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| "Holy" | |
|---|---|
| Bottom episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 2 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Written by | Ade Edmondson Rik Mayall |
| Original air date | 29 October 1992 |
"Holy" is the fifth episode of the second series of British television sitcom Bottom . It was first broadcast on 29 October 1992.
It is Christmas time in Hammersmith once again, and Richie and Eddie experience a Christmas miracle.
One early Christmas morning, Richie enters Eddie's room disguised as Santa Claus and presents "gifts" for himself and Eddie. He accidentally sets off Eddie's homemade security system, which results in Richie being hanged. After being freed by Eddie as he gets his flatmate to pay £10, Richie returns as himself and proceeds to list off the gifts that "Santa" has left them, which consist of the ingredients for Christmas dinner, while Eddie himself receives no stocking stuffers. Eddie presents his gifts for Richie: a small empty bottle of Malibu rum, and a used toilet roll made into a "play telescope" featuring an image of Sue Carpenter in a bikini complete with a bad spelling speech bubble. Richie presents his gift for Eddie: a childlike-styled self-portrait of Richie which was complete in fifteen minutes.
Later on, Eddie attends to spend the rest of his christmas hour watching fictional Noel's Christmas Family Video Acciddents, But Richie forbids Eddie to watch TV until the Queen's Speech comes on (although Richie renders this impossible by pulling out the plug wire) and proceeds to start Christmas lunch. Short on brandy butter because Eddie unwittingly drinks the christmas brandy bottle, the two settle for the highly-flammable hairsprayed "vodka margarine". Eddie also bought in a £16 worth Geranium for a christmas tree which shocked and despaired Richie. During the cooking, Richie accidentally and foolishly chops off one of his own fingers and begins to lose blood. To get on with Christmas lunch, Eddie crudely staples the finger back into place. Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun arrive to attend Christmas dinner and are served glasses of gravy as a replacement for the sherry that Eddie already drank earlier. For lunch, they are served rock hard potatoes, sprouts, and a turkey that is overcooked so much that it has shrunk and is inedible. They skip to the pudding; when Richie set the vodka margarine alight, Eddie is forced to extinguish the powerful blaze. Richie attempts to play charades, but the others do not know the rules and gotten completely bored with Richie's uninteresting christmas games. The doorbell rings, and a baby is found on the doorstep. Richie decides that he and Eddie should adopt the child, despite Eddie's protests. Eddie laments "get rid of it" and "why couldn't you be more careful?".
Spudgun, Eddie and Dave decide to give the child gifts; respectively, Terry's All Gold, a Frankenstein mask and an aftershave named "Grrr". At the time, the three are wearing paper crowns and Richie, a virgin, is wearing a blue towel like a veil. Noticing the similarities with the Nativity, Richie believes that he is the Virgin Mother of God, the child is the Messiah and that they are witnessing the Second Coming. Richie gives himself the title "Richard Mary" and demands the servitude of the others. However, it turns out that the baby is Johnny, the grandson of Richie and Eddie's grumpy and unsocial landlord Mr. Harrison, whose daughter returns to collect the boy. Eddie and Richie get excited when she prepares to breastfeed in front of them. [1]
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| Cast | Characters |
|---|---|
| Rik Mayall | Richie |
| Adrian Edmondson | Eddie |
| Charlie Biddle | Johnny Bates |
| Tina Foley | Valerie Bates |
| Steven O'Donnell | Spudgun |
| Christopher Ryan | Dave Hedgehog |
| Roger Sloman | Mr Harrison |
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