In March 2011, the duo made a surprise reunion when Edmondson took part in Let's Dance for Comic Relief. A pre-recorded segment ended with Mayall hurling a custard pie in Edmondson's face. Mayall appeared again, this time live on stage, to abruptly end Edmondson's performance by hitting him several times with a frying pan. In the final, Mayall returned once again to drop a ton weight upon Edmondson. In the following month, Edmondson revealed that he and Mayall had conceived an idea for a sitcom. "Rik and I have an idea for a sitcom for when we are very, very old. We want to set it in an old people's home 30 years hence. It will be like 'Bottom', but we will be hitting each other with colostomy bags!" [28] In August 2012, the BBC announced that it had commissioned a series based on the Hooligan's Island stage show, where Eddie and Richie cause havoc on a deserted tropical island, set to air in 2013. [29] [30] However, the show was scrapped just two months later. Edmondson said "it wasn't working" and wanted to pursue other projects. [31] Mayall tried to have Edmondson reconsider, but he "put his foot down and said, 'It's not going to work mate.'", and wanted to wait ten years until they were older. [32] Mayall died on 9 June 2014, putting an end to any future Bottom projects. [33] Mayall, Rik (2005). Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ. Harper Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-007-20727-5.

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BBC Two announces raft of new commissions". BBC News. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015 . Retrieved 23 August 2012. On 4 April 1994, all six single Bottom video releases were re-released as three "complete" double VHS releases.

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a b c Johnson, Richard (14 September 1991). "The Youngish Ones". Radio Times . Retrieved 28 September 2022. BBC - Comedy Guide - Bottom". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004 . Retrieved 30 June 2022. Cole, Tom (15 October 2012). "BBC Bottom reunion series Hooligan's Island scrapped". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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Richie and Eddie are trapped at the top of the tallest Ferris wheel in Western Europe which is due to be blown up the very next day. Mayall and Edmondson had worked together since the mid-1970s, and developed Bottom as an extension of their own relationship and their on-screen characters in The Young Ones and Filthy Rich & Catflap, their earlier BBC sitcom. In addition to the series the pair completed five stage show tours between 1993 and 2003, and adapted the sitcom into a feature-length film, Guest House Paradiso, released in 1999. A spin-off series featuring various Bottom characters, Hooligan's Island, was cancelled in 2013. Mayall's death in the following year ended plans for a revival. Beeb's strip show stoppers!". Daily Record. 22 August 1991. p.23 . Retrieved 23 September 2022– via Newspapers.com. This is the second DVD to solely feature a stop-motion episode, with the first being It's a SpongeBob Christmas! DVD.BBC - Britain's Best Sitcom - Top 11 to 100". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014 . Retrieved 23 December 2008. The first SpongeBob DVD to use the 2018-present day version of the show logo instead of the 2009-2017 version. a b c d Reynolds, Gillian. "Hitting bottom". The Daily Telegraph. p.16 . Retrieved 23 September 2022– via Newspapers.com.

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In June 1990, a pilot episode was filmed which was later titled " Contest" and broadcast as part of the first series. Further problems over content came to light when filming began. Mayall recalled they were allowed three "bloodies" or "bloody hell"'s per episode, and arguments were often had with as many as twenty BBC executives who went on the set. [16] Some executives criticised the series for being sexist, but Mayall pointed out that they would have had more women on the show if they had not cut around twenty "shagging scenes" that were written, and argued that lesbian scenes were also removed. [17] After the first series was filmed in June and July 1991, Bottom was first announced in August, when the BBC reported that it had commissioned over 400 hours of new television programming for the upcoming autumn series. This included new productions from comics known at the Comic Strip in an attempt to attract viewers, with including Mayall and Edmondson for Bottom and Dawn French for Murder Most Horrid. [18] Mayall and Edmondson write retirement home comedy". British Comedy Guide. 7 April 2011 . Retrieved 14 July 2013. a b Hemingway, Alex (8 November 2001). "An Arse Oddity". Oxford Student . Retrieved 26 September 2022. Alun Palmer (27 January 2012) [1 September 2010]. "Adrian Edmondson 'unlikely' to work with Bottom partner Rik Mayall again after quitting comedy". Daily Express. " I've had last laugh says Adrian" at Express.co.uk. In 2004, a DVD featuring a compilation of violent scenes from Mayall and Edmondson throughout their career, including scenes from Bottom, was released as Mindless Violence: The Very Best of the Violent Bits. [24] See also [ edit ]

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Richie and Eddie have the best seats for the annual Hammersmith riots, then try to make videos for the BBC. Millar, John (10 December 1999). "From Hell to Paradiso". OK! Magazine . Retrieved 26 September 2022. Mayall and Edmondson held five nationwide theatre tours of Bottom between 1993 and 2003, adapting the original series into a stage show. The first tour, Bottom Live, lasted 43 dates across 10 weeks in 1993. [21] The 2001 tour consisted of 76 dates, which included a show at the National Arena in Birmingham to over 4,500 people. [22] The Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour included 40 dates. [23] The stage shows were often cruder than the sitcom with stronger language, and developed over time to include settings outside the flat, including a prison cell and a remote island. [22] There were several instances of the pair getting carried away with the planned stunts, resulting in one of them getting cuts on their head. Edmondson said: "Rik would tell them 'Don't be scared, it happens all the time.' We'd just carry on, then go off to hospital afterwards to be sewn up." [24] A show from each tour was filmed and released for home video. British Sitcom Guide - Bottom". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 . Retrieved 23 December 2008.