Peter Richardson
Date of birth: 1951-10-15
Place of birth: Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Richardson (born 15 October 1951) is an English actor, comedian, director, and writer, best known for The Comic Strip Presents... television series. He is also a long time comedy partner with Nigel Planer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Richardson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984-01-21
Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out
Carry On Columbus
1992-10-02
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the Kin
The Supergrass
1985-11-08
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so
The Yob
1988-03-12
An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patr
Les Dogs
1990-08-03
Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. Du
Demonella
1993-05-20
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984-11-03
Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men
Summer School
1983-01-31
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. Ho
Funseekers
1988-03-26
Tourists arrive in Ibiza for the 'funseekers' package holiday. Jamie is upset when the annoying Tony
Jealousy
1993-05-27
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife J
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982-11-02
In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George
Four Men in a Car
1998-04-12
Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is gu
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984-02-04
Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for T
Four Men in a Plane
2000-01-04
Salesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan
The Beat Generation
1983-01-17
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a col
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983-11-02
On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Unc
Dirty Movie
1984-01-07
Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at
Susie
1984-01-14
In rural England, school teacher Susie Darling is planning to leave her boring husband Martin for lu
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984-01-28
A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of pro
Slags
1984-02-11
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their ga
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986-01-01
Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much
Private Enterprise
1986-01-02
Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990-02-08
Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue m
Oxford
1990-02-22
When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a com
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990-02-08
In the conclusion of this special two-part story, Stan has somehow managed to make it to the Falklan
The Crying Game
1992-05-05
Roy Brush has aspirations to be a great footballer and this seems likely when he scores for England
Spaghetti Hoops
1990-03-01
In a monochrome city that is shamelessly London although everybody acts as if it is Rome, banker Ald
Red Nose of Courage
1992-04-09
A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks la
Wild Turkey
1992-12-24
Jed, a New York cop, brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue. Unfortunate
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
1993-04-22
When the lead star of 'The Gourmet Detective' mystery show is mysteriously bumped off. A bunch of va
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993-05-06
Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and t
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993-05-13
Governor Wilkins brings rookie cop Lucille Bromley to see the imprisoned cannibal Dr Genghis in orde
Five Go to Rehab
2012-11-07
The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famou
Sex Actually
2005-12-28
Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a respectable part of Berkshire, learning that R
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011-10-15
The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film,
Red Top
2016-01-20
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012-11-03
In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retro
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005-07-04
A look back at the comedy series The Comic Strip Presents
War
1983-01-03
1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and God
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988-03-05
A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer - Mr.
Eat the Rich
1987-10-23
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to dea
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011-10-15
The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film,
The Comic Strip
1981-01-01
A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which
The Strike
1988-02-20
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners'
Bad News
1983-01-24
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up
More Bad News
1988-02-27
Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993-04-29
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperat
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1993-11-13
A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the
The Pope Must Die
1991-06-21
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff,
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990-02-05
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988-03-19
Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a
Completely Bad News
2019-11-29
A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023-06-23
Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip.