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- Filthy Rich & Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast early the next year. The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by Paul Jackson (who also helmed The Young Ones), with film sequences directed by Ed Bye. The show's music was written by Peter Brewis. One series of six half-hour episodes was produced (although the notion of a second series is played upon in the final episode, and the continuity announcer on the last installment says "... and Filthy Rich and Catflap will return next year"). Although the series gained respectable viewing figures, it did not quite capture the imagination in the way its father programme, The Young Ones, did. While some parts of the show are of their time (particularly the topical satire aimed at Margaret Thatcher and her government) the main theme of the cult of celebrity and the pursuit of it by the talentless remains topical. Lise Mayer, who co-wrote The Young Ones with Elton and Mayall, has hinted that the reason the series was so short lived was the rivalry between Mayall and Elton, who had previously written as equals on The Young Ones. The show also included constant references to various celebrities (most of them of the light entertainment variety); Jimmy Tarbuck was always referred to as "Tarby", while other celebrities, such as Leslie Crowther were referred to as "Lessie Crowthery" and Terry Wogan as "Terry Wogany". Richie (Rik Mayall's character) liked to think that he was friends with these 'B-list' celebrities, despite never having met any of them. The style of humour - relying heavily on fart jokes, broad satire, violent slapstick and vulgarity in general - was very similar to that which Edmondson and Mayall would continue in the far more successful Bottom (1991-1995), which the pair wrote jointly. Indeed, Filthy Rich & Catflap and Bottom both share the same basic premise (Mayall and Edmondson as antagnostic, squalid, and usually destitute flatmates named "Richie and Eddie"), although the former's political references and frequent breaking of the fourth wall (in the form of asides to the studio audience, and references to the script) are more characteristic of The Young Ones. The series enjoyed a resurgence of interest in 2004 when it was officially released on DVD by independent DVD production company Playback. The VHS and DVD versions were cut for musical rights. These included Richie singing "Where Is Love", "Morning Has Broken" and "Consider Yourself"; and Eddie singing "Roxanne", "You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two" and "Message in a Bottle". Filthy Rich & Catflap received a six day repeat on UKTV G2 in the UK in 2006. However, the episodes were heavily cut with edits that made the plot nonsensical. The first episode was missing the very first scene. The new incarnation of UKTV G2, Dave, also ran the episodes with the same edits in 2008.
- Filthy Rich & Catflap was een kort lopende Britse komedieserie van de BBC met Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall en Adrian Edmondson als Ralph Filthy, Richie Rich en Eddie Catflap. De drie speelden eerder samen in de komische cultserie The Young Ones. Het scenario was van de hand van Ben Elton, eveneens een van de schrijvers van The Young Ones. De serie ging over Richie Rich (Mayall), een talentloos, maar desondanks zelfingenomen acteur die denkt dat iedereen wil profiteren van zijn roem, en de immer benevelde Eddie Catflap (Edmondson), die dienst doet als Richies gestoorde en weinig loyale 'lijfwacht'. De twee delen een appartement. Richies louche agent Ralph Filthy (Planer) houdt zich voornamelijk bezig met prostitutie en pornografie. De humor in het programma borduurde voort op de stijl van The Young Ones, waarin onder meer gebruik werd gemaakt van gewelddadige slapstick- en schunnige grappen. In de latere comedyserie Bottom werd deze stijl voortgezet. In het laatstgenoemde programma speelden Mayall en Edmondson personages die eveneens Richie en Eddie heetten. Ook qua karakter en verstandhouding kwamen deze personages grotendeels overeen met de Richie en Eddie uit Filthy Rich & Catflap. Een ander stijlkenmerk van de serie was het regelmatig doorbreken van de vierde wand, waarbij de personages bijvoorbeeld commentaar leverden op de kwaliteit van het script. Alhoewel er in de laatste aflevering werd verwezen naar een nieuw seizoen, werd er nooit een tweede seizoen gemaakt.
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- Filthy Rich & Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast early the next year. The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by Paul Jackson (who also helmed The Young Ones), with film sequences directed by Ed Bye. The show's music was written by Peter Brewis.
- Filthy Rich & Catflap was een kort lopende Britse komedieserie van de BBC met Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall en Adrian Edmondson als Ralph Filthy, Richie Rich en Eddie Catflap. De drie speelden eerder samen in de komische cultserie The Young Ones. Het scenario was van de hand van Ben Elton, eveneens een van de schrijvers van The Young Ones.
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