Finger (Bottom episode)
| "Finger" | |
|---|---|
| Bottom episode | |
| Episode no. |
Series Three Episode 005 |
| Directed by | Bob Spiers |
| Written by | Ade Edmondson & Rik Mayall |
| Produced by | Jon Plowman |
| Original air date | 3 February 1995 |
"Finger" is the fifth episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 3 February 1995.
Richie and Eddie return to their flat after a cricket match, and Richie is unhappy that Eddie, who was umpiring the match from the bar in the clubhouse, gave him out off of what should have been a no ball: Welsh cricketer "Cannonball" Taffy O'Jones had bowled a beamer at Richie's head, causing him to collapse unconscious into his stumps. As the two discuss the finer points of cricket, Eddie reveals that the match was a "stag cricket match" for O'Jones, who was getting married that afternoon to a woman who looks like Ted Rogers and that the opportunity to knock Richie unconscious was a wedding present.
Meanwhile, in his capacity as umpire, Eddie has stolen a wide array of hats, jumpers and (due to a particularly wild party afterwards) trousers from the other players, and they find O'Jones' car keys. Richie wants to use them for unambitious pranks, and the two find O'Jones' car parked outside the church where O'Jones is getting married. Richie attempts to move the car around the corner so O'Jones can't find it, but his inability to drive means he and Eddie accidentally ram-raid the local off-licence (where Eddie takes cans of beer) and speed off into the countryside. While searching the car's glove compartment, Eddie finds the O'Jones' honeymoon reservation at a hotel in glamorous (by their standards) Wolverhampton, and the two decide to steal the honeymoon as well.
Richie and Eddie turn up at the hotel, and Eddie is dressed up as a woman who goes by the name of Edwina in order to fool the hotel staff into thinking they are the newlywed O'Jones couple. Because the hotel is full and they cannot get two separate rooms, Richie and Eddie violently argue over who gets to sleep in the room's bed. Eddie wins the argument, but Richie gives Eddie one last kick in the "bollocks" which causes Eddie to pass out.
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