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A semi-documentary in which Jennifer searches for her sister Dawn, who has run away from a Salvation Army shelter to join The Comic Strip in search of fame. Features sketches by Alexei Sayle, The Outer Limits, and The Dangerous Brothers.

A parody of Enid Blyton's Famous Five books. The Famous Five report foreigners to the police, scold rude people, and investigate an old ruin.

The year is 1985. Britain has been invaded by communists. Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away, but are separated.

August 1960. A bunch of weird beat poets assemble in a great villa by the sea to party like there is no tomorrow.

The heavy metal band "Bad News" goes on a small tour, only to fail miserably in the end.

A small band of suburbanites are to simulate life in an Iron Age village - in the middle of a modern university campus.

A sequel to "Five Go Mad in Dorset", loosely based on Five on Finniston Farm.

Postman Bean wants to see The Sound of Muzak at his local cinema. Cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film. Bean's wife Monica, is the star.

School teacher Susie Darling is continually having affairs behind her husband's back. One day she meets romantic former pop star Garry Dreadful, who has moved to the village to start a traditional farm.

Two students arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western. In the meantime, two Australian girls encounter a scruffy hitch-hicker and a dangerous matador.

A hoodlum is turned in to a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.

A documentary about the life of the violent drunken entertainer Eddie Monsoon.

Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison. Their gang the Slags have disbanded due to rival gang, the Hawaiians.

A parody of The Professionals. When Commander Jackson, head of DI5, hears that his daughter Janie has been kidnapped and held for ransom, he has to call in ex-agents Bonehead and Foyle to save her.

After returning from a holiday in the West Country, Dennis Carter tries to impress a girl by untruthfully boasting of being a drug smuggler. He is overheard by the police, who persuade him to become a supergrass and inform on his associates. The more Dennis lies, the bigger the dangers get.

A parody of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Newlywed Jessica is tormented by an evil Spanish maid, Consuela.

Small time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by newly disbanded group Toy Department. He takes it to a promoter who turns it into a chart hit. Complications arise when Brian wants a live tour.

Long-suffering waiter Alex creates a high-end cannibalistic restaurant called Eat the Rich.

A Hollywood studio turns the story of the failed British Miner's Strike of 1984-85 into a romantic thriller starring Al Pacino.

The members of "Bad News" reunite, this time with a record label behind them. They still fail miserably.

A couple of bored escorts find themselves involved with a hit-gang and an ax-murderer - Mr. Jolly.

Parody of The Fly (1986). A football hooligan and an avant-garde film director change personalities.

Carl Moss leaves jail a model prisoner, and gets community work teaching youngsters how to lead law-abiding lives. This displeases his brother Sterling, as he needs the young delinquents for his bicycle stealing ring.

Tourists arrive in Ibiza for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Jamie is upset when the annoying Tony moves into his room. He gets his revenge when he discovers that Tony is too old to be part of the Club 18-30 clientele.

Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue mission when a dictator invades the Falklands.

Stan has managed to make it to the Falklands, which have been taken over by the Argentinians. He is tied to a stake alongside Frances and are sentenced to death by dictator, General Galtieri. Stan recounts how he and his Raiders managed to make it all the way to the islands.

Ken Livingstone, played by Charles Bronson, elected leader of the G.L.C., must prevent the evil Tories from flooding London in order to turn it into a yacht club.

When an American comedian arrives in Oxford to make a film, his girlfriend Caroline goes behind his back to enroll in a poetry course. Meanwhile, Hannah Van Hosenstratt comes from New Orleans for the course and is tricked into believing she has a place by the dean, but the professor has other ideas.

In a monochrome city, banker Aldo Vini is on the run from Mafia boss Corelli, from whom he has embezzled two million. Corelli hires Mig and Mog, two inept hitmen to go after Vini, but when they catch up with him, they have no idea what to do.

During a wedding reception, the families of the couple exchange insults and a gun battle ensues. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with the bride.

A priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.

John Majer is useless as the circus clown, so he gets into politics. A few weeks later he becomes the Prime Minister. He still has to attend to his job as Coco the Clown. He falls in love with the leader of the opposition party, who falls in love with Coco the Clown.

The British tabloids are falling over themselves to report on the footballer Roy Brush after he scores for England in the European Cup Final, and saves a child's life. However, Brush has a deep secret - he is gay.

The title is a reference to the movie The Crying Game, which starred Miranda Richardson, who also appeared in a few Comic Strip Presents... episodes.

A New York cop brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue. Unfortunately they make a dramatic discovery - the turkey is not dead.

The star of 'The Gourmet Detective' is mysteriously murdered. Various detectives from 70's television shows team up with a television detective of the 90's to solve the crime.

A group of sexy female aliens travel to Earth in order to enslave men to impregnate them. Only the non-feminist agent James Blond can save the day.

Two convicts escape their prison van, and end up at a remote farmhouse belonging to the sex-starved sisters Finoa and Susie.

A parody of The Silence of the Lambs.

A music composer makes a deal with the devil. She produces a smash hit for him, and he gives her his mother's recipe for Chicken Soup.

John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory. He is convinced she is having an affair behind his back.

Four salesmen travel to Swindon for a potential promotion. On the way, everything goes wrong.

The four salesmen are in North Africa for another conference. They decide to hire a private plane, only to be stranded in the desert.

A Hollywood studio tells the story of Winston Churchill in a completely new way.

Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a house in Berkshire, learning that Ron and Helen, the previous owners of their house, died mysteriously. They suspect their neighbours, who are all sex-addicts.

The police are coming to arrest prime minister Tony Blair for murder. This is because he allowed himself to be abducted by a thug called George Bush and collude in murdering a bunch of Afghans.

The Famous Five are reunited on Dick's birthday in leafy Dorset after 30 years.

A satirical take on the phone hacking scandal that brought down one of Britain's biggest tabloid newspapers - The News Of The World.