Although the four of them sometimes venture out, usually to the local pub, the Lamb and Flag, most of the episodes are set within the confines of the squalid flat.

But last year they were given the opportunity(I don't know why) to edit the episode in to what they orignally wanted. Mayall and Edmondson were aware of the failures of other sitcoms, and purposely wrote tight scripts. Sometimes if master tapes are damaged then edits are required, but the line is on the VHS tape, so unless the master tape was damaged after the VHS release but before the DVD release, then it's got to be a pc edit by the BBC. The plot of the season three episode Dough involves the pair forging money which contains pornographic doodles of the Royals that are described in the show as ‘tantamount to treason’.Previously available on individual video cassettes and DVDs, the entire collection can now be purchased as a box set on DVD. Mayall and Edmondson first met as drama students at Manchester University in 1976, when Edmondson joined the improvisational comedy troupe 20th Century Coyote, of which Mayall was a member. Eddie, the more popular of the two, enjoys drinking regularly, and often secretly steals family heirlooms and cash from Richie, although he occasionally has inventive moments, like building a cash forger, an electric toilet, and a time machine.

This from the alternative comedy scene which many have long considered emblematic of the left-wing elite running the BBC; Bollocks!Despite being a penniless slob, he occasionally projects a pompous sort of snobbery in an attempt to impress others and boost his self-esteem; he is sexually frustrated and obsessed with losing his virginity. In response, Mayall’s character Richie responds, shocked: ‘Eddie, a) the Queen doesn’t have jugs, she’s royalty and b) if she did have jugs she certainly wouldn’t get them out on a fiver - she’d save them for the fifty. Thinking back to that Terry and June quip at the start of this review, Bottom is pretty much a traditional television sitcom in structure.

My friend who was driving (as I am a non driver) has sadly hurt their back and we will be unable to attend the forthcoming local history morning at Redditch Library on Saturday. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. This marked the last ever live tour by Rik and Ade, and served as a farewell to the characters of Richie and Eddie. If you were there, please can you wrack your brains and DM me your memories of seeing them and if you have any souvenirs, sneaky photos or recordings.The original scripts can be found in the published script books, and several completely removed scenes were included in the VHS release Fluff that consisted mostly of bloopers. Series 3 -More pungent episodes from two head-banging morons whose idea of a wild night is pulling nose hair out with a pair of pliers. Bottom Live was filmed in 1993 at The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton as part of the Bottom Live Tour.

He explained that Mayall was eager to revive their old characters, but struggled to accept that Edmondson was not interested. misfits share a flattish shows there adventures ,there repulsive characters yet sad at the same time. It was not broadcast as part of the original series after Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common, due to which the BBC delayed its broadcast until a rerun of the second series on 10 April 1995.L can't say if people under 25 would find this funny now a days, if like me your a certain age ,you probably will enjoy it . Season 3 looks a whole lot better than this, with much greater clarity and crispness and better colour reproduction, and less in the way of tape artefacts. Seasons 1 and 2 were made in 1991-2, while Season 3 came out in 1995, and the difference in video quality is apparent.