A few caveats before I begin. Nowhere in the Bottom: The Scripts book does it say what version of the scripts are being presented. They’re certainly not transcripts, and are most likely the shooting scripts, but who knows. I wish there was an introduction from Rik & Ade accusing me of being a sad pathtic…
For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
