Richie, Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog celebrate Christmas.
With so many Christmas themed comedies out there, it's a pretty saturated market and much humour repackaged in different guises. 'Holy' does it in a distinctly Bottom style with the characters fighting, swearing and letching their way through a disastrous Christmas Day.
Richie is so enthusiastic with over-the-top festive spirit, he is the excitable child who gets up ridiculously early to open his presents and also the stressed out mum in charge of dinner and party games. All the while Eddie just wants to get drunk and watch television.
We have all the typical Bottom humour with some hilariously violent sight gags and simple yet funny one-liners. The final scene that follows Richie finding a surprise on their doorstep is one of the all time classic moments of BBC comedy. The whole concept of this situation is genius and Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Steven O'Donnell and Christopher Ryan are superb.
Series 2 is a particularly strong chapter of Bottom and this episode probably edges it as the best of them. However, comedy is in the eye of the beholder, so others might disagree.
With so many Christmas themed comedies out there, it's a pretty saturated market and much humour repackaged in different guises. 'Holy' does it in a distinctly Bottom style with the characters fighting, swearing and letching their way through a disastrous Christmas Day.
Richie is so enthusiastic with over-the-top festive spirit, he is the excitable child who gets up ridiculously early to open his presents and also the stressed out mum in charge of dinner and party games. All the while Eddie just wants to get drunk and watch television.
We have all the typical Bottom humour with some hilariously violent sight gags and simple yet funny one-liners. The final scene that follows Richie finding a surprise on their doorstep is one of the all time classic moments of BBC comedy. The whole concept of this situation is genius and Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Steven O'Donnell and Christopher Ryan are superb.
Series 2 is a particularly strong chapter of Bottom and this episode probably edges it as the best of them. However, comedy is in the eye of the beholder, so others might disagree.