The British sitcom ''
Bottom
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Anatomy and sex
* Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant
* Bottom (sex), a term used by gay couples and BDSM
* Buttocks or bottom, part of th ...
'' first aired on
BBC2 over three series from 1991 to 1995 and starred
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...
and
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...
as the two main characters, Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler. It also featured an extensive supporting cast of recurring and minor characters.
Richie & Eddie
Richard 'Richie' Richard (
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...
) is a deluded optimist and
camp
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Outdoor accommodation and recreation
* Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
* a temporary settlement for nomads
* Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...
slob. His character is elitist and arrogant albeit manic and lacking in any social grace. Richie usually wears a white shirt tucked into his Y-fronts and vintage dark green tie with tie clip, blue jeans with a belt that clearly misses most of the loops and has a light jade raincoat when outdoors. He also occasionally wears brown trousers held up with braces, a red tie and he also wears white and pink striped pyjamas.
Richie is a
virgin
Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. The term ''virgin'' originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern ...
, and Eddie stole Richie's only ever 'girlfriend', Ethel Cardew, and sometimes mocks Richie with how he had sex with her. In the episode "Digger", Richie almost has sex with a foreign countess, Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, after he and Eddie join a dating agency. Natasha agrees to marry Richie, much to his shock and enthusiasm, and he is oblivious to the fact that she is marrying him because she thinks he is a millionaire and she has lost her entire fortune. Towards the end of the episode, Richie moves in to have sex with Lady Natasha, but unfortunately he becomes so nervous that he has a heart attack and is rushed to hospital. Whilst inside the ambulance, Eddie claims to have had sex with Lady Natasha. Eddie also informs Richie that it was not his heart that gave way but it was a result of his dodgy surgery to remove his kidney.
Richie possesses a domestic characteristic as he wears a blue and pink rimmed apron whenever he is doing housework such as cooking and ironing. His slow-wit makes him unsure of the decade, claiming, in the episode "Carnival", that it is both the 80s and then 70s later on with a bemused Eddie looking to the camera, after Richie mentions it is the 80s after all. Despite what has been said in some episodes, Richie quite often demonstrates strong religious beliefs; when an issue threatening him should come up one of the first things he does is pray and attempts to make a deal with God. He also believes that the dictionary was written by Jesus. In the episode "Terror" along with Spudgun (
Steve O'Donnell), Dave Hedgehog (
Christopher Ryan
Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles as Mike TheCoolPerson in the BBC comedy series '' The Young Ones'', Dave Hedgehog in the BBC comedy series ''Bottom'', Tony Driscoll in t ...
) and Eddie, Richie also prayed to the Devil in the hope of raising him so that he could get his wishes granted. However, despite Richie's negative traits, he has been shown to be genial and more generous with money than Eddie; while Eddie constantly swindles Richie out of money at every opportunity he can, when Richie wanted to form a relationship with the queen he said he would split the money between himself, the queen and Eddie. Also before a suicide attempt Richie genuinely thanked Eddie for being his friend. Throughout the series Richie displays occasional elements of anxiety such as in the episode "Break", he insists on sitting in silence staring at a clock waiting for his and Eddie's holiday to start despite their coach not being scheduled to arrive for another seven hours. In ''
Guest House Paradiso
''Guest House Paradiso'' is a 1999 British slapstick black comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who also directed in his film directorial debut.
The film is a spin-off of their BBC comedy television ser ...
'', he goes by the name Richard Twat, which he insists is pronounced "Thwaite".
Edward 'Eddie' Elizabeth Hitler (
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...
) is a free-spirited and menacing
alcoholic
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomina ...
. He wears glasses akin to those of
Eric Morecambe
John Eric Bartholomew, (14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984), known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's d ...
, a worn out brown suit and a white shirt with a black spotted tie. Despite having a shaven head, he sports sideburns. He also has a brown trilby hat and a tweed coat. Eddie has two other friends, losers named Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog who mostly hang out together, though Dave is also a family man. (His wife Susan is never seen, but his daughter Doreen appeared once in the episode "Terror".) While Richie does not appear to have any other friends besides Eddie, he does get along with Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog if in need of company. Eddie is also revealed to be a
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...
fan: in the episode "Holy", he sprayed the letters 'QPR' on the wall with spray snow; and in "Dough", there are QPR banners on his bedroom wall. He has been shown to break the fourth wall a few times in the series when looking at or speaking directly to the audience. Oddly enough, some of the men in Eddie's family have girls' names, as his middle name is Elizabeth and he once referred to having a 'Great Uncle Susan' who fought ''"on both sides, depending on which way he was facing"'' during the first world war. Eddie is shown to have quite varying degrees of mechanical expertise, for instance he is able to build a fully functioning printing press within a week and a treadmill powered by a motorbike in a matter of hours, yet it takes him an entire year to set up a domestic VHS recorder.
More of Eddie's and Richie's relatives are often mentioned. Such as Richie's grandfather who was at the Battle of the Somme, while Eddie's uncle used to work in a prison, but really a prisoner peeling potatoes, sewing mailbags and doing ''... "anything they told him to do"''. Richie's wealthy aunt Olga left him a small sum of money in her will, whilst his other aunt Mabel used to own the flat. Richie's father, Oswald Richard, was an acquaintance of Eddie. According to Richie, his father moved in mysterious circles, because he had one leg shorter than the other. Richie's sister lives near
Hammersmith and apparently looks just like her brother, albeit 'with smaller jugs'. Eddie's mother was a wrestler named 'Adolf',
[From the episode " Digger": Lily: Any relation? Eddie: Well, I've got a mother. Lily: No, no no no, I. Eddie: Yes, that's her!] who abandoned him when he was young, leaving him her old service revolver and a note saying 'Please look after my baby, I can't be bothered.' Given the unusual naming traditions of the Hitler family it is possible male children are given female middle names while females have male middle names. In ''Guest House Paradiso'', he goes by the name Eddie Ndingombaba.
Character analysis
Despite sharing a mutual dislike, Richie and Eddie are eternally entwined together due to their basic flaws and they seem to have an unspoken care and need for each other as a result, having been friends for 25 years. Both have called each other best friends and Richie has referred to them as "the guys!" on more than one occasion. Richie tolerates Eddie's drunken behaviour and likewise Eddie tolerates Richie's pompous attitude. Eddie's alcoholism and violent nature mean that he has not been able to hold down a steady job since his very short-lived career as a '
bunny girl
A Playboy Bunny is a waitress who works at a Playboy Club and selected through standardized training. Their costumes were made up of lingerie, inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot. This costume consisted of a strapless corset ted ...
' back in 1978 that lasted ten minutes and it is unlikely that any landlord would grant him tenancy, even if he could afford the rent. He therefore relies heavily upon Richie's charity. On the other hand, Richie can be very presumptuous and is constantly libidinous, and without Eddie he is unlikely to ever make another friend. The two have an unspoken acceptance of their interdependence and their relationship tends to fluctuate between acting like a married couple from filling in the crossword together and a mother and son relationship with Richie putting an unconscious, drunken Eddie to bed every night. Both Richie and Eddie have died in numerous episodes, only to resurface unharmed the following episode.
Richie becomes overly excited at the prospect of anything good happening and by comparison, Eddie is quite grounded in himself at least when he is sober. There is some debate over who is the most intelligent of the two. Richie considers Eddie 'the stupid one', however, Eddie appears to have quite good general knowledge. He can play chess and spends several hours trying unsuccessfully, to teach Richie. Also Eddie appears to have a greater knowledge of popular culture and the arts than Richie, as he knows a fair amount about
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
and
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
(who Richie claims invented the Chelsea Boot), and also appears well versed in the works of
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widesprea ...
(whom Richie believes to be a football player). However, Richie is usually quick to spot the flaws in Eddie's latest schemes, such as when he noticed how terribly unconvincing his forged money looked in the episode "Dough". Also Richie can read, whereas Eddie rarely spells words correctly including his own name. Another example was the word 'scythe', when Richie pointed it out to him in the dictionary he thought it spelt the word 'zither' and he was also unaware of what a debt was. Both Richie and Eddie frequently use double-entendres either purposely as a joke or it is misinterpreted by the other.
The arguments between Richie and Eddie often lead to exaggerated and destructive fight scenes. Some have likened this to a live action cartoon. However, the boisterousness is somewhat more graphic: examples include heads slammed in and under refrigerators; hands stapled to tables; legs being chainsawed off; genitalia slammed in doors or set on fire; fingers cut off; televisions smashed over heads; darts, forks, or fingers ending up in eyes; faces shoved in camp fires; legs broken or teeth knocked out. Some of the visual effects used for these events are very realistic, whereas others are deliberately fake. All are accompanied by a variety of over-the-top sound effects. The
BBFC
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has given the Bottom: The Complete Series DVD a classification of 15, with a violence rating of 'None'.
Both Richie and Eddie share many of the qualities that their
Young Ones characters Rick and Vyvyan possess. The fights that Richie and Eddie have are not dissimilar to the ones Rick and Vyvyan have. Eddie has a violent nature that Vyvyan strongly possesses, and Richie like Rick believes himself to be more popular and intelligent than he really is. Although Vyvyan is not a heavy alcoholic like Eddie is, he appears to be the only one of the Young Ones who enjoys alcohol. His favourite drink being either vodka or
babycham. Certain jokes that appeared in the Young Ones have also appeared in Bottom on a couple of occasions; for example, in the Young Ones episode "Oil", Vyvyan hit Rick in the crotch with a cricket bat to which Rick replied ''"Ha! Ha! Missed both my legs!"'' Eddie does the same thing to Richie who responds with the same line in the first and second of the
Bottom Live performances. Eddie has on more than one occasion mocked Richie for being a virgin, and throughout most of the Young Ones episode "Time", Vyvyan taunted Rick for being a virgin to which Rick repeatedly denies. However, both Eddie and Vyvyan are believed to be virgins too. In the Bottom episode "Terror", Eddie believed that the
Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...
drinks virgins' blood, but immediately after he said this he looked worried. In the Young Ones episode "Nasty", a
vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deat ...
was loose in the students' house and Vyvyan smugly stated that he was not worried because he believed that vampires only attack virgins. However, only moments after he said this he muttered under his breath that he hoped ''"snogging with SPG counts"''. Another similarity between Eddie and Vyvyan is that neither of them know who their biological fathers are. In the final Bottom Live performance, while they are travelling through their time machine, Richie suggests doing some old material and impersonates Rick. Eddie obliges to this and takes on Vyvyan's persona to which Richie joked that Eddie has not changed his material very much.
Recurring characters
* Spudgun (
Steve O'Donnell): One of Eddie's slobbish and unemployable friends. His nickname comes from a trick he can do involving a potato, although according to Eddie it's not something most people would want to see.
* Dave Hedgehog (
Christopher Ryan
Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou; 25 January 1950) is a British actor best known for his roles as Mike TheCoolPerson in the BBC comedy series '' The Young Ones'', Dave Hedgehog in the BBC comedy series ''Bottom'', Tony Driscoll in t ...
): One of Eddie's friends. While "Hedgehog" appears to be his actual surname, he also can do a trick involving an actual hedgehog. As seen in "
Terror", he is married, and has a daughter by the name of Doreen - who is remarkably calm when dealing with Richie and Eddie, despite them mistaking her for Satan. Dave's wife's name is Susan as mentioned in "
Holy
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...
", although it takes him a while to recall her name.
* Richard "Dick" Head (
Lee Cornes
Lee Cornes is an English television actor and writer born in Worcester.
A stand up comedian since 1980, he was a regular compere at London's Comedy Store throughout the 1980s and won best Stand Up Comedian at the Charrington London Fringe Awa ...
): The landlord of the Lamb and Flag, Richie and Eddie's regular pub. Dick gets on well with neither Richie nor Eddie, because of the arguments over their tabs and payments for alcohol. He is ignorant of his own field, pronouncing the 'd' in
Pernod. Yet he can sneaky at times when he takes advantage of losers Richie, Eddie and other of their fellow drinkers. His appearances were in "
Smells", "
Parade" and "
Dough
Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavenin ...
".
* Mr. Harrison (
Roger Sloman
Roger Sloman (born 19 May 1946) is an English actor known for his work in theatre, film, and television.
Early life and education
He grew up and was educated in South East London. He trained to be a teacher and then went to East 15 acting sch ...
): Richie and Eddie's flat landlord and shopkeeper. His only appearances were in "
's Up
"s Up" (short for Bottom's Up) is the fifth episode of the first series of British sitcom '' Bottom''. It was first broadcast on 15 October 1991.
Synopsis
Richie and Eddie mind their landlord's shop for him, but end up getting stuck on the roo ...
" and "
Holy
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a ...
". In the latter episode, Harrison is shown to have a daughter named Valerie and a grandson named Johnny.
Minor and one-off characters
*Lily Linneker (
Lisa Maxwell): Appeared in "Digger" series 2, episode 1. Runs the Lily Linneker's Love Bureau.
*John Cooper (aka “Mr 55p”) (
Michael Redfern
Michael Ian Redfern (30 March 1943 – 29 July 2022) was an English actor, known for his appearances on television and stage.
Early years
Redfern was born on 30 March 1943 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England.
Career
Redfern is perhaps best kno ...
): Appeared in the episode "'S Up". John Cooper comes into Mr. Harrison's shop (which Richie and Eddie are minding) to collect his newspaper.
*Veronica Head (
Julia Sawalha
Julia Sawalha (born 9 September 1968) is an English actress who played Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous''. She is also known for her portrayal of Lynda Day, editor of the ''Junior Gazette'', in ''Press Gang'', as ...
): The beautiful young barmaid at the Lamb and Flag, whom Richie tries to woo by boasting of his false adventures during the
Falklands War. She later turns out to be the niece of Dick Head and has been conspiring against Richie, Eddie and all the other freeloaders from the start. She only appeared in the episode ''
Parade''.
*Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, Third
Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicia ...
ess of
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...
(
Helen Lederer
Helen Margaret Lederer (born 24 September 1954) is an English comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC2 sketch series ''Naked Video'' ...
): A foreign countess Richie met through Lily Linneker's Love Bureau. Richie posed as the Duke of
Kidderminster
Kidderminster is a large market and historic minster town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2011 census, it ha ...
to secure a date with her. She agreed to marry him and unwittingly admitted that she'd lost her entire fortune in a civil war and had to marry soon lest she be penniless forever. She appears in the episode ''
Digger'', The actress Helen Lederer also briefly appears as a nurse in the episode Apocalypse.
*Mr. N. Stiles (
Robert Llewellyn
Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom '' Red Dwarf'' and formerly presented the engineering gameshow '' Scrapheap Challenge'' ...
): N. Stiles is a Falklands ex-serviceman who was in the Lamb and Flag, asking questions to Richie about his false adventures in the Falklands. Richie and Eddie discover he has a valuable wooden leg and decide to steal it and take to the pawn shop to bet on a horse. He appears in ''
Parade''.
*Lil Potato (
Patsy Rowlands
Patricia Amy Rowlands (19 January 1931 – 22 January 2005) was an English actress who is best remembered for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films series, as Betty Lewis in the ITV Thames sitcom '' Bless This House'', and as Alice Meredit ...
): Spudgun's mother. Appears in ''
Parade'' . She leads Her son and Dave Hedgehog the freeloading racket with the identity Parade lineup and in the end of the episode she gets punch unconscious by Chief Inspector Grobbelaar.
*"Skullcrusher" Henderson (
Nick Scott): He is one of Dick's friends and the most prolific
currency forger in London, although this is more down to his tendency to crush the skulls of any rivals than the quality of his forgeries (which feature
Danny La Rue in place of the Queen). Richie and Eddie fell afoul of Skullcrusher and had to pay a £5,000 tribute in order to escape having their skulls crushed; unfortunately they tried to pay Skullcrusher with his own forged cash, and got their skulls crushed anyway. Appeared in ''
Dough
Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavenin ...
''.
*"Cannonball" Taffy O'Jones (voiced by
Kevin Allen): Insane Welsh cricketer. After a deliberate bowl to Richie's forehead with a slingshot, Richie and Eddie steal both his car and honeymoon. Taffy follows them however, and gets revenge with another pair of bowls to Richie and Eddie's foreheads, although it’s never made clear if Richie and Eddie paid his bill and/or O’Jones was still out of pocket. He never appears on-screen, but is heard off-camera sporting a heavy Welsh accent in ''
Finger
A finger is a limb of the body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of most of the Tetrapods, so also with humans and other primates. Most land vertebrates have five fingers ( Pentadactyly). Chambers ...
''.
*Harry The Bastard/Ted Nugent (
Brian Croucher
Brian Croucher (born 23 January 1942) is an English actor and director best known for his role as Ted Hills, which he played from 1995 to 1997, in the soap opera '' EastEnders''. Croucher also had a regular role in the science fiction series ' ...
): Mean spirited pawnbroker who knowingly and brazenly offers prices for items proffered at well below their true worth. Examples include 7 pence for a house and £1.50 for an engraved wooden leg he acknowledges to be worth at least £2500. He appears in ''
Parade''. Another character named "Harry the Bastard" appeared in Mayall and Edmondson's
The Young Ones, though he was played by
Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. He was voted the 18th gre ...
.
*Mr Tent (Rupert Bates): A
streaker who stalked Richie and Eddie while camping out in Wimbledon Common, as part of a bet in
'S Out. He is first seen in the daytime flashing, then later at night the streaker comes back and undoes the zip on the tent, he then starts performing sexual simulations by inserting his penis in the opening of their tent. In a panic, Eddie zips the covering back down, causing the streaker's penis to get caught in the zip. Screaming in pain, the streaker runs off with the tent still attached to him, leaving Eddie and Richie without cover during the rainstorm.
*Video Repair Man (uncredited): Makes a brief appearance in ''
Carnival'' after Eddie blows up a VCR he took almost a year to set up. After repairing the machine, Eddie offers him a box of
Malibu in lieu of cash, only to send him flying down the stairs and possibly injuring him by pulling a lever.
*Gas Man (
Mark Lambert): Appears in ''
Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
'' in which he visits Richie and Eddie's flat to read their gas meter only to find the reading is all zeros. As their next door neighbour Mr Rottweiler is up next, Richie and Eddie decide to keep the Gas Man in the flat until his time to clock off for the night arrives, as they have been stealing gas from Rottweiler hence the meter reading. By doing this they force-feed him cold tea while pretending they do not know what gas is, only to knock him out with a frying pan as he tries to leave. The Gas Man later wakes up with a headache while Richie and Eddie try to throw him out of a window onto the roof of the next bus. Although his shift is over, the Gas Man proceeds to check Mr Rottweiler's meter, despite or perhaps due to his tremendous head injuries.
*Mr. Rottweiler (
Brian Glover
Brian Glover (2 April 1934 – 24 July 1997) was an English actor and writer. He worked as a teacher and professional wrestler before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His ...
): Richie and Eddie's violent neighbour who appears in ''
Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or ...
''. Richie and Eddie were stealing gas from their neighbour with an illegal gas link, only to try and disconnect it by smashing his wall down while he is asleep with his girlfriend for the night.
*Doreen Hedgehog (
Lisa Coleman): Appears in ''
Terror''. Doreen is Dave's daughter who comes to the flat where she is mistaken for being The Devil by the others due to wearing a devil mask but after taking it off she reveals that she has been sent to collect her father as her mother doesn't like him being out after midnight.
*Valerie Bates: Mr. Harrison's daughter, appearing in ''Holy''. After her mother has a heart attack on Christmas Day, she leaves her son Johnny with her father, but he ends up on Richie and Eddie's doorstep causing them, Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun into thinking he's the son of God. After returning, Valerie sees that Johnny is hungry and prepares to breastfeed him in the flat by unbuttoning her top, much to Richie and Eddie's delight.
*Johnny Bates: Mr. Harrison's baby grandson, appearing in ''Holy''. When his mother Valerie leaves to be with her mother who had a heart attack, he is left with Mr. Harrison, who leaves him on Richie and Eddie's doorstep for them to look after him. After finding him, Richie, Eddie, Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun mistake Johnny for being the son of God until Harrison arrives and reveals that Johnny is his grandson just moments before Valerie arrives.
*Tight-Mouthed Larry (
Chris Langham
Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom '' The Thick of It'', and as presenter Roy Mallard in '' People Like Us'', first on B ...
): Dick Head's
Bookmaker
A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays off bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.
History
The first bookmaker, Ogden, stood at Newmarket in 1795.
Range of events
Bookm ...
who appears in ''
Parade''. He came out of the men's lavatory sick and drunk and seems to accidentally give away his tip about Sad Ken to Richie, Eddie and the whole pub. Later he reappears with Dick and revealing the tip was scam and conspiring with Veronica and her uncle for the money that the freeloaders didn't pay for their drinks.
*Chief Inspector Grobbelaar (
Andy de la Tour
Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter.
In films he appeared in '' Plenty'', ''Notting Hill'', the Roman Polanski's ''Oliver Twist'', ''44 Inch Chest'', and '' The Confessions'', and in television '' The Young Ones'', ...
): appearing in ''Parade''. He's the head of the police station and in charge with the identity parade. When he enters the lineup room, Richie mistaken Grobbelaar for an witness and again in for someone else in the men's lavatory when Richie and Eddie assaulting him for money placing them both and all the other freeloaders in the lineup and giving three of his fellow officers to give Richie and Eddie a damn good kicking by beating them both their truncheons at the end of the episode.
Unseen characters
* Nurse: Mentioned by profession instead of name in “
Accident
An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term ''accident'' implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks. Most researche ...
”. She attacked Richie with a
kidney dish after asking her if she’s seen ''
The Singing Detective
''The Singing Detective'' is a BBC television serial drama, written by Dennis Potter, starring Michael Gambon and directed by Jon Amiel. Its six episodes are "Skin", "Heat", "Lovely Days", "Clues", "Pitter Patter" and "Who Done It".
The ser ...
''.
*Ethel Cardew: Ethel Cardew is a woman (implied in ''Terror'' to be transsexual) that both Eddie and Richie frequently mention in their conversations. Richie has tried to woo her unsuccessfully (by one occasion pretending to be the captain of a ship, only for her to walk away with the arresting officer), deluding himself into believing that she was his fiancé, though it seemed that she preferred Eddie over Richie and slept with him, leaving Richie rather unsettled whenever the topic is brought up. However, it would appear that Eddie and Ethel are no longer on speaking terms, due to the events only described as the "superglue incident".
*Keith and Deirdre McFrenzy
*Ted "Unlucky Suicide" McGloomy
*Mad Quentin "Trousers Down Pervy" O'Blimey
*Harry "I'll Do Anything For Half A Pint" Grundy: Mentioned in “
Digger” as a friend of Richie and Eddie’s who has their potato masher still stuck inside him, which the doctors couldn’t remove causing Richie to use Eddie’s head to mash them with instead, resulting in “Squashed Potatoes”.
*"Mad Dog" Patrick "D'you Want Some Of This" O'Fist
*"Dodgy" Bob McMayday: said by Eddie to be "the most violent travel agent in the world".
*Tubbs Lardy
*Aunt Irama
*Susan Hedgehog: Mentioned in
Holy
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and referenced in Terror is Dave's wife and Doreen's mother.
*Fatty Amal: Owner of the take away kebab shop opposite the flat. He is first mentioned in "Gas" where after supposedly killing a gas man, Richie phones Amal and attempts to give the gas man's body to him for meat, only for Amal to reply that his Alsatian had got ran over that morning so he was fine for meat for the rest of the week. He is mentioned for the second and final time in "Carnival" where he petrol bombs his shop during riots after taking an insurance policy on it the day before.
*Adolf Hitler: mentioned in “Digger” as Eddie's mother.
*Hotel Land Lady: Never mentioned by name, but was described by Richie and Eddie in “Break”. The year before the events of the episode, she asked if Eddie knew anything about gas leaks while they were staying in a hotel in an unnamed location, only for Eddie to start off a lighter and blow up the hotel, which killed the Land Lady in the process. Her last words were “Oh Mr Hitler?, do you know anything about gas leaks?”. Richie describes her as “A sweetheart”.
*Slip Digby: Possibly an organist, although "that's not what they called him in court." In
Hole
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he is announced as the winner of the Hammersmith Bugle's Stork Margarine competition, claiming victory with the slogan "I like Stork Margarine because I've only got one leg."
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