Now you can enjoy all 39 episodes with the comic strip presents complete collection dvda ninedisc box set totalling over 26 hours and bursting with an array of fabulous, previously unseen extras. Red top starts wednesday 20th january from 10pm on gold. Wt will be the second outing of the comic strip on gold, following the 30th anniversary special the comic strip presents. Comic strip presents, the complete collection comedy. This is the complete set including a disc with a very entertaining insight into the founding of the team and its creators. A series of self contained television movies starring performers from londons comic strip comedy club and their friends.
Red top behind the scenes the comic strip presents. A series of 39 short british tv comedy films, mostly produced in the 1980s and early 1990s but. Main redirect to a work page nombretomado creating red links in 0. Oct 25, 2018 the script was published in the book the comic strip presents. Some songs appear on several of the bands releases, e. With the same adeptly executed comedy performances and smart scripting from edmondson it along with. The only shame is that the comic strip presents is not on the bbc or channel 4, and so was harder to find. Popular videos the comic strip the comic strip topic. Peter richardson born 15 october 1951 is an english director, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. Rebekah brooks, an innocent northern girl accidentally becomes chief executive of news international and gets caught up in a 70s watergate style conspiracy. Made up of regular members are rik mayall, adrian edmondson, dawn french, nigel planer, peter richardson and jennifer saunders but throughout the series there are semiregular contributions from the likes of alexei sayle, keith allen, robbie coltrane, harry enfield and a few others and was put.
The comic strip presents complete collection dvd zavvi. The comic strip presents watch full episodes and clips. The comic strip is a series of one off or two off half hour comedy specials, taking the absolute tinkle out of everything that was fair game in the eighties, including the famous five, a rockumentry of a fictitious heavy metal band, university students and so on. Jan 20, 2016 there was a lovely moment in the comic strip presents red top gold, a film about the phone hacking scandal, when david cameron dominic tighe noticed a hole in his sock as he waited to meet. The comic strip presents redtop tv movie 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The comic strip presents first hit the air in november of 1982 on the uks channel four. There was a lovely moment in the comic strip presents red top gold, a film about the phone hacking scandal, when david cameron dominic tighe noticed a. The comic strip is an american animated series that features four rotating cartoon segments. The comic strip presents red top promotional pictures the. Introduction to the comic strip presents youtube channel duration.
Maxine peake and russell tovey to star in comic strips phone. Cashing in on christmas dub appears on both bootleg and the third version of the bands selftitled debut album. Eat the rich is there now technically a film but it is by channel 4 who are a tv company who dabble in the big screen. Seems, though, that i had missed out on quite a bit. A ninedisc region 2 dvd set, the comic strip presents.
The comic strip team return with red top and an all star cast in an outrageous new special. It was this season that saw what was, perhaps, the best comic strip film of all. Tv series written by 23 episodes, 1982 2012 screenplay 1 episode, 2011. Ages ago, mtv used to air the comic strip presents along with the young ones on weekend nights. Bad news tour the first comic strip television special songs. Now, the first 37 episodes of the comic strip presents and one of the film spinoffs. The comic strip presents s00e10 first laugh on four part 1 documentary. Maxine peake, russell tovey, johnny vegas and stephen mangan join the comic strip cast in this send up of the phone hacking scandal.
Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. Jan 21, 2016 the only shame is that the comic strip presents is not on the bbc or channel 4, and so was harder to find. Though their biggest draw was punkera alternative comedians such as alexei sayle, adrian edmonson, rik mayall and keith allen, the comic strip club was the brainchild of prolific comedy writer and performer peter richardson. Jennifer jane saunders born 6 july 1958 is an english comedian, screenwriter, singer and actress. With this in mind, there are obviously a few misses among the 39 films, but thats. Comic strip presents not quite all, missing some of the later ones collection. They grew out of the london comedy club scene and started developing a series of films which parodied films, literature and popular culture. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. Watch the trailer for the brand new comic strip film red top, coming to gold. I can only recall ever seeing what is covered on just the first two discs of this nine disc collection.
Made up of regular members are rik mayall, adrian edmondson, dawn french, nigel planer, peter richardson and jennifer saunders but throughout the series there are semiregular contributions from the likes of alexei sayle, keith allen, robbie coltrane, harry. The comic strip presents functions much like a sketch comedy series except that each standalone sketch is in fact the length of an entire film with films as short as a half hour and as long as the comic strip s sole featurelength effort, the supergrass. The film brings together a roll call of universally treasured. Watch full length episodes, video clips, highlights and more. And thats pretty much the excuse for every scene in this odd fantasy, which proves one of the more on form episodes in the comic strip s long, if sometimes variable, catalogue. The sweeney meets boogie nights as fact and fiction collide in this satirical take on the phone hacking scandal that brought down one of britains biggest tabloid newspapers. The film brings together a roll call of universally treasured british comedy greats, alongside exciting new comic talent. In this nonetoosubtle parody of the film the silence. Bad newsmore bad news the two comic strip presents episodes 1992. Jan 21, 2016 meet the star of brand new fantasy comedy comic strip presents. The complete collection is an undeniably essential dvd box set for the undiscriminating comedy fan featuring eight discs of topical and imaginative british wit and a. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The first episode was five go mad in dorset, a parody of the famous five.
The comic strip presents 04 bad news tour dailymotion. This time the backdrop is the funkdisco fever of the seventies with the sweeneys dna getting down with kc and the. The comic strip presents special red nose of courage by chu adamczyk. Three subsequent episodes sex actually, the hunt for tony blair, and five go mad in rehab have been made, and are available on r2 dvd the best of the comic strip. The best moments of the comic strip presents radio times. Tv tonight comic strip presents red top glamour uk. I really love this film for me tho it holds a lot of memories as i was in this film. Our story begins when an innocent northern girl accidentally becomes chief executive of news international and gets caught up in a 70s watergate style conspiracy. The comic strip started out as an edgy comedy club in londons red light district. Subscribe to uktv for more clips from gold and our network of channels including dave, watch and really.
She has won three baftas including the bafta fellowship, a british comedy award, a rose dor light entertainment festival award, two writers guild of great britain awards, and a peoples choice award. The comic strip presents redtop red top 2016 maxine peake. The comic strip presents redtop tv movie 2016 imdb. That set also boasts even more edits, to episodes such as more bad news and four men in a car. The best moments of the comic strip presents as gold gives a longawaited reshowing of the 2011 comic strip gem the hunt for tony blair on saturday, we give our guide to the best the troupe has. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Five go to rehab in 2012, three decades on from the groups debut five go mad in dorset in 1982. Jolly lives next door which he cowrote and starred alongside with mayall and. They are known for their television series the comic strip presents. Find the comic strip presents complete series 9dvd box set nonusa format, pal, reg. See more the comic strip presents redtop red top 2016 m. Between 1982 and 1993 five series were produced, as well as four specials and three feature films. The comic strip presents redtop 52min comedy tv movie 20 january 2016 the sweeney meets boogie nights as fact and fiction collide in this satirical take on the phone hacking scandal that brought down one of britains biggest tabloid newspapers. Jul 30, 2016 live nation presents p diddys bad boy family reunion tour chicago download comic book.
Uktv have today released promotional pictures for the new comic strip presents episode. The phone hacking scandal of the 2010s transported back to the 1970s in this satire. Harry enfield behind the scenes of comic strip presents. Buy comic strip presents, the complete collection adrian edmondson, dawn french, jennifer saunders, keith allen, rik mayall, comedy, dvd online now at the australian based sanity movie store. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Outrageous and hilarious films from the comic strip team. The comic strip presents redtop tv movie 2016 full cast. More bad news marks one of the finer works of the comic strip presents fairly long run. Take a look at how the comic strip team put together another incredible film, as we go behind the scenes of red top. Mehhhh, its got the comic strip name and a couple of the usual faces are present but it still feels like a carry on film without any of the regularscomic strip to me. The comic strip presents 09 a fistful of travellers cheques.
The 90minute series ran in firstrun syndication during the 1987 season. A 50sstyle fugitive film noir spoof, penned by peter richardson and pete richens, follows tony blair, wanted for murder and on the run. In comic strip s typically surreal style, theyve transported the story and set it in a parallel, retro, boogie nights universe complete with disco soundtrack with the events played out as a 70s watergate style conspiracy the 75minute spoof might be all about the lols, but it comprehensively covers each revelation of the sorry saga, from the guardians expose to the eventual arrests of. The comic strip presents red top dvd for sale online ebay. Eddie monsoon, a life showcases his prowess as a writer and the. The comic strip gang used to be the epitome of alternative comedy, with such names as rik mayall, french and saunders, robbie coltrane, and nigel planer. Live nation presents p diddys bad boy family reunion tour chicago download comic book. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series the young ones 19821984 and bottom 19912003, which he also wrote together with his longtime comedy partner rik mayall. The film brings together a roll call of universally treasured british comedy greats, alongside exciting new comic.
Vsechny informace o produktu film comic strip presents. A description of tropes appearing in comic strip presents. Since 1998, six more specials were produced as well as one feature film. This agatha christie style mystery deepens when they realise that their friendly neighbours are part of a furtive wife swapping circle. The comic strip team of rik mayall, dawn french, ade edmondson, jennifer saunders and many others were at the cutting edge of anarchic comedy and set the boundaries for many up and coming stars.
The complete collection dvd at the best online prices at ebay. Jan 20, 2016 and thats pretty much the excuse for every scene in this odd fantasy, which proves one of the more on form episodes in the comic strips long, if sometimes variable, catalogue. Bad news tour the first comic strip television special songs edit some songs appear on several of the bands releases, e. The comic strip presents red top new region 2 uk at the best online prices at ebay. With peter richardson, adrian edmondson, jennifer saunders, nigel planer. The comic strip presents s00e07 red nose of courage. From the moment the first film five go mad in dorset. The groundshaking impact of the comic strips anarchic humour rattled the televisions of 1980s britain, and when the smoke cleared they left a gaping crater that lesser comics are still falling into today. Each episode was prefixed by an animated leadin consisting of the words the comic strip presents accompanied by a soundtrack consisting of a drum machine and a farfisa organ rendition of quando quando quando, together with a bomb labelled have a nice day, falling towards a map.
Jan 20, 2016 the comic strips last spoof, the hunt for tony blair, was set in the 1960s. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight. Richardson founded the comic strip troupe of performers, which showcased his double act with nigel planer and launched the careers of french and saunders, rik mayall and adrian edmondson, and alexei sayle. C4 19821988 bbc2 19901993 c4 19982000 running times are given in the production code field for episodes longer than 35 minutes. The comic strip is a group of british comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.
The comic strip presents 1x01 five go mad in dorset. Comic strip presents not quite all, missing some of the. This was the last tv series produced by rankinbass productions, and distributed by lorimartelepictures. Oct 10, 2007 and so the comic strip presents was born. Just as in strike richens and richardson took up the idea of hollywood stars. The minimonsters, street frogs, karate kat and tigersharks.