User Reviews

This is probably the most bizarre Comic Strip episode.It's very much like the insane dreams I have on a regular basis.Constantly changing locations and running from psychos who are trying to kill me.Despite being very strange, this is still one of the better episodes.The communists have invaded Britain and the main characters(Peacock and French) are on the run.After their house is blown up(and French is showered in eggs, meat and butter) they get separated and spend the rest of the episode searching for each other.For some reason Peacock has red marks painted on his face and then later he is given a bowler and it becomes clear that they have made him into a clone of the singer from The Addicts(who is a clone of the guy from A Clockwork Orange)(IMDb's lame spell check won't let me spell the band's name right).I don't know if that had some meaning behind it so to me it's just stupid.I always found it weird that after the first two episodes Danny Peacock didn't play a bigger role in the rest of the series.Anyway, great episode.Watch it.

A typically surreal episode of the series, featuring many of the regular Comic Strip performers blending in with the absurdist nature of the episode. Not quite all, however, Dawn French is conspicuous by appearing out of her depth in almost every scene. She goes from either hammy over-acting, to delivering her lines in a stilted, wooden fashion, out of sync with the rest of the cast.

Perhaps it is fitting that while the other members of Comic Strip continued their anarchic comedic careers, Dawn French's career zenith came entertaining the cozy Songs of Praise audience on a Sunday evening, playing a character whose usp was that she wasn't a man.

The Comic Strip parody war films. Well what else is war is good for.

Godfrey (Daniel Peacock) and Hermine (Dawn French) retreat to the country but get separated as a bunch of blind commandos invade their retreat.

Godfrey ends up with clueless General Irwin (Rik Mayall) and ends up playing Russian Roulette with some GIs.

Hermine finds interest from a Russian soldier who has the hots for her.

This is more anarchic and looser than Five Go Mad In Dorset. It is not quite as funny as the debut episode.

The Russian Roulette scene is obviously inspired by The Deer Hunter.

Mayall as General Irwin and Robbie Coltrane as Harry Kiri are the highlights.

This is one of the most important episodes for any self-respecting Young Ones fan to see. It hasn't exactly aged like a fine wine, but it still has much to recommend it.

Danny Peacock and Dawn French portray the central couple whilst Rik, Ade, Nigel, Peter, Jen & Robbie play a few characters each. Rik Mayall's General Irwin is a classically random character. There's a hilarious Russian Roulette scene with Edmondson, Planer, Saunders and Coltrane. Robbie also portrays a Japanese businessman, which is a sight to behold. When Rik spits in his face, I laughed so hard a bit of wee came out... of my nose.

Warning! Blind people should not be allowed to handle machine guns and grenades!