Bottom was a British sitcom (aka britcom) of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. They were also the main stars, respectively playing Richard Richard (Richie) and Edward Elizabeth Hitler (Eddie), who share a flat in Hammersmith, West London. The programme ran for three series, and is noted for its derivation of comic effect from intentionally crude and highly violent slapstick. Image File history File linksMetadata 648063_DV_L_F.jpg Summary Scan of the DVD cover of Bottom, series 3. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957), sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957), sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Ë‘ This article is about the year 18. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957), sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The series also spawned five live stage tours between 1993 and 2003, each of which was commercially released, and a film adaptation in 1999 entitled Guest House Paradiso. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 comedy slapstick movie, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson. ...

The series theme tune is performed by The Bum Notes -- a jazz ensemble featuring Edmondson. The memorable end-credits, featuring silhouettes of Edmondson and Mayall fighting and dancing, features a cover of "Last Night" originally by The Mar-Keys. Last Night is a song by The Mar-Keys. ... ...

Origins and production notes

The idea for Bottom was spawned when, in 1991, Mayall and Edmondson co-starred in the West End production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre. Mayall and Edmondson have said Bottom was often aimed to be more than just a series of toilet gags but a cruder cousin to plays like Waiting for Godot, about the pointlessness of life. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. ... Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which the characters wait for a man (Godot) who never arrives. ...

However, the origins of the characters are rooted much deeper. Mayall and Edmondson had been working together since the late 1970s when they teamed up as "20th Century Coyote". Over the course of their career, they developed the characters of Richie and Eddie, based loosely on their own relationship. The names themselves come from Mayall's and Edmondson's own nicknames for each other - many of Mayall's characters are referred to by some variation of the name "Richard" and "Eddie" is taken from "Eddie Monsoon", Edmondson's nickname since University which is a play on his surname (compare with Edina Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous, played by Edmondson's wife Jennifer Saunders). 20th Century Coyote was a comedy group famous for first uniting Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson. ... Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. ... Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. ... Jennifer Jane Saunders (born July 6, 1958[1] in Sleaford, Lincolnshire) is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning English comedian, writer and actress. ...

The duo would use characters similar to Eddie and Richie in The Young Ones (Rick and Vyvyan, 1982 & 1984); The Dangerous Brothers (Sir Richard Dangerous and Sir Adrian Dangerous, 1985); Filthy Rich and Catflap (Richie Rich and Eddie Catflap, 1987); Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (names not mentioned, 1988); and finally in their adaptation of Waiting for Godot (1991). The series also continued an occasional trend (started with Vivyan in The Young Ones) of Edmonson's character having a female name - in this case Edward Elizabeth Hitler. The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, which aired on BBC2. ... The Dangerous Brothers was an early stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, performing respectively as Richard Dangerous and Sir (or occasionally Lady) Adrian Dangerous. They appeared in a number of brief sketches in the 1980s TV programme Saturday Live. ... Filthy, Rich and Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1987. ... Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Mr Jolly Lives Next Door is a 1987 Comedy film made for British television as part of the Comic Strip Presents series. ...

Mayall and Edmondson originally planned to call the series Your Bottom, intending viewers to say such things as "I saw Your Bottom on television last night". Eventually they settled for just Bottom, which both suited the low comedy of the series, and the fact that Richie and Eddie were 'at the bottom of life's heap'. It also provided the ability to produce episodes titled "'s Up" and "'s Out". s Up is the fifth episode of the first series of British sitcom Bottom. ... s Out is an episode produced for the second series of British television sitcom, Bottom. ...

There are indications that the third broadcast episode, 'Contest', is actually the pilot, the first episode to be filmed. Hints of this include Eddie actually having short hair instead of being bald, and subtle differences to the set (Most notably the Television Set) The episode also has strong parallels with Waiting for Godot about the pointlessness of life (a common theme in the series). Contest is the third episode of the first series of British sitcom Bottom. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ...

The series was scripted and filmed at thirty-five minutes, with it being edited down to thirty minutes in post production. The original length scripts can be found in the several script books released, and several completely removed scenes were included in the 'Fluff' VHS release that consisted mostly of bloopers and out-takes. Several (but not all) of these scenes, as well as some smaller sections of dialogue also removed for timing reasons, have been re-inserted for DVD releases (although, maybe surprisingly, the packaging does not promote this fact). A blooper usually describes a short sequence of a film or video production which contains a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. ... An outtake can be a take or scene, as of a movie, or a television program, that is filmed but not used in the final cut, usually for pacing reasons. ...

The final episode of the second season, ''S Out, was not shown as part of the original broadcasts nor initial repeat run. The episode was set on Wimbledon Common, and involved Richie and Eddie encountering a flasher; on July 15, 1992, after the episode was filmed but before it had aired, Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of her young son on the Common. Out of sensitivity, and with a hunt for the killer in progress, the BBC decided not to broadcast the episode at that time. It first appeared on the VHS release of series two, before finally being shown for the first time as part of a re-run of season two on April 10th 1995, following the first run of the third series. s Out is an episode produced for the second series of British television sitcom, Bottom. ... Wimbledon and Putney Commons consist of a large open space south west of London comprising 1140 acres (4. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Rachel Nickell murder case refers to a case concerning the murder of Rachel Nickell (1969-1992), a former English model on Wimbledon Common and subsequent court cases. ...

Following season two, the series went out of production, with Edmonson and Mayall concentrating on other solo projects, as well as starting the very popular Bottom stage shows; but the series had been so well received that in late 1994, a third season was written and filmed, and broadcast at the start of 1995.

Despite Richie and Eddie seemingly being killed at the end of season three (something which also happened in several other episodes, only for them to reappear unharmed in the following episode), a fourth season was written, but turned down by the BBC. See 'More Bottom?' section for further details.

It must be noted that Tim Beeton, a well respected mathematician from Imperial College London is a big fan of Bottom.

Characters

Richard "Richie" Richard & Edward Elizabeth "Eddie" Hitler

Richie is a perpetually optimistic dimwit, while Eddie is a cheerfully violent dipsomaniac. Their arguments often lead to exaggerated, destructive fight scenes. Some have likened this to a live action cartoon. However, the boisterousness is somewhat more graphic: examples include heads slammed in and under refrigerators; hands stapled to tables; legs being chainsawed off; genitalia slammed in doors or set on fire; fingers cut off; televisions smashed over heads; darts, forks, or fingers ending up in eyes; faces shoved in camp fires; legs broken or teeth knocked out. Some of the visual effects used for these events are very realistic, whereas others are deliberately fake. All are accompanied by a variety of over-the-top sound effects. Surprisingly, the BBFC has given the Bottom: The Complete Series DVD a classification of 15, with a violence rating of "None". Bottom was a British sitcom of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. ... Bottom was a British sitcom (aka britcom) of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. ... Violence is a general term to describe actions, usually deliberate, that cause or intend to cause injury to people, animals, or non-living objects. ... A dipsomaniac is a person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol, especially alcoholic liquors. ... For other uses, see Cartoon (disambiguation). ... The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Richie is known to be a virgin (Eddie stole Richie's only ever "girlfriend", Ethel Cardue, and sometimes torments Richie with how he had sex with her), with a microscopic penis (which he sometimes mistakes for his only pube). However in the episode 'Digger' he almost has sex with a wealthy foreign countess, Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, after he and Eddie join a dating agency. Towards the end of the episode, as Richie moves in to have sex with Lady Natasha he has an apparent heart attack, and is rushed to hospital. Whilst waiting for the ambulance, Eddie has sex with Lady Natasha, as he did Ethel (although in the episode 'Terror' in season three, Eddie looks distinctly nervous when Richie informs him that the Devil drinks virgin's blood). In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Pubic hair is hair in the frontal genital area, the crotch, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the legs; these areas form the pubic region. ...

Richard also tends to believe that any woman who does not fancy him must be a lesbian. He is also unsure of the decade, claiming in the same episode (Carnival), that it is both the 80s and then 70s later on- with a bemused Eddie looking to the camera at both times. Richie usually wears a white shirt (tucked into his Y-fronts) and slim black tie (with tie clip), blue jeans (with a belt that clearly misses most of the loops) and has a light brown raincoat. He also occasionally wears brown trousers, held up with braces, and a red tie. His character is aspirational, pretentious, and occasionally a snob. Diverse women. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... Carnival is the sixth and final episode of the third and final series of British television sitcom Bottom. ... Underwear redirects here. ...

Eddie is an alcoholic (he claims that this is because he "drinks a lot"). He wears glasses akin to those of Eric Morecambe, a brown suit and a white shirt with a black spotted tie (Which he tucks inside his trousers). Despite having a shaven head, he sports sideburns. He also has a brown trilby hat and a tweed coat. He has two real friends, called Spudgun (Steve O'Donnell) and Dave Hedgehog (Christopher Ryan) who has a wife called Susan and a daughter named Doreen who appeared in the episode " Terror" . Richie does not have any friends and sometimes appropriates Spudgun and Dave if in need of company, even though he despises them (particularly Spudgun) and considers them beneath him. A pair of modern glasses Glasses, also called eyeglasses or spectacles are frames, bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes normally for vision correction, eye protection, or for protection from UV rays. ... John Eric Bartholomew OBE (May 14, 1926 – May 28, 1984), better known by his stage name, Eric Morecambe was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise, formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. ... Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards[1] or mutton chops[2]) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a mans face, in front of the ears. ... This article is about the trilby hat. ... Steve ODonnell is an actor. ... Christopher Ryan is an English actor who trained at East 15 Acting School in London. ...

Adrian Edmondson (left) and Rik Mayall (right) as Eddie and Richie in Bottom.

Richie and Eddie bear perhaps closer inspection than any of Mayall and Edmondson's other characters. Despite sharing a deep mutual hatred, the two are eternally entwined due to their basic flaws. Eddie's alcoholism and violent nature mean that he has not been able to hold down a steady job since his very short-lived career as a "bunny girl", back in 1978, and it is unlikely that any landlord would grant him tenancy, even if he could afford the rent. He is therefore forced to rely upon Richie's charity. Richie, on the other hand, is such a pompous, self-obsessed, perverted, wittering git that, without Eddie, it is unlikely that he would make another friend. The two have an unspoken acceptance of their interdependence and their relationship tends to fluctuate between acting like a married couple (filling in the crossword together, Richie putting an unconscious Eddie to bed every night), a mother and son (Richie often keeping Eddie 'in check' and scolding him, and often putting to an end to his fun, often out of sheer spite even though Richie would like to indulge himself) and frustrated (often violent) desperation: so much so that both have attempted suicide — Eddie drinking bleach (drunkenly) and Richie drinking poisoned milk and trying to gas himself in the oven (an attempt at "guilting" Eddie into buying him a drink). In fact, both men have died in numerous episodes, only to resurface unharmed the following episode. This partnership has similarities to those of Steptoe and Son, and Hancock and Sid in Hancock's Half Hour. Image File history File links Bottom001. ... Image File history File links Bottom001. ... Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957), sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. ... Richard Michael Rik Mayall (born 7 March 1958) is an English comedian and actor. ... This article is about work. ... Bunny Girl costume A model wears the Bunny Girl costume A Playboy Bunny was a female server at the Playboy Clubs (open 1960–1988). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck // The word charity entered the English language through the O.Fr word charite which was derived from the Latin caritas.[1] In Christian theology charity, or love (agapÄ“), is the greatest of the three theological virtues... A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square grid of black and white squares. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... This article is about the chemical whitener. ... For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ... Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherds Bush, London. ... Biography published in 1978 (1983 paperback reprint shown) Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 24 June 1968) was a major figure in British television and radio comedy in the 1950s and 1960s, known as Tony Hancock. ... Sid James Sid James (8 May 1913–26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Hancocks Half Hour was a famous BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock. ...

Richie is in heavy denial and has delusions of grandeur. He once tried to convince a Falklands ex-serviceman that he had fought ten years there, seizing the fictitious "Straud Hill" and liberated the Stanley branch of Tesco). Eddie, in comparison is grounded and seems to have quite good general knowledge, which he keeps to himself. He can play chess (and spends seven hours trying, unsuccessfully, to teach Richie), he knows a fair amount about Napoleon and Wellington (who Richie claims invented the Chelsea Boot) and appears well versed in the works of Vivaldi, (whom Richie believes to be a football player). Eddie is also a great one for plans - though most involve trying to get a free pint from Dick Head, the landlord at the Lamb and Flag. One such scheme, in the episode "Dough", involved Eddie printing counterfeit money, which he plasters with pornographic doodles of the Royal Family and other such celebrities (on the £5 the Queen "gets her jugs out", on the £10 note there is an orgy involving Meryl Streep, the Duke of Edinburgh and Bobby Charlton, and on the £27 note there is a picture of Sylvester Stallone "fisting" Mr MacHenry (from The Magic Roundabout)). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed... Map of the Falkland Islands showing position of Stanley. ... , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... Vegetarian Chelsea boots The Chelsea boot is a tight fitting, heeled, ankle-high boot that piqued fashion consciousness in the early 1960s. ... “Vivaldi” redirects here. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... For other uses, see Counterfeit (disambiguation). ... Porn redirects here. ... This article is about the monarchy-related concept. ... GBP redirects here. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... This article is about ancient Greek gathering. ... The Duke of Edinburgh is a dukedom associated with Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. ... Sylvester Stallone (born Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone on July 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ... Fisting or fist fucking (FF) is a sexual activity that involves inserting the hand and forearm into the vagina or anus. ... The Magic Roundabout (Known in the original French as Le Manège enchanté) was a childrens television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. ...

Richie and Eddie's relatives are often mentioned: Richie's grandad was at the Battle of the Somme, while Eddie's uncle used to work in a prison, (really a prisoner) peeling potatoes, sewing mailbags and doing 'anything they told him to do'. Richie's auntie is very rich and dies in one episode with her nephew inheriting a large sum of money. Richie's dad, Oswald Richard, was an acquaintance of Adolf Hitler and betrayed Britain in World War II. According to Richie, his dad moved in mysterious circles, because he had one leg shorter than the other. Richie's sister lives near Hammersmith and apparently looks just like her brother, albeit "with smaller jugs". Eddie's mother was a wrestler named "Adolf Hitler". For other battles known as Battle of the Somme, see Battle of the Somme (disambiguation). ... Hitler redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Minor and One-time Characters

• Spudgun- (Played by Steve O'Donnell) One of Eddie's friends.
• Dave Hedgehog- (Played by Christopher Ryan) One of Eddie's friends. As seen in Terror, he has a daughter by the name of Doreen.
• Dick Head- (Played by Lee Cornes) The landlord of the Lamb and Flag, Richie and Eddie's regular pub. Dick is one that usually doesn't get on well with both Richie and Eddie, because of the arguements over the tabs and payments for alcohol. His appearances were in Smells, Parade and Dough.
• Mr. Harrison- (Played by Roger Sloman) Richie and Eddie's flat landlord and shopkeeper. His only appearances were in 's Up and Holy.

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The stage shows

Rik Mayall on the set of Bottom Live 2. 'Eddie, get down here this instant and help me unload my vegetables!'

Five live theatre shows have been spun off over the years, and have been extremely popular. The two performers often (apparently) corpse and forget their lines and have to ad lib. (Most notably in the 1993 live show in which the duo try and get through about three scripted lines in seven minutes). However, some audience members have reported that there are regular points in repeat performances where the duo supposedly forget their lines, indicating that some of these instances may in fact be planned (this is possibly in response to the above mentioned seven minutes, which proved very popular with the audience). They also often make fun of the town/city in which they are playing by making the locals out to be stupid; Eddie often makes references to local pubs. These productions are far cruder than the television incarnation, and feature new elements such as Richie's latent homosexuality and desire to have sex with Eddie (it can be presumed that, by this stage, Richie has become so desperate to have sex that he is willing to do it with anyone or anything, in the second stage show he attempted to get The Queen to have sex with him). Invariably, a member of the audience will shout out the phrase "Have a wank!" which was then used as a mass audience heckle in the Weapons Grade Y-Fronts show. Image File history File links Botsle. ... Image File history File links Botsle. ... Corpsing is a theatrical slang term used to describe when an actor breaks character during a scene - usually by laughing or forgetting his or her lines, or by causing another cast member to do so. ... See AdLib for the computer sound card manufacturer. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary [1]; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, and their respective overseas territories and dependencies. ... Look up wank in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Guest House Paradiso

Australian DVD Cover for "Guest House Paradiso"

Following the 1997 "Hooligan's Island" tour, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson wrote a spin-off movie together, which Edmondson directed, entitled Guest House Paradiso, released in 1999. It uses characters ("Richard Twat/Thwaite" and "Eddie Elizabeth Ndingobamba") clearly based on the Richie and Eddie characters of Bottom. Image File history File links Guest_house_paradiso. ... Image File history File links Guest_house_paradiso. ... Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 comedy slapstick movie, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson. ...

More Bottom?

Though the pair are currently working apart, a fourth season was written, but the BBC declined the script, despite announcing that Bottom would return in a voice-over during the end-credits of the original broadcast of the final episode. (Mayall has commented, in typical style, that it was "rejected by some lesbian bitch"). Edmondson has, however, stated in interviews that he would like to make another season of Bottom with Mayall, but "in about fifteen years' time, when they are old men." Rik Mayall maintains that they will work together again in the future, they just need "a good idea."

However, in December 2004, almost exactly one year after the Weapons Grade Y-Fronts tour had ended, Adrian Edmondson told the British Daily Mirror newspaper that the pair felt it was "[...] definitely time to stop. We're both getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous. [...] We're both nearly fifty and we're starting to feel slightly undignified talking about wanking and knobs constantly." [1] This statement may indicate the end of the long-running stage shows, but leaves possibility for a return to the small screen at some point. Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ...

Episodes list

Series 1 (1991)

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Series 2 (1992)

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Series 3 (1995)

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Live Shows

A performance of each live show was recorded and released on VHS and later DVD. Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Bottom Live – The Stage Show is a live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of films based on British sitcoms

This is a list of British television sitcoms that have been adapted into cinema films, either during their original television run or afterwards. ...

External links

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• BBC comedy guide for Bottom
• British Sitcom Guide
• Phill.co.uk Comedy Guide
• Open Directory Project entry for Bottom
• British Film Institute Screen Online
• Britfilm's review of Guest House Paradiso
• Bottom at the Internet Movie Database