"Filthy Rich & Catflap" (1987) TV series

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 January 1987 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Showbiz

Cast

Adrian Edmondson	...	Edward Catflap (6 episodes, 1987)
Rik Mayall	...	Richard Rich (6 episodes, 1987)
Nigel Planer	...	Ralph Filthy (6 episodes, 1987)
Michael Redfern	...	Policeman / ... (4 episodes, 1987)

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Edward Catflap: Richie, if you don't stop talking, I am going to cut off your head, put it in the microwave until it goes pink, mash it up with a bit of milk and butter, and ram it up your backside!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008) (TV)

Greatly missed

FR&C was an excellent follow-on from "The Young Ones" but I feel that too many people were too stuck in the past to appreciate it. Then, blow me down, a few years later along comes "Bottom" and everybody loves it?! FR&C was far superior to Bottom, better scripts, better plots and not 'dumbed down' like Bottom is. There was at least some plausible rationale why these disgusting characters were involved in each other lives. There were also a couple of brilliant celebrity slots by Midge Ure and the Nolans - the latter being so out of character for those clean living Irish girls.

I also loved the 'asides' to camera which I feel were an excellent way of inviting the audience into the plot. I could easily exceed the word limit singing the praises of this series, but I shall end with a quote from the first episode (which still makes me laugh out loud);

Ralph Filthy: "Richie - it doesn't matter how many milkmen you kill, it still won't become fashionable you know..."

Well worth while watching if you get the chance.