The Comic Strip Presents (1982)

Name: The Comic Strip Presents
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders

Comedy

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (1,835 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1982)

6.90 avg 5 episodes 7.8 → 6.2 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Five Go Mad in Dorset	7.8	355
2	War	6.0	168
3	The Beat Generation	6.4	152
4	Bad News Tour	8.1	546
5	Summer School	6.2	149

Season 2 (1983)

7.04 avg 8 episodes 7.2 → 7.1 33 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Five Go Mad on Mescalin	7.2	175
2	Dirty Movie	7.6	183
3	Susie	6.2	133
4	A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques	8.1	288
5	Gino: Full Story and Pics	7.1	160
6	Eddie Monsoon, a Life	7.1	135
7	Slags	5.9	131
8	The Bullshitters	7.1	175

Season 4 (1988)

7.42 avg 6 episodes 7.7 → 6.6 52 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Strike	7.7	219
2	More Bad News	8.4	414
3	Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door	8.5	610
4	The Yob	6.8	157
5	Didn't You Kill My Brother?	6.5	108
6	Funseekers	6.6	85

Season 5 (1990)

6.90 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 6.9 31 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1	7.3	73
2	South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!	7.2	64
3	GLC: The Carnage Continues...	7.4	116
4	Oxford	6.3	69
5	Spaghetti Hoops	6.3	61
6	Les Dogs	6.9	94

Season 6 (1992)

6.47 avg 3 episodes 7.7 → 4.9 38 min avg

Declining

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Red Nose of Courage	7.7	88
2	The Crying Game	6.8	74
3	Wild Turkey	4.9	65

Season 7 (1993)

6.73 avg 6 episodes 7.7 → 6.2 32 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown	7.7	101
2	Space Virgins from Planet Sex	6.4	75
3	Queen of the Wild Frontier	5.7	57
4	Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase	7.6	81
5	Demonella	6.8	60
6	Jealousy	6.2	61

Season 8 (1998)

7.17 avg 3 episodes 8.1 → 5.9 35 min avg

Declining

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Four Men in a Car	8.1	190
2	Four Men in a Plane	7.5	120
3	Sex Actually	5.9	77

Season 9 (2011)

6.80 avg 3 episodes 6.8 → 6.9 60 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hunt for Tony Blair	6.8	215
2	Five Go to Rehab	6.7	84
3	Redtop	6.9	78