The pair met during their first year studying drama at Manchester University. READ MORE:When anarchic sitcom Bottom exploded onto our TV screens just over 30 years ago in 1991, it was to a mixed reaction.
'I'm always afraid people are going to say horrible things. We used to love the satirical magazine Private Eye as students, and when their critic Alan Coren called Bottom 'witless tosh' we were broken. Rik and Adrian met in their first year studying drama at Manchester University. They hit it off instantly and formed a double act, performing their own material to the rest of the drama department every week.
I headbutted the concrete wall and it got a laugh so I kept doing it. Audiences like pain and people falling over Just three years out of university, The Comic Strip Presents... series of TV movies was commissioned by the newly launched Channel 4 and Rik and Adrian never looked back. The documentary uncovers behind-the-scenes footage from the filming of Bottom that has never been broadcast, and includes exclusive tales from the set as well as comments from celebrity fans.
Adrian was devastated when Rik had a heart attack and died aged 56 in 2014, and became emotional recalling his relationship with him on Desert Island Discs last year.
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