Bottom
- 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.
Streaming rank this week: 212
Press clippings
"We had to cut Rik Mayall's ejaculation scene": Adrian Edmondson and Ed Bye on Bottom
'We had wanted to call it My Bottom, so that people at work the next day would say, "Did you see My Bottom on television last night?"'
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 3rd June 2024Bottom director Ed Bye: "It couldn't be done today"
Ed Bye chats with Paul Tanter ahead of Bottom: Exposed, a new documentary which delves into the history and popularity of the anarchic '90s sitcom.
Paul Tanter, Radio Times, 18th April 2024Extended Bottom episodes to get TV debut
Extended episodes of early 90s cult sitcom Bottom are to be shown by Gold later this month, in their first ever television broadcasts.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd April 2024Classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage - and thrill the superfans
Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools And Horses ... the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia.
Rachel Aroesti, The Observer, 11th February 2024Adrian Edmondson films Bottom documentary
Adrian Edmondson has now filmed his contributions to Bottom: Exposed, a new documentary looking at the classic sitcom he created with Rik Mayall.
British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2024Bottom Forever: My book on a classic British sitcom
Bottom Forever: Memories Of A Cult Comedy Classic is, as far as I know, the first book to ever be written about popular '90s comedy series Bottom, to my mind the greatest sitcom ever made.
Adrian Peel, Cambridge Independent, 14th October 2023Gold orders Bottom Exposed, as Adrian Edmondson recalls Rik Mayall
Adrian Edmondson will share his memories of working with Rik Mayall in Bottom Exposed, a new documentary about the classic sitcom for Gold.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2023Bottom episode pulled over possible offence
An episode from the 1995 series has been pulled from the catch-up service of TV channel Gold over scenes that 'could be deemed offensive to the Royal Family'. However, only one episode is involved - and it was pulled from the catch-up service after the Queen's death last September, but only just noticed. And a spokesperson for Gold's parent company UKTV, promised it would be back soon.
Chortle, 3rd February 2023The 25 funniest Christmas comedy TV specials of all time
The comedy special is as much a part of British Christmas as a family row and mountains of sprouts. This year, comedy shows from Motherland and The Detectorists to Mrs Brown's Boys and Ghosts are returning with festive specials to round off 2022. To celebrate, we countdown the greatest 25 Christmas comedy specials of all time.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2022The greatest Christmas TV moments of all time ranked
The greatest Christmas TV moment of all-time is the Only Fools And Horses 'Batman and Robin' episode.
A poll of 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas found the hilarious moment from 1996 where Del Boy and Rodney unknowingly prevent a crime - while dressed as the dynamic duo - is top of the tree.
Jake Penkethman, The Sun, 30th November 2022