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The Comic Strip Presents...: Season 1

5 episodes Premiered Nov 2, 1982 Updated Jul 20, 2026

Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Five Go Mad in Dorset

Nov 2, 1982 · 30 min

Julian, Dick, George, and Anne are four children with a taste for adventure, as well as for lashings of ginger beer. They set out on a bicycle ride through the country, having picn

S1·E2 Core

War

Jan 3, 1983 · 30 min

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

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The Beat Generation

Jan 17, 1983 · 30 min

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 parent

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Bad News Tour

Jan 24, 1983 · 30 min

Fifth-rate heavy metal band Bad News is the subject of a rock documentary. Band members Vim Fuego, Den Dennis, Colin Grigson, and Spider Webb take to the road in search of lager,

S1·E5 Mytharc

Summer School

Jan 31, 1983 · 30 min

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 mode