    S4:E12/1/1990

    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

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens

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    Director:Peter Richardson

    Writers:Peter Richardson, Pete Richens