Entertainment News
- 16 October 2012, 17:56
Rik Mayall scraps plans to bring back Bottom
Funnyman Rik Mayall has scrapped a planned revival of his hit 1990s TV show Bottom.
In August, Mayall announced plans to reunite with his co-star Adrian Edmondson to bring Bottom back for a new series, titled Hooligans' Island.
However, Edmondson has now confirmed the project has been shelved after the comedy duo failed to make progress.
He tells BBC Radio Essex, "There isn't a Bottom series four. There isn't anything. We started working on something and we realised why we stopped working together. It wasn't working."
Asked why he exited the Bottom revival, Edmondson adds, "Because I enjoy other things more... I'm aware that people think comedy's easy to do and write and everything, and it relatively is to be honest. But once you get to a certain age you want to do things you really enjoy, not just things you can do."
A spokesperson for the BBC, which aired the sitcom between 1991 and 1995, says, "I can confirm that Hooligans' Island is not going to be made."
Adrian Wagstaff
6:15pm on 16/10/2012
I wouldn't have amounted to anything more in life if I hadn't spent winter evenings watching those and other programs instead of doing useful things. If 'e wants to be on TV, be on TV, I say. It was very funny watching Casualty each week and saying to my mum, "Look! His name's Adrian, as well!" Then each week my mum would have forgotten. So, then I'd say it the next week, for years. Sad, really but it made my mum laugh for a while.