High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bottom was a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson who star as Richie and Eddie, two flatmates living on the dole in Hammersmith, London. The program ran for three series, and was followed by five stage show tours across the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2003, and a 1999 film Guest House Paradiso. Bottom is noted for its chaotic humour and violent comedy slapstick.