Wanky analysis alert! Ok, actually Bottom has had numerous comparisons to Waiting for Godot over the years. Rik and Ade performed the play at uni and then more famously starred in a 1991 run in the West End at the same time Bottom debuted on TV. So, like A' Level students, here's our ill-informed attempt to "compare and contrast".
Angela, Paul and Mat discuss the history of Waiting for Godot, its different interpretations, the Emperor's new clothes, bewildered actors and how even the writer didn't know what it meant, profound University experiences, Rik and Ade's run of the show in the West End, comparisons to Bottom, dramatic dialogue, other comedies that reference Godot and the torture and boredom of just... waiting.
The book "Talking Bottom: A guide to the cult sitcom" can be found to order at: https://unbound.com/books/bottom/
Bottom: Exposed
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Mark Searby interview
Grenville Horner interview
Jessica Mann interview
Jon Plowman interview
Lisa Maxwell interview (It‘s Lily Linneker!)
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Mark Young interview
Roger Sloman interview
Kevin McNally interview (it‘s Mr Sex!)
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Robert Llewellyn interview
S4E4 - A Dark and Gross Universe
Lee Cornes interview (it‘s Dick Head!)
S4E3 - The Costumes
Paul Jackson interview part 2
Paul Jackson interview part 1
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