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Bottom

1991–1995 · 3 seasons

A chaotic, cartoonishly violent sitcom where two loathsome flatmates bicker and beat each other up in a squalid flat, delivering relentless slapstick and crude laughs.

Created by: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Clive Mantle

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.

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Created by: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Clive Mantle

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
isolation
class
obsession
violence
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	9
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	7
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: comedy
Created by: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Written by: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Clive Mantle, Brian Glover, Mark Williams, Lee Cornes, Mark Arden, Lisa Maxwell
Length: 3 seasons, 18 episodes, 30 min each
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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