The audiobook of Talking Bottom: A Guide to the Cult Sitcom is narrated by Bottom star actor and comedian Lee Cornes, who played Bottom’s wily pub landlord ‘Dick Head’.
Available now on Audible and Spotify, this brand new unabridged audiobook gives fans a chance to listen while they’re driving, on the commute or doing heavy housework
Talking Bottom: A Guide to the Cult Sitcom – a deep dive into Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson’s hilarious, outrageous and unforgettable 90s sitcom Bottom - is now available as an audiobook voiced by Lee Cornes, who starred as Bottom’s snide pub landlord ‘Dick Head’.
Combining cartoon-style slapstick, nob gags and Beckettian nihilist humour, Bottom left an indelible mark on British comedy. When it hit British screens in 1991, at first glance it was just another sofa-based sitcom. Soon, it became clear Bottom was a masterpiece. Written by and starring comedy legends Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as reprobates Richard Richard and Edward Hitler, their stories unfolded in three chaotic BBC TV series, five explosive live shows and a formidable feature film.
Talking Bottom: A Guide To The Cult Sitcom celebrates the legacy of TV’s greatest losers, Richie and Eddie. Complete with thorough ‘Bottom Inspections’, ‘Bottom Nuggets’, draft script excerpts and interview snippets with Bottom’s cast and crew.
Bottom aficionados Paul Tanter, Angela Pearson and Mat Brooks said: “Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson shaped our funny bones with their frying pan wielding cartoon violence. After Rik sadly died far too young, we started the Talking Bottom podcast to celebrate their hilarious double act. We wrote the book for fellow comedy fans and we are beyond thrilled that the dulcet tones of Lee Cornes, our favourite scheming pub landlord ‘Dick Head’, will be entering everyone’s lugholes.”
The Lamb and Flag pub landlord Dick Head said: “The paperback of this book was great, in fact, I got through it really quickly when we ran out of loo roll in the lavs. This version’s only useful to those who can’t read and anyone keen on that handsome bloke Lee Cornes, I s’pose. Anyway buy it now or I’ll set the dawgs on yer!”
Talking Bottom: A Guide to the Cult Sitcom the unabridged audiobook, produced by Jade Monkey Audio and directed by Angela Pearson and Paul Tanter, is out now via Audible and Spotify. Also available in paperback at all good booksellers and as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.
Lee Cornes was instrumental in the birth of alternative comedy. He was one of the very first acts to perform at London's iconic The Comedy Store before becoming one of its regular comperes. Lee Cornes made memorable TV appearances in Blackadder and Red Dwarf, but he is most recognisable to comedy fans from his starring role of sneering barman 'Dick Head' in Bottom.
Paul Tanter is a TV/Film director and film journalist; Angela Pearson is a comedy publicist and writer; and Mat Brooks is a director and comedian. Together, they created the podcast Talking Bottom to celebrate the world’s greatest sitcom.
Following the success of three live podcasts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival, their recent podcast series Talking Bottom on The Young Ones hit the top-ten in the iTunes podcast chart.
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