Keith Allen (actor) films in the series "The Comic Strip Presents..." on Channel 4 in the 1980s after becoming one of the breakthrough acts of the Comedy Store in 1979. Notable episodes featuring Allen include "" (a parody of "The Professionals"), and "The Yob" (a parody of "The Fly"), which he also co-wrote. Allen has done both straight and comedy acting. In 1985 The Comic Strip hit the big screen with "The Supergrass" starring Allen, Adrian Edmondson, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Robbie Coltrane, directed by Comic Strip actor Peter Richardson. During the brief period of British Satellite Broadcasting as an alternative satellite
Robbie Coltrane scenes. Coltrane has also presented a number of documentary programmes for the British ITV network based around his twin passions for travel and transportation. "Coltrane in a Cadillac" (1993) saw him cross North America from Los Angeles to New York behind the wheel of a 1951 Cadillac Series 62 coupe convertible, a journey of which he completed in 32 days. In 1997, Coltrane appeared in a series of six programmes under the title "Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles," in which he extolled the virtues of the steam engine, the diesel engine, the supercharger, the V8 engine, the two-stroke engine, and the