Rik Mayall success. On 23 August 2012, the BBC announced that Edmondson and Mayall's characters of Richie and Eddie would be returning in 2013 in "Hooligan's Island", a television adaptation of their 1997 tour of the same name. However, on 15 October 2012, Edmondson announced during an interview with BBC radio presenter Mark Powlett that the project was cancelled prior to production as he wished to pursue other interests. In September 2012, Mayall starred in "The Last Hurrah", a six-episode, full-cast audio series that he also co-wrote with Craig Green and Dominic Vince. In November 2012, Mayall narrated several children's books on
Bottom (TV series) productions. They reconvened in 1994 to film the third series. A fourth series was written but turned down by the BBC. Though the pair were working apart, a fourth series was at one point written, but the BBC declined the script, despite announcing that "Bottom" would return in a voice-over during the end-credits of the original broadcast of the final episode. (Mayall had commented, in typical style, that it was "rejected by some lesbian bitch"). Edmondson had, however, stated in interviews that he would have liked to make another series of "Bottom" with Mayall, but "in about fifteen years' time,