Talking Bottom Podcast
1) The Young Ones S1 E2: Oil
"Neil! Your bedroom's on fire!" Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mile move into their new house and the apparent discovery of oil in the basement soon brings out everyone's true colours. Mat, Ange and Paul disc...Show More
2) Rik Mayall Comedy Festival 2026 - WE'RE BACK!
What a line up! (And we don't mean an identity parade alongside Maureen Hedgehog). We are returning to The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival with three Talking Bottom events... ruddy hell! Saturday May 30th...Show More
3) The Young Ones S1 E1: Demolition
Once in every lifetime comes... a sitcom that redefines the genre, smashes away the old guard and puts a rocket up the establishment. Their house is dirty, their hair greasy, their clothes smelly... a...Show More
4) 2025 Christmas round up
Bloody hell, that was a bit of a year, wasn't it?! Join us while we pour a festive glass of gravy, scrub our sprouts and wrap presents*. We reminisce on the year that saw the book nearly have a rubbis...Show More
5) Max Kinnings interview
This week's guest is a man whose professional career has often tighly interwoven with Rik Mayall's. He's a prolific writer of screenplays, novels, video games, plays - and was the ghost writer of Rik'...Show More
6) Dave Cohen interview
This weeks guest is a prolific comedy writer, stand-up comedian, novelist, Perrier award nominee, founder member of the Comedy Store Players and the man who coined the phrase “Comedy is the new rock n...Show More
7) Colin Gilbert interview
Talking Bottom chats with Colin Gilbert, the director and co-writer with Rik Mayall of The Man Behind the Green Door and Kevin Turvey Investigates. Colin also directed Rab C Nesbitt and worked on Not ...Show More
8) Live at the Edinburgh Fringe with special guest Lee Cornes!
This week it's the Talking Bottom podcast you've all been waiting for as we come to you LIVE from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! We were honoured to be joined by a very special guest - a comedian and ...Show More
9) Book relaunch and Edinburgh Fringe teaser
"Phew, that was close!" Following a catastrophic near-end more fraught than Richie and Eddie getting gunned down by the SAS, with the book Talking Bottom: A Guide to The Cult Sitcom SELLING OUT on its...Show More
10) The Many Faces of Rik Mayall: Talking Bottom on Rik the Narrator
Everyone knows Rik had the most expressive face but he had a voice to match, too. From The Wind in The Willows Toad to Jackanory. From Grimm's Fairy Tales to The Last Hurrah. Rik's threw everything in...Show More