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  • Actors: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Michael Redfern
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Playback
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Jul 2004
  • Run Time: 204 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002JK766
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,978 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A neglected satirical classic, sadly hacked about, 1 Aug 2004
By Mr. Ian P. Scott "Tom Fairfax" (Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
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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.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars pure pure genius, 21 Mar 2005
By Mark Wharton - See all my reviews
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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 ,
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed emotions, 26 Jan 2007
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?

Firstly, because you `had to be there': many of the topical references and the lampoons of specific `celebs' just won't mean anything to a newer generation of viewers. Equally sadly for comedy writers, we no longer live in a time where political targets (on both the Left and the Right) so clearly define themselves and their dogged, cartoon beliefs that they practically write their own gags every time they open their mouths. That Golden Age of Self-parody has passed, and doesn't look like returning any time soon - Doublespeak and fractured English notwithstanding. (On the other hand, some of Richie's game/reality show ideas are spookily prescient of modern times, and perhaps should have remained in the realms of fantasy. Imagine, a world free of BB. Bliss!)

Secondly, despite what some other reviewers have said, I think the cuts on this DVD really do spoil the experience. Punch lines are left in where the set up has been edited out (huh!), and butchering the Richie-in-the-Nolan's-shower scene is nothing short of criminal.

Nevertheless, if you can live with these shortcomings, buy the DVD. The live feel and the pace of the gags (both verbal and very, very physical) is excellent most of the time, and the show-within-a-show talking and mugging to camera only adds to the fun. One thing I never noticed from the original broadcast is that Richie Rich tends to morph into Kenneth Williams really quite often. Was this planned?

OK, on second thoughts: 4.5 stars for fans, 3 for newcomers. Is that a fair deal, daughters?
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3.0 out of 5 stars 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 17 days ago by D7

4.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. C. Blake

4.0 out of 5 stars The Foreground To Madcap Storylines
'Filthy, Rich and Catflap' first transmitted on BBC2 in early 1987, the beeb at the time had a lot of trust and belief in the programme - owning to the show being a sort of... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. E. R. Thomson

5.0 out of 5 stars Poppadum Frenzy
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. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Unky S

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly awful. Worse even than I imagined.
This series has been mostly overlooked by TV since its first run. And rightly so. It is awful. It was shown again recently on one of the comedy channels and it is just... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kirk St Moritz

5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
Published 23 months ago by satman

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars I'll keep it short & sweet!
This is one of the funniest & most under-rated t.v shows ever!
If you are a fan of Bottom then check this out! You wont be dissapointed. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2005 by boopeep78

4.0 out of 5 stars The formative years of R.Richards and E.Hitler
Terrific,providing you are a fan of Rik and Ade's 21st centurty slapstick.As the majority of the poulation (of the U.K)i gave up on this show almost immediately. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by JOHN ANDERSON

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