The Comic Strip Presents...: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Comic Strip Presents... began airing on the launch night of Channel 4 in November 1982. The show aired a number of episodes and one-off satirical comedy specials over a number of years, including a move to BBC2 in the early 1990s. Since 2012, GOLD has begun airing brand new one-off episodes of the show with some of the original cast members. The cast who originally appeared in the show include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, many of the cast members comedy careers launched due to the series popularity.

Series details

• Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1981-04-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-01-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&GOLD
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 74 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 11094
• TVDB ID: 76387

Cast and credited roles

• Rik Mayall — Various
• Nigel Planer — Various
• Keith Allen — Various
• Jennifer Saunders — Various
• Dawn French — Various
• Daniel Peacock — Various
• Robbie Coltrane — Various
• Adrian Edmondson — Various
• Peter Richardson — Various
• Peter Richardson — Bob Harris
• Nigel Planer — Rupert Murdoch

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-04-11; final listed air date 1983-01-31; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 1983-11-02; final listed air date 1987-10-23; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1988-02-20; final listed air date 1988-03-26; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 1990-02-01; final listed air date 1992-12-24; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1993-04-22; final listed air date 2016-01-20; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Comic Strip Presents... on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.