Editing Bottom (TV series) (section)

=== Stage shows ===
Mayall and Edmondson held five nationwide theatre tours of ''Bottom'' between 1993 and 2003, adapting the original series into a stage show. The first tour, ''Bottom Live'', lasted 43 dates across 10 weeks in 1993.<ref name=gq1993>{{Cite journal|journal=GQ|date=June 1993|title=Direct Mayall|access-date=5 January 2016|url=https://rikmayallinterviews.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/direct-mayall/}}</ref> The 2001 tour consisted of 76 dates, which included a show at the National Arena in Birmingham to over 4,500 people.<ref name=OS01>{{cite web|url=https://rikmayallinterviews.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/an-arse-oddity/|title=An Arse Oddity|first=Alex|last=Hemingway|date=8 November 2001|work=Oxford Student|access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> The Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour included 40 dates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rikmayallinterviews.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/rik-mayall-lucky-star/|title=Rik Mayall, Lucky Star|first=Rebecca|last=Gooch|publisher=E-Motion|date=November 2003|access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> The stage shows were often cruder than the sitcom with stronger language, and developed over time to include settings outside the flat, including a prison cell and a remote island.<ref name=OS01/> There were several instances of the pair getting carried away with the planned stunts, resulting in one of them getting cuts on their head. Edmondson said: "Rik would tell them 'Don't be scared, it happens all the time.' We'd just carry on, then go off to hospital afterwards to be sewn up."<ref name=TM04/> A show from each tour was recorded and released for home video.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#9f9;"| Title
! style="background:#9f9;"| Year
! style="background:#9f9;"| Recording location
|-
| ''[[Bottom Live]]''
| 1993
| [[Southampton]] [[Mayflower Theatre]]
|-
| ''Bottom Live 2: The Big Number Two Tour''
| 1995
| [[Oxford]] [[New Theatre Oxford|New Theatre]]
|-
| ''[[Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island]]''
| 1997
| [[Bristol Hippodrome]]
|-
| ''Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity''
| 2001
| [[Nottingham Royal Concert Hall]]
|-
| ''Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour''
| 2003
| [[Southend]] [[Cliffs Pavilion|The Cliffs Pavilion]]
|}