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Series One - 1982 (Channel 4)
Five Go Mad in Dorset
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 picnics aplenty and exposing
heinous crimes such as homosexuality.
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson as Dick
Peter Richardson as Julian
Dawn French as George
Jennifer Saunders as Anne
Written by:
Peter Richardson and Pete Richens
Directed by:
Bob Spiers
War
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 separated and
swept up in the chaos of a war torn nation.
Starring:
Robbie Coltrane
Adrian Edmondson
Dawn French
Rik Mayall
Nigel Planer
Peter Richardson
Jennifer Saunders
Written by:
Peter Richardson and Pete Richens
Directed by:
Bob Spiers
The Beat Generation
A group of Beatnik artists and poets convene for a weekend of
debauchery, destructive behaviour, and clever conversation at the
house of naïve young wannabe Desmond while his parents are out of
town.
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson as Desmond
Dawn French as Eleanor
Rik Mayall as Jeremy
Nigel Planer as Charles
Peter Richardson as Alan
Jennifer Saunders as Anne
Written by:
Peter Richardson and Pete Richens
Directed by:
Bob Spiers
Bad News Tour
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, gigs, and schoolgirls.
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson as Vim Fuego
Rik Mayall as Colin Grigson
Nigel Planer as Den Dennis
Peter Richardson as Spider Webb
Dawn French as Tracy
Jennifer Saunders as Sally
Written by:
Adrian Edmondson
Directed by:
Sandy Johnson
Summer School
Summer school students taking a course on the Iron Age construct a
primitive village in the centre of a university campus, where they must
learn to fend for themselves without modern conveniences.
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson as Peter
Jennifer Saunders as Liz
Rik Mayall as Tark
Nigel Planer as Julian
Dawn French as Ursula
Peter Richardson as Nick
Robbie Coltrane as Desmond
Written by:
Dawn French
Directed by:
Sandy Johnson
Back to normal with Eddie Monsoon
(An Evening with Eddie Monsoon) Unproduced
TV personality Eddie Monsoon shoots for the gutter as he hosts a variety and chat show that tackles topics like what hobbies homosexuals prefer, how to properly pick a fight in a pub at closing time, and embalming for beginners. Eddie performs a song about how 1983 will be an improvement over 1982, extolling the values of capital punishment in schools, labour camps, and enforcing the death penalty for elderly shoplifters, and he digs for dirt on celebrities like Elton John and Roger Moore in an interview with homosexual black actor Alan Pellay.
Starring:
Adrian Edmondson as Eddie Monsoon
Alan Pellay as Lionel Prescott
Written by:
Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson,
Pete Richens and Jennifer Saunders
Directed by:
Bob Spiers
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