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• 41 episodes (5 series)

Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4. Stars Adrian Edmondson , Rik Mayall , Nigel Planer , Peter Richardson , Jennifer Saunders and more .

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Bad News is a spoof heavy metal rockband

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Bad News made their television debut during 1983, in the first series of The Comic Strip Presents... (written by Edmondson, and produced by Michael White/Comic Strip Productions). The episode, Bad News Tour , took the form of a satirical fly-on-the-wall rockumentary, in which the incompetent band is followed travelling to a gig in Grantham by an almost equally inept documentary film crew. Coincidentally, it was in production at the same time as This Is Spinal Tap , which was released the following year to a much wider audience and subsequently greater acclaim.

Perhaps their most memorable appearance was when they were invited to play at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. This performance was the centre piece of a second follow up Comic Strip episode, More Bad News broadcast again by Channel 4 in 1988.

A feature of the band's onstage antics that day, omitted from the final cut, was an interesting method of coping with the crowd's plastic (and often urine-filled) bottle barrage, which was then a traditional (if somewhat awkward) welcome for bands playing at the Donington festival in those days. Before the performance began proper, the band spent time just running around on stage dodging missiles, with Mayall using his guitar as a bat in an attempt to return some.

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Bad News Tour

Fifth-rate heavy metal band Bad News is the subject of a rock documentary. Band members Vim Fuego, Den Dennis, Colin Grigson, and Spider Webb take to the road in search of lager, gigs, and schoolgirls.

• Originally Aired January 24, 1983
• Runtime 30 minutes
• Network Channel 4
• Created May 24, 2015 by Administrator admin
• Modified May 24, 2015 by Administrator admin

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A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip Featuring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Bad News tour (1983) In this Spinal Tap-esque rockumentary, fifth rate heavy metal band Bad News set out on their biggest tour to date. But for band members Vim Fuego, Den Dennis, Colin Grigson and Spider Webb, a day on the road is all about scoring lager, gigs and school girls. More Bad News (1988) Five years later after a less than amicable break-up, the band reunites after being offered a record deal and a gig at the prestigious Castle Donnington Festival. with Appearances by: Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Elliot & Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Lemmy Kilmster & Phil Philthy Animal Taylor (Motorhead),and Rudy Schenker (Scorpions)

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• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25832909
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 21 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2016
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Peter Richardson
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009DA73VC
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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