- Actors: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Michael Redfern
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Universal Pictures UK
- DVD Release Date: 26 July 2004
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002JK766
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,554 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Largely written by doyen of alternative 80s comedy Ben Elton (abetted by Mayall), this seedy series had to follow in the huge cult footsteps of The Young Ones.What happened when The Young Ones grew up
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Amongst the "endless stream of nob and bot gags" (still funny) is a vicious satire on TV light entertainment. The series was never repeated after its original run, the rumour is that the content rubbed a lot of significant people up the wrong way. After F,R and C, TV light entertainment was never the same again.
The humour was a staging post between "The Young Ones" and "Bottom". By the standards of today - e.g. "Two Pints of Lager", "Coupling" etc. then it has lost its shock value, but that doesn't stop it being laugh out loud. Very much a product of its time, I was grateful for the Eighties haircuts on the female characters ("Stu-stu-stu Studio Line") and the line "Next time you're being beaten up, try calling an alternative comedian".
For those who saw it first time around, the DVD is missing the "Oliver!" songs and the "Roxanne / Vienna" rendition with Midge Ure, plus a couple of other unimportant scenes. The small print does say that "Edits have been made for contractual reasons". No extras, obviously (it is a British TV series). Despite this, the lusty rendition of "Shaddupa Your Face" remains: Joe Dolce's lawyer not so hot, apparently.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the second best thing Rik and the boys have ever done , the first being "Mr Jolly lives next door" Why this never got a second series I will never know , and I would love them to do one now and pick on some of todays celebs. Rik is at his best here as a c list celeb Richie Rich moving from one disaster to another trying to get to the hights of Bruce Forsyth and Tarby "the Gov'ner" . Sometimes things are a disapointment when you view them again , but this wasn't , infact I laughed more ,
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This has to be one of the funniest programs I have ever seen. If your a Ritchie Rich and Eddie(Catflap)Hittler aka Rik and Ade Fan this is a must absolutely hilarious. My friends and I still quote this program chapter and verse to one another over 20 years on just shows you how memorable it is. Only complaint is that the BBC have really gone to town on the editing. I still have a video tape yes! a video tape of this I recorded off the TV back in the 80's and they have cut out a lot one of the best moments gone is the pick pocket scene were Ritchie sings lyrics from 'Oliver', superb. Look out for some of the facial expressions Eddie pulls classic comedy and not a word spoken. Buy now or regret it when it's packed of to the shelves of history absolute must if your into Rik and Ade. Love It
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Buried treasure found at last
If you liked The Young Ones then you'll love this, as it's the same kind of anarchist humour. Three of the characters in The Young Ones are now trying to cope in later life. Read more
Published 12 months ago by StormSworder
I don't get it ....
I mean, I don't get why this series wasn't renewed. Another reviewer suggested that the series' jabs at "light entertainment" rubbed some higher-ups the wrong way; perhaps this... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Born in the USA
filfthy rich and catflap
filth rich and catflap is one of the funniest things ever its fantastically funny had me in stiches. good memories of the past.brill!!!!!
Published 19 months ago by deb smithson
filthy, rich and catflap
this product in performance terms was certainly filthy, it was rich in comedy and not something you'd throw out the catflap. Read more
Published on 31 July 2009 by M. Bolton
Dated, but still funny
I remembered Filthy Rich and Catflap from when it was shown in 1987.. It was after being given the box set of Bottom as a birthday present that I found F R & C on DVD on Amazon... Read more
Published on 1 July 2009 by D7
A view from America ...
Hello to the UK - if it weren't for you there'd be no decent comedy at all here in the USA.
I'd just like to point out that there is no Region 1 DVD of FRC available. Read more
I'd just like to point out that there is no Region 1 DVD of FRC available. Read more
Published on 9 May 2009 by T. C. Blake
Great
I prefer this to Bottom and The Young Ones.
Im not sure why but i just found it funnier and pleasanter. Why it didnt go on beyond one series is beyond me.
Im not sure why but i just found it funnier and pleasanter. Why it didnt go on beyond one series is beyond me.
Published on 25 Aug 2007 by satman
Mixed emotions
This series really is as good as I remembered it, and was unjustly underrated at the time. It definitely should have gone to a second series.
So why only 3 stars? Read more
So why only 3 stars? Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2007 by E. R. Holland
Please ignore all the complaining
This is a brilliant dvd, classic Rik and Ade. I was a little worried when buying it because of all the reviews which say it is cut to shreds. This is simply not true. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2006 by Johnny
E Catflap - extrordinary fart impressionist....
Brilliant series, some of the most outlandish stuff ever made in British comedy. If the BBC hadn't almost wrecked the last episode of the series in particular (which would... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2006 by Mark Joyce
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