- Title: Comic Strip
- Date: 28th December 2005
- Summary: (Sex Actually) A young glamorous couple decide to move to a quiet cul-de-sac in suburban haven Berkshire. Angie is a flirtatious gold digger who enjoys taking photos of herself and Luccio is her mysterious friend from Columbia who she met at a party. The couple soon discover the previous occupants of the house suffered a mysterious death involving a waterbed and all the neighbours seems to avoid the subject whenever it is brought up. Business woman Diana is madly in love with her conceptual artist husband Bilbo,Roy the geeky estate agent is married to shy Jane and Carol and Charles spend most of their time arguing and throwing drinks in each other's faces. It becomes clear that the neighbours are all involved in a wife-swapping circle and want the new couple to get involved. Whilst Angie sees an opportunity to make money Luccio is more suspicious and ends up rounding them all up and revealing that he is in fact a Columbian inspector investigating the murder of the previous occupants. The murderer turns out to be Angie but the neighbours all forgive her for it and Luccio leaves in disgust at the lack of morals of the British people.
- Description:Comic Strip is a series of self contained TV films starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends including Dawn French,Jennifer Saunders,Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall. The Comic Strip was aired on Channel 4's first night and served to bring about fresh,modern and often controversial comedy. Directed by: Peter Richardson Written by: Pete Richens and Peter Richardson Starring: Robert Bathurst (Charles),Phil Cornwell (Roy),Rebecca Front (Carol),Tamer Hassan (Luccio),Doon Mackichan (Diana),Rik Mayall (Bilbo),Nigel Planer (Graham),Glenna Scacchi Morrison (Jane),Sheridan Smith (Angie),Steven O'Donnell (Brian)
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Great Western Features Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:28/12/2005
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s