Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour the third episode of the first series. Out of all the live shows The Big Number Two Tour is the one with the most out-takes and ad-libs made on stage by both Rik and Ade. Bottom (TV series) Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour Bottom Live: The Big Number Two is a 1995 live stage show based on the UK TV series "Bottom" that was filmed at the Apollo Theatre Oxford. After a strange, half-mentioned turn of events, Richie and Eddie are about to meet the Queen. Richie is very excited over it while Eddie keeps forgetting it, because
The New Statesman strong following: the audience laughter was so loud and persistent that it apparently caused the show to overrun and the writers had to shorten the scripts to compensate. However, it was also regarded as "very" cruel and irreverent, treating all its subjects with black humour and violent slapstick. Rik Mayall said of the audience reaction he received "In the first series people were saying 'Gosh, isn't Rik Mayall good-looking?' but by the second they were saying 'Gosh, isn't Rik Mayall a good actor?' and that's all I ever really wanted." Comic Relief (BBC1 - 5 February 1988) – Not technically