
Mayall's death in the following year ended plans for a revival.Īdrian Edmondson as Edward "Eddie" Elizabeth Hitler.

A spin-off series featuring various Bottom characters titled Hooligan's Island was cancelled in 2013. In addition to the series the pair completed five stage show tours between 19, and adapted the sitcom into a feature-length film, Guest House Paradiso, released in 1999. 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 2004, Bottom was ranked 45th in a BBC poll for Britain's Best Sitcom. Bottom became known for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent slapstick comedy.

It focuses on Richard "Richie" Richard (Mayall) and Edward Elizabeth "Eddie" Hitler (Edmondson), two unemployed, crude, and perverted flatmates living in Hammersmith, London, who aspire to better themselves. Bottom is a British sitcom created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson that ran for three series on BBC2 from 1991 to 1995.