The Comic Strip Presents...
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / BBC Two / U&Gold
- 1982 - 2016
- 41 episodes (5 series)
Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4. Stars Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and more.
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Series 4, Episode 5 - Spaghetti Hoops
Based on true events of Italian bank embezzlements and mafia ties, Nigel Planer plays the part of the light-fingered bank manager who disappears with $200million of his employers' money, and is then hotly persued by a pair of incompetent mafia hitmen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 1st March 1990
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Nigel Planer | Aldo Vini |
| Tim McInnerny | Mig |
| Alexei Sayle | Mog |
| Dawn French | Francesca |
| Jennifer Saunders | Maria |
| Peter Richardson | Waiter |
| Peter Richardson | Shopkeeper |
| Keith Allen | Mason |
| Keith Allen | Gondolier |
| Steven O'Donnell (as Steve O'Donnell) | Bertoli |
| Nosher Powell | Corelli |
| Jimmy Fagg | Newsvendor |
| Stephanie Ansell | Ladykiller |
| Peter Richardson | Writer |
| Pete Richens (as Peter Richens) | Writer |
| Peter Richardson | Director |
| Pete Richens | Associate Director |
| Lolli Kimpton | Producer |
| Michael White | Executive Producer |
| Peter Delfgou | Editor |
| Beverley D'Souza | Editor |
| John Delfgou | Editor |
| Marcus Rowland | Production Designer |