The Strike (S3E1): Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting left-wing screenplay about the 1984 miners' strike. It is accepted by a Hollywood film company but gets turned into a distorted action thriller film in which Arthur Scargill is portrayed by Al Pacino.
It features Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle, Dawn French, Nigel Planer, Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Keith Allen, Rik Mayall, and Ronald Allen.
The Comic Strip Presents is a British anthology series of television comedy films, which began airing in 1982. They are noted for a high sense of parody of previous films, literature, and generally everyone who is anyone.