"Contest" is the third episode of the first series of British sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on Monday September 30, 1991. It is notable as the first of only three episodes (along with Culture and Hole) to feature only the two main characters.
With Eddie having spent most of their remaining £11.80 on a second-hand copy of Parade magazine, he and Richie spend a night watching Miss World on the television.
The episode begins with Richie pla...
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"Contest" is the third episode of the first series of British sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on Monday September 30, 1991. It is notable as the first of only three episodes (along with Culture and Hole) to feature only the two main characters.
With Eddie having spent most of their remaining £11.80 on a second-hand copy of Parade magazine, he and Richie spend a night watching Miss World on the television.
The episode begins with Richie placing his head in the oven in a suicide attempt. He has left a suicide note on the table for Eddie to read. It is revealed that this is in fact a ploy to guilt Eddie into buying him a drink. Eddie enters the room, places his suitcase on top of the note and proceeds to read the newspaper. When he notices Richie with his head in the oven, he is disinterested, and Richie relents.
It emerges that while Eddie has been out all day trying to claim his dole money, Richie has spent all day making an inexpensive dinner for the pair (everything has been...
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