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) interests. Edmondson and Mayall toured "Bottom" across five UK tours. The first tour, "Bottom Live", lasted 43 dates across 10 weeks in 1993. The stage shows were often cruder than the television series with stronger language and new elements such as Richie's latent bisexuality and occasional desire to have sex with Eddie, such is Richie's desperation to have sex with anything. A show from each tour was recorded and released for home video. Following the 1997 "Hooligan's Island" tour, Mayall and Edmondson wrote a spin-off movie together, which Edmondson directed, entitled "Guest House Paradiso", released in 1999. The DVD release