Talking Bottom
The Bottom Podcast - discussing the greatest sitcom from Rik Mayall & Ade Edmondson. From @paultanter Mat Brooks & Angela Pearson - the book TALKING BOTTOM: A GUIDE TO THE CULT SITCOM out 3rd July 2025 amzn.eu/d/fVnjXEk
- Bottom director Ed Bye revealed to us on the Talking Bottom podcast that the infamous bathroom fight in “Smells” was devised by Rik and Ade only days before recording the episode. Up until then, the script simply said “they fight!”
- We interviewed Legendary producer and director Paul Jackson (The Young Ones, Red Dwarf), who sees Bottom’s Richie and Eddie as a classic sitcom odd couple, shining a light on the human condition, and makes comparisons with Steptoe and Son, Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf.
- Aaaaaaand the winner of the last Talking Bottom 2016 calendar that we found ensconced at the top of the bathroom cabinet is Becky Wilding for tagging her friend and calling them a “steaming great tw*t!”
- Bottom has often been compared to Waiting for Godot, the Samuel Beckett play about two misfits eking out their existence as they wait for something, anything, to happen. Here’s us getting all analytical! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
- Even when he’s just an audience member, the camera naturally seeks out Rik Mayall and he can’t help but perform for it.
- Trumpet noises! Guess what i just found - the very last Talking Bottom 2026 calendar! It was behind the fridge all the time! To win it, reply here tagging a friend AND including a favourite Bottom quote, so your mate gets a notification that seems like you’re insulting them. winner chosen tomorrow.
- Rik Mayall and Ben Elton reunite to read The Young Ones pilot script. “No one got the first gag!”
