Bottom (TV Series) Break (1995) User Reviews

Still Funny

[slightlymad22 · 7/10 · 14 January 2015]

Plot in a paragraph: Richie (Rick Myall) and Eddie (Ade Edmondson) are going on holiday to Bridlington. Well they are staying twenty five minutes from Bridlington by car, and their hotel is situated in Doncaster. Amazingly the holiday is costing £4000. But despite that, they are excited to spend the time planning what they need, and what they going to do on holiday.

Rick Myall and Ade Edmondson have always had the ability to make me laugh, and this episode is no exception. It's great to watch these again after all these years with my young son (9) and watch him laughing hysterically at things I laughed at when there first aired.

The first episode of this season took the show out of the real world (as if anything that happened before was realistic lol) and this episode takes it to another level.

A violent slapstick extravaganza

[snoozejonc · 8/10 · 18 October 2020]

Richie and Eddie prepare to go on holiday.

This episode is a feast of visual humour as the central characters perform numerous feats of slapstick violence. The plot is fairly non existent as they attempt a variety of dangerous tasks in order to get themselves in physical shape for their trip to Bridlington. The standout moments for me were their homemade attempt at liposuction and Eddie's drunken return from checking how long it takes to walk to the bus station.

It contains plenty of the usual type of banter as they plan their holiday and generally insult each other. The concept of their holiday being in Bridlington and location of their hotel always makes me laugh. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson play off each other superbly well as always.

For me the slapstick dominates a bit too much but its still a solid half an hour of BBC comedy.