NOW I'M NOT ADVOCATING ANTI-TRAVELLING COMMUNITY BEHAVIOUR, but Richie comes out with the line; "Thieving B*st*rd Gyppos" which on the DVD has been rather badly redubbed into "Thieving B*st*rd Yobbos". Richie and Eddie have the best seats for the annual Hammersmith riots, then try to make videos for the BBC. I believe A Royal Flush had something like 14 mins cut out of it in the recent Complete Only Fools and Horses DVD Collection. The sole extra on disc 1 is Bottom Fluff, 15:09 of season 1 bloopers and an additional scene from Gas. Although the four of them sometimes venture out, usually to the local pub, the Lamb and Flag, most of the episodes are set within the confines of the squalid flat.

Edmondson would go on to say that one of the reasons he pulled out of the project was because Mayall was "not there" during writing sessions, and struggled to work with him. You have a married couple, most of the action takes place in one location, or at the most two, and it’s usually centred on a sofa in front of a TV, or the breakfast table.The tour was so successful that Rik and Ade wrote and recorded a third series of Bottom for the BBC in 1995, before continuing their characters' exploits in further live shows. However, only one episode is involved – and it was pulled from the catch-up service after the Queen’s death last September, but only just noticed.

Truly the wild boys of comedy, they despatch expletives like bullets, confronting every volatile situation with the force and momentum of an express train. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The pair based Eddie and Richie on characters that they had improvised with as part of 20th Century Coyote, and on their own friendship.When I watched a repeat of this after Diana's death, it had been crudely cut, no doubt due to the Beeb's oversensitivity on the issue. While watching the 'Apocalypse' episode there is a scene that takes place at a funfair where Richie is apparently robbed by a group of the Carnival folk. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Edmondson said that one of the reasons for stopping the show was the struggle to come up with new ideas as "we'd already hit each other with everything in the flat". has been removed, in Bottom the line "thieving bastard gyppoes" has been dubbed over, and apparently the Only Fools and Horses DVDs are a car crash of PC edits.