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The Comic Strip

The Comic Strip are a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents..., which was labelled as a pioneering example of the alternative comedy scene. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson and Jennifer Saunders, with…

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Notable work
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982–2000, 2005–2016)
Genre
Alternative comedy
Members
Adrian Edmondson · Dawn French · Rik Mayall · Nigel Planer · Peter Richardson
Years active
1980–2016

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The Comic Strip

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples125
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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The Comic Strip

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related to history · 27
The Comic Strip → Adrian Edmondson, Alexei Sayle, Arnold Brown, Australia, Century Coyote, Comedy Store, Comic Strip, Concurrently Richardson, French, He, Jack Nicholson, London, Michael White, Nigel Planer, October, Peter Richardson, Raymond Revuebar, Revuebar's Boulevard Theatre, Richardson, Rik Mayall
related to Return to Channel 4 · 26
The Comic Strip → After, Car, Channel, Churchill, Crisps, Four Men, In, It, Lager, Layer Cake, Love Actually, Mayall's, Packet, Permission, Peter Richardson, Plane, Rik Mayall, Sex Actually, Sheridan Smith, Stella Street
related to The Comic Strip Presents... · 18
The Comic Strip → Channel, Dorset, Each, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Farfisa, Five Go Mad, Have, In, It, November, Pete Richens, Peter Richardson, Quando, Shaftesbury, The, The Comic Strip Presents, Wiltshire
Members · 7
The Comic Strip → Adrian Edmondson, Alexei Sayle, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall
related to Episodes · 7
The Comic Strip → BBC2, Channel, Since, The, The Comic Strip Presents, There, Two
related to External links · 6
The Comic Strip → BBC Comedy Guide, British Film Institute Screen, Comic Strip, IMDb Article, OnlineThe Comic Strip Presents, The Comic Strip Presents
Genre · 1
The Comic Strip → Alternative comedy
Notable work · 1
The Comic Strip → The Comic Strip Presents... (1982–2000, 2005–2016)
Years active · 1
The Comic Strip → 1980–2016

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comic strip richardson series channel episodes peter presents episode first mayall broadcast television edmondson planer sayle documentary films comedy rik

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Comic StripGenreAlternative comedy1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersAdrian Edmondson1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersDawn French1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersRik Mayall1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersNigel Planer1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersPeter Richardson1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersJennifer Saunders1.00infobox
The Comic StripMembersAlexei Sayle1.00infobox
The Comic StripNotable workThe Comic Strip Presents... (1982–2000, 2005–2016)1.00infobox
The Comic StripYears active1980–20161.00infobox
Jack Nicholsoninstance ofactors0.80text
Robin Williams turned up to watchinstance ofactors0.80text

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