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Bottom

Bottom

19917.93 Seasons18 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.

NetworksBBC Two

Top Cast

Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Edward Elizabeth Hitler

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

Richard Richard

Themes & Keywords

alcoholbachelorfightvirginsurrealboredomslapstick comedydark comedysexual humorscambreaking the fourth wallalcoholicslobsitcomunemployedflatmatesanarchic comedy

About Bottom

Bottom is a comedy series that first aired in 1991 exploring themes of alcohol, bachelor, fight, virgin, surreal, boredom. it stars Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall. Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.

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