Bottom Episodes Ranked
One of the greatest pieces of televised slapstick of all time, a cult classic with near perfection throughout its three seasons. Depending on your taste in comedy, it's safe to say that there wasn't a single bad episode of Bottom. Thanks to the fine comedic performances and pitch perfect chemistry of Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, this is still a program truly worth celebrating. So, in homage to the slapstick masterpiece, here is a (highly subjective) ranking of all eighteen comedy treasures.
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- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellRichie and Eddie are in for a quiet Halloween, apart from violent trick or treaters, exploding carrots, and a visit from the Devil.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallRupert BatesRichard and Eddie are camping out on Wimbledon Common. Eddie has brought the tin opener but Richie has forgotten the tins. How will they survive? Chocolate Hob-Nobs and hedgehogs may be the solution.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallTina FoleyIt's Christmas day and Richie is cooking the dinner to which Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun are invited. Dinner is not up to Michelin standard, but Richie's day improves when he finds out he is the son of God.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallBrian GloverRichie and Eddie are visited by a man from the Gas board. Afraid that their pipeline from next door is about to be rumbled they desperately try to cover their tracks. Murder, cannibalism and bus surfing are possible solutions.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallVictor SpinettiRichie and Eddie steal the honeymoon tickets of a fellow cricket club member and treat themselves to a free holiday. Only snag is Eddie has to pretend to be Richie's blushing bride.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallRichie and Eddie are stranded on the big wheel at the fairground. It gets worse - the wheel is due to be demolished the next day!
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallRupert BatesEddie is drunk and Richie is begrudgingly dealing with him, but then a burglar livens up their night. Is there somehow a money making scheme to be made in this?
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallA riot provides Richie and Eddie a camcorder and all new opportunities to make their riches, but have they officially pushed their luck too far?
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallMark ArdenRichie receives an omen that he will be dead within a week, but surely it has to be a hoax? Richie isn't taking any chances, and Eddie has to play along.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallEvie GarrattRichie and Eddie are promised cash-in-hand to watch their landlord's shop for one afternoon, and battle disgruntled customers, robbers, and their own boredom.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallKelly HunterRichie and Eddie outsource their love life to a dating agency, and Richie lands a night with a foreign aristocratic. Surely the two lads can arrange a decent dinner date, right?
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallWith their telly taken by bailiffs, Richie and Eddie arrange their own night of culture, well, as cultured as those two could get.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallLee CornesDesperate to attract some ladies, Richie and Eddie buy experimental pheromone spray promised to make them irresistible.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallDavid LloydIt's Richie's birthday and he wants the most perfect day ever. Nothing is possibly going to get in his way, except for a lack of presents, a leg break, and the worlds worst game of hide and seek.
- DirectorEd ByeStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallRobert AsheThe regulars of The Lamb and Flag learn a red hot tip for a horse race, but Richie and Eddie don't have any money to bet. Perhaps a drunk Falklands veteran with a prosthetic leg could be their solution.
- DirectorsEd ByePaul JacksonStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallEddie comes home from a very bad day at work and Richie finds Eddie is not paying the rent and has only got £11.80 which he has spent on a adult magazine. But Richie finds Eddie has put on a bet on the Miss World contest on TV.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallJohn AbbottRichie and Eddie book a holiday for themselves in Doncaster, and as they wait for their bus they decide to squeeze a weight loss regime into one afternoon to get their beach bods ready.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellEddie has been spending a lot of time in his room and Richie finds that he has been printing fake money. Unfortunately local counterfeiter "The Skullcrusher" is not amused and demands money. Luckily the pub quiz night could be their salvation.
