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- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1991 - 1995
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler are a pair of disgusting, anti-social and regularly violent losers who share a grubby flat in Hammersmith. Stars Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.
- Series 2, Episode 4 repeated Wednesday at 10:55pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 514
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1991 - 1995
- Channel
- BBC 2
- Episodes
- 18 (3 series)
- Stars
- Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
- Writers
- Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
- Directors
- Ed Bye and Bob Spiers
- Producers
- Ed Bye and Jon Plowman
- Company
Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler are the two most idiotic, depraved men in London.
Living together in a disgusting, run down flat in Hammersmith, the pair are simultaneously best friends and worst enemies, regularly arguing, taking great joy in the pain of the other, and engaging in horrendous physical violence.
Unemployed, incompetent, socially retarded and - in Richie's case - virginal, the pair engage in a never-ending cycle of clashes with each other, locals, fate, nature, time...
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Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- The theme tune is Last Night by The Mar-Keys, performed by The Bum Notes.
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 17th September 1991 at 9pm on BBC Two
- Next repeats
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- Series 2, Episode 4: Wednesday at 10:55pm on U&Gold
- Series 2, Episode 4: Thursday at 2:50am on U&Gold
- Series 2, Episode 6: Thursday at 11pm on U&Gold
- Series 2, Episode 6: Friday at 2:55am on U&Gold
- Series 2, Episode 6: Friday at 9:40pm on U&Gold
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 7th March 2025 at 2:20am on U&Gold - Series 2, Episode 3
- Thursday 6th March 2025 at 11:00pm on U&Gold - Series 2, Episode 3
- Thursday 6th March 2025 at 2:20am on U&Gold - Series 2, Episode 2
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre