Category: Bottom
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Bottom Emissions: Apocalypse
I’ll be honest, I never really enjoyed episode four of Bottom all that much. Apocalypse feels a little too expansive in scope and has some dodgy character attitudes in it, but it does have its moments to be sure. In the opening scene, where they set up the flat to bilk Richie’s Auntie Olga (not…
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Bottom Exam: From Script To Screen (Contest)
You know that opening shot, the one that’s gorgeous, from Contest, the pilot (but third broadcast) episode of Bottom? Yeah, this one. It’s in the script. On the page these opening moments play ever so slightly differently. SCENE ONE – THE FLAT – KITCHEN Richie is looking out of the window. It is wet. He…
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Bottom Enlargement – Gas
I’m sorry to keep on about Bottoms, but have a look at this deleted scene from the series one Fluff collection. There’s something rather interesting about it. And it’s not that Eddie felt the need to pack a ladle for his rooftop excursion. You can see that the scene was probably cut for time, and…
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Bottom Bits
Have a look at this moment from Bottom’s Fluff. Ade playing the organ. And some other little moments from Fluff too. Here’s an excised scene from series two’s Holy. Gotta love Richie’s 20th Century Fox fanfare here. And here’s a promo for the US DVD release of the complete series, titled Not Another Half-Arsed DVD…
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Bottom Emissions: Contest
While Contest was the the third episode of Bottom to air, it was actually the pilot, filmed nearly a year before the full series. As such, there’s quite a few differences in the set, and the haircuts are a bit different, but what’s remarkable is just how in tune with what the show grew into…
