Bottom/Recap/Carnival
A story from Bottom | |
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Preceded by: | "Finger" |
Original release date: | 10 February 1995 |
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Synopsis: | Richie and Eddie have the best seats for the annual Hammersmith riots, then try to make videos for the BBC. (Wikipedia) |
Its the Hammersmith annual riot and the two are waiting to raid Currys. The steal a 28 inch surround sound TV with fast text, FST NICAM and loads of other bollocks that no one understands. Eddie drops it after being run over by the riot squad and notices that the malibu he took from the offlicense has been stolen. Richie steals a BBC camera and suggests they make their own movies.
After falling into the lav, Richie decides to send a video to "Jeremy Beadle's violent domestic incidents". Eddie being the own who ends up horribly hurt during the recording refuses to repeat it. The two check if the tape is blank and find out it contains a sex tape involving the PM.
They decide to use the tape as blackmail. The flat gets surrounded by the SAS who and up shooting them both to death.