Bottom (1991)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two unemployed flatmates live in a messy London apartment and spend their time getting into ridiculous and violent situations. They dream of improving their lives but their idiocy always gets in the way.

chaoticloudcrudeviolentsillyabsurdnihilisticfast-paced

What happens

Bottom is a British sitcom created by comedic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson that ran for three series on BBC2 from 1991 to 1995. It focuses on Richard "Richie" Richard (Mayall) and Edward Elizabeth "Eddie" Hitler (Edmondson), two unemployed, crude flatmates living in Hammersmith, London, who aspire to better themselves. Bottom became known for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent slapstick comedy. In 2004, Bottom was ranked 45th in a BBC poll for Britain's Best Sitcom. Mayall and Edmondson had worked together since the mid-1970s, and developed Bottom as an extension of their own relationship and their on-screen characters in The Young Ones and Filthy Rich & Catflap, their earlier BBC sitcoms. In addition to the series, the pair completed five stage show tours between 1993 and 2003, and adapted the sitcom into a feature-length film, Guest House Paradiso, released in 1999. A proposed spin-off series featuring various Bottom characters, Hooligan's Island, was cancelled in 2013 before production. Mayall's death in the following year ended plans for a revival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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