Bottom: Series 2

BBC Home Video (1992)

Comedy
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Plot

Richard Richard & Edward Elizabeth Hitler, two men with no hope of fitting in with society. Two men who will forever fall foul of lifes little jokes, mainly because they are too stupid to avoid them! Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall take an anarchic look into the lives of these two friends who are forever threatening, and commiting, violence on each other. This series could be said to be a follow up, of a kind, to The Young Ones. Same stars and same attitude but the young ones are now heading into middle age. A succesful series that spawned three live tours [and three videos of these shows] and a big screen film, Guest House Paradiso. Although the film was not released as such it is advertised as a Bottom film on the video release.

Cast

Rik Mayall Richard Richard
Adrian Edmondson Eddie
Christopher Ryan Dave Hedgehog
Steve O'Donnell Spud Gun

Crew

Director
Bob Spiers
Ed Bye
Producer Ed Bye
Writer Adrian Edmondson , Rik Mayall

Episodes

Disc 01

1
Digger
30 mins  01/10/1992
Eddie and Richie join Mrs. Lineker's Love Bureau hoping to find their perfect women. Richies video tells the viewers that he is, in fact, a Duke and this gets him a date with a countess from Moldavia. He invites her to his place and arranges for Eddie to pretend to be his butler for the evening.

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

2
Culture
30 mins  08/10/1992
A burglar breaks into Richie and Eddies place and manages to get caught by them. Once they have him tied up they have to decide what to do with him and the loot he has stolen from other houses.

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

3
Burglary
30 mins  15/10/1992
The boys' television has been repossessed and they are at a complete loss, they cannot find anything to keep them occupied, they have tried to do the crossword. Richie decides to challenge Eddie to a game of chess, even though they don't have all the pieces in their set! They decide to improvise and use various odd items to replace the missing pieces.

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

4
Parade
30 mins  22/10/1992
Richie and Eddie are taken to the Police station to take part in an identity parade and find themselves in an argument with a Falklands war veteran over their participation in the war.

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

5
Holy
30 mins  29/10/1992
Eddie and Richie celebrate Christmas by inviting Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog around for Christmas dinner and a day of fun and games. After a knock at the door Richie finds a baby left on their doorstep. Due to a few misperceptions Richie believes the baby is the Second Coming of Jesus.

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

6
Bottom's Out
30 mins  10/04/1995
After losing a bet, Richie and Eddie are forced to spend a week camping in Wimbledon Common, and the only supplies they have are a tin opener and a packet of chocolate Hob-Nobs. However, their food problems may soon be solved, as Eddie plans on eating a Womble!

Director:  Ed Bye 

Writer:  Rik Mayall  / Adrian Edmondson 

Edition Details

Series Bottom
Release Date 30/08/2004
Packaging Keep Case
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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