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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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