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The Comic Strip Presents Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 1982 - 1983
Episode 1
Five Go Mad in Dorset
30 mins
In the 1950s, four children--Anne, described as a "proper little housewife", rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy, and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal--go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection, plus their snobbery and xenophobia, gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested.
Episode 2
War
27 mins
1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill each other, they get separated.
Episode 3
The Beat Generation
31 mins
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumped by his girlfriend Jeremy is anxious to be part of their circle until two girls from the outside world and a wild party open his eyes to what really matters.
Episode 4
Bad News Tour
32 mins
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where they argue about the cost of sausage and chips.
Episode 5
Summer School
30 mins
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.
