Summer School (The Comic Strip Presents . . . )
Date: 1983
Director: Sandy Johnson
Production Company: Michael White, Comic Strip, Channel 4 Television Corporation
Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Rik Mayall, Lois Baxter, Gerard Ryder, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, Peter Richardson, Rupert Frazer, Martin Potter, Elaine Ashley, Robbie Coltrane, Megumi Shimanuki
Location(s): London
Region(s): London R-S
Storyline:
A collection of suburbanites arrive at a university summer school for an experiment to simulate life in an Iron Age village.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
A television film from ‘The Comic Strip Presents . . . ‘ series.
Series 1, episode 5.
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- Capture 1
- 30 Nov 2025
Liz and Peter's 2CV turns into the driveway of the university where they're enrolling for 'Summer School'. Facing properties on Cleveland Road from the grounds of Brunel University in Uxbridge, Greater London.
A better reflection by Antony Blair.
- Capture 2
- 30 Nov 2025
As they pass through the gates, Peter (Adrian Edmondson) stands up through the sun roof while his wife Liz (Jennifer Saunders) peers through the drivers side window. The entrance to Brunel University with Cleveland Road crossing the background.
Antony Blair entered the entrance for this shot which shows a new background building.
- Capture 3
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The pair follow the sign. Brunel University in Uxbridge.
- Capture 4
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That evening, after getting dressed and socialising, Jake and Beth Forrester (Gerard Ryder and Lois Baxter) follow Desmond (Robbie Coltrane), Tarquin (Rik Mayall), Peter, Liz, Ursula (Dawn French) and Simon (Rupert Frazer) to the mock Iron Age village.
- Capture 5
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The first one to wake up, Tarquin rushes out of a hut to tell the Students walking through the village to shut up and bugger off. Brunel University, facing the Lecture Centre.
- Capture 6
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Armed with spears, Tarquin and Tarzan (Martin Potter) attempt to catch fish from a stream. The footbridge over the River Pinn at Brunel University in Uxbridge.
- Capture 7
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Nearby, Nick (Peter Richardson) attempts to chat up Jane (Elaine Ashley).
- Capture 8
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A Student walks through the village before being set upon by Tarquin who clubs him to the ground and drags him into a hut. Other views of Brunel University can also seen in 'Me Without You' and 'A Clockwork Orange'.
- Capture 9
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As Jake becomes ill and rolls around in agony inside his hut, Tarquin takes his spear and scouts for food in the university buildings. The Quad at Brunel University.
- Capture 10
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Carrying rabbits, Ursula and Tarquin run back to the village after pillaging the Animal Husbandry department.
- Capture 11
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Julian (Nigel Planer) looks around the ruins of the huts after the pyre that the deceased Jake was burned on got out of control and destroyed the village. The Quad at Brunel University on Kingston Lane in Uxbridge, Greater London, since 2024 Benjamin Zephaniah Square, named for the late poet, playwright, author, actor and Professor.