Bottom is a British anarchic sitcom written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as socially awkward, sexually inexperienced Richie Richard, and carefree alcoholic Eddie Hitler, two social outcasts living on the dole, trapped together in a daily grind in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London. Perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated, they spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other. The show ran for three series, originally airing on BBC Two from 1991 - 1995, and was followed by five stage show tours across the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2003, and a feature film Guest House Paradiso. The show is noted for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent comedy slapstick.
In 2008, Bottom came in at number 45 in a poll to determine "Britain's Best Sitcom" by the BBC. The show continues to be shown in the UK on Gold and Dave, and has been dubbed in other languages. In Spain the show is known as La pareja basura which aired on Canal+. The theme music was provided by The Bum Notes, a band that once featured Edmondson, and is a cover of "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys.
Plans were made in 2012 for a BBC spin-off series, Hooligan's Island, featuring the Richie and Eddie characters from Bottom. However, that project was cancelled that October prior to production as Edmondson explained that he wished to pursue other interests.
This tv show contains 8 potentially triggering events.
Richie once stuck his head in a gas oven for suicide but it was for attention and stopped once he realised he wasn't getting any, there maybe some other instances
Eddie is shown with an enlarged stomach after eating the entire contents (or maybe just the majority, I can't remember exactly) of the neighbor's refrigerator.
No. A baby is left outside Richie and Eddie's door and they think they have to keep him, but his family shows up at the end of the episode and there are no attempts to steal him.
Richie chops his finger off by accident and Eddie has to staple it back on. Blood shoots out of his hand for about 90 seconds. The stapling is filmed at an angle where you don't actually see Richie's hand, but you do see him in pain.
Richie goes to hospital because he gets a premonition from a fortune teller that he's going to die. The scene takes place in the waiting room, but there is a bit where he obliviously intrudes on a heart surgery and there is blood.
Richie is sometimes referred to with feminine pronouns and slurs due to his behaviour and his personality compared to ed, normally used as an insult to him but it isn't really played up
Not squashed, but Eddie slams Richie's head in a refrigerator door multiple times and he's shown to be bloody and bruised afterward. As usual it's played for laughs.
many characters speak about and too Richie as if he is mentally handicapped, to be fair it's not an invalid point as he genuinely does seem to require some help, it's normally just stuff like "is there someone who looks after you?" and "I thought (s)he was being put away?" all played for laughs