{"id":45588,"date":"2024-02-09T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1989651"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T11:21:21","slug":"adrian-edmondson-celebrates-classic-rik-mayall-comedy-in-bottom-exposed-doc","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/adrian-edmondson-celebrates-classic-rik-mayall-comedy-in-bottom-exposed-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Edmondson celebrates classic Rik Mayall comedy in Bottom: Exposed doc"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two-hour documentary will air later this year on Gold. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 09 February 2024 at 10:17 AM<\/p>

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UKTV channel Gold has announced that it will air a two-hour documentary celebrating Adrian Edmondson <\/i>and <\/i>Rik Mayall\u2019s much-loved sitcom Bottom.<\/p>\n

The one-off documentary, called Bottom: Exposed, will air later this year, and will be narrated by Stephen Fry. It will see co-creator and star Edmondson giving his first-hand account of making the show with Mayall, while other contributors will include the show\u2019s cast, crew and famous fans.<\/p>\n

Those speaking to the programme about Bottom\u2019s impact on the sitcom genre will be producer and series director Ed Bye, former cast members Helen Lederer, Kevin McNally, Roger Sloman, Lisa Maxwell and Paul Bradley, and famous fans such as Chris McCausland and Maisie Adam.<\/p>\n

Edmondson said: \u201cA long time ago, deep in the mists of time, two blokes \u2013 I was one of them, Rik Mayall was the other \u2013 decided to make a career out of beating the s**t out of each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tempestuous, an anarchic and occasionally quite a dangerous time \u2013 we both required hospital treatment on occasion \u2013 but above all, it was bloody good fun.<\/p>\n

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Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall filming Bottom in June 1990.<\/span><\/figcaption> Don Smith\/Radio Times\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He continued: \u201cWe made each other laugh, and luckily for us, we made audiences laugh. This programme seeks to get to the bottom of why it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The documentary will also uncover behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of Bottom which has never been broadcast, and include exclusive stories from the set.<\/p>\n

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