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{{Infobox television
| image = Filthy Rich & Catflap title card.jpg
| caption = Series title card
| runtime = 35 minutes (approximate)
| creator = [[Ben Elton]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Nigel Planer]]|[[Rik Mayall]]|[[Adrian Edmondson]]}}
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = [[BBC2]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1987|1|7|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1987|2|11|df=yes}}
| num_episodes = 6
}}
'''''Filthy Rich & Catflap''''' is a [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987. The series featured former ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' co-stars [[Nigel Planer]], [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Adrian Edmondson]] as its three title characters. It was written by [[Ben Elton]] (with additional material credited to Mayall), and produced and directed by [[Paul Jackson (producer)|Paul Jackson]] (who also directed ''The Young Ones''), with film sequences directed by [[Ed Bye]]. The show's music was written by [[Peter Brewis]]. One series consisting of six half-hour episodes was produced. Despite the [[Continuity announcers in the United Kingdom|continuity announcer]] saying that the show would return the following year,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetvdb.com/series/filthy-rich-and-catflap |title=Filthy Rich & Catflap |publisher=TheTVDB.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref> only one series was ever made due to a fall-out between Mayall and Elton over creative control.

The series enjoyed a resurgence of interest in 2004 when it was officially released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] by independent DVD production company Playback. The [[VHS]] and DVD versions were cut for musical rights. Cuts included Richie singing "[[Where Is Love?]]", "[[Morning Has Broken]]", and "[[Consider Yourself]]"; and Eddie singing "[[Roxanne (The Police song)|Roxanne]]", "[[You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two]]", and "[[Message in a Bottle (The Police song)|Message in a Bottle]]". A 25th-anniversary DVD was released in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acorndvd.com/filthy-rich-and-catflap-25th-anniversary-edition.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618040506/http://www.acorndvd.com/filthy-rich-and-catflap-25th-anniversary-edition.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Characters==
*'''Ralph Filthy''' ([[Nigel Planer]]): Richie's [[Show business|showbiz]] agent. He is sleazy and sickly and has, to quote writer Elton, "the morals of a [[dog]] caught short on a [[croquet]] lawn" (a line he would re-use as the tag line for his 1989 novel [[Stark (novel)|''Stark'']]). Quote: "Boys. It's not often I get excited but right now I feel like I've been locked in an [[off-licence]]". His speech is peppered with [[Polari]] and he refers to Richie as "Daughter"; his lapel also features a [[blue rose]], a symbol of a quest for the impossible.
*'''Gertrude Richard "Richie" Rich''' ([[Rik Mayall]]): a half-witted perennially "resting" (out of work) [[comedian]]/[[TV presenter]] whose most prominent work to date includes links on [[Television South|TVS]]. Despite this, he considers himself a "veritable superstar" and has [[Paranoia|paranoid]] delusions about everyone he meets wanting to either cash in on his fame or assassinate him. Hence, he hires a bodyguard.
*'''Edward Didgeridoo Catflap''' ([[Adrian Edmondson]]): Richie's faithless [[minder]]; permanently [[Alcoholism|drunk]], disloyal and violent. Occasionally, Catflap holds up the pretence of being Richie's best friend, although this is usually for personal gain. (Edmondson's character in ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'', Eddie Hitler, is similar but not identical.)

==Summary==
During the run of the series Richie kills several [[milkmen]], Eddie [[blackmail]]s Richie with a paternity suit scam, Ralph gets sent to prison and hanged, Richie is blackmailed by [[the Nolan Sisters]], they spoof newspaper tycoon [[Rupert Murdoch]] and feature bodyguards wearing Federation Stormtrooper uniforms that previously featured in the sci-fi show ''[[Blake's 7]]''. Richie appeared as a guest on a panel game called ''Ooer!! Sounds a Bit Rude!'', which bore more than a passing resemblance to the [[BBC]] quiz show ''[[Blankety Blank]]''. Richie finally becomes famous by slandering everyone in showbiz and becoming the only person censors deem clean enough to host every show on television (precisely everybody, from the "A-list" names down to the entire cast of ''[[Grange Hill]]''). This leads to a song-and-dance routine from Richie, celebrating the fact that, in his words, he has "made it!"

As well as the Nolans, other people appearing as "themselves" included [[Midge Ure]] and [[Anne Diamond]] (then an anchor woman for breakfast TV station [[TV-am]]; it was rare at that time for the BBC to mention rival channels). The show also featured [[Cameo appearance|cameos]] by [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Lynda Bellingham]] and [[Jools Holland]]. Contemporaries from the [[alternative comedy]] scene who also appeared include [[Stephen Fry]], [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Helen Lederer]], [[Gareth Hale]], [[Norman Pace]], [[Arthur Smith (comedian)|Arthur Smith]], [[Mel Smith]], [[Chris Barrie]], [[Lee Cornes]], [[David Baddiel]], [[Andy de la Tour]], [[John Bird (actor)|John Bird]] and [[Harry Enfield]]. Many of these guests had previously appeared in ''The Young Ones''.

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="color:#fff;"
! style="background:#f00;"| Title
! style="background:#f00;"| Synopsis
! style="background:#f00;"| Airdate
|-
| '''"Dead Milkmen"'''
| Richie has a paternity suit on his hands, while also killing several milkmen in the process.
| {{start date|1987|1|7|df=yes}}
|-
| '''"Game Show"'''
| After appearing as a guest on ''[[Blankety Blank|Ooer!! Sounds a Bit Rude!]]'', Richie gets blackmailed by [[the Nolan Sisters]].
| {{start date|1987|1|14|df=yes}}
|-
| '''"Dinner Party"'''
| Richie and Eddie plan a dinner party to celebrate Richie's 10 years in show business.
| {{start date|1987|1|21|df=yes}}
|-
| '''"A Death in the Family"'''
| After losing the rights of his game show idea to executives, Richie takes advantages of his terminally ill father to get back in the limelight.
| {{start date|1987|1|28|df=yes}}
|-
| '''"Breakfast Television"'''
| Filthy gets Richie a guest spot on [[TV-am]] reading celebrity gossip. Eddie and Richie celebrate by going on an all-night bender.
| {{start date|1987|2|4|df=yes}}
|-
| '''"Smear Campaign"'''
| With the help of newspaper tycoon [[Rupert Murdoch|Dingo Whucker]], the trio create a smear campaign against everyone in show business.
| {{start date|1987|2|11|df=yes}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Screenonline TV title|537898}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|filthy_rich_and_catflap}}
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/filthy/index.html ''Filthy, Rich & Catflap''] at British TV Comedy
*{{IMDb title|0092351}}

{{Ben Elton}}

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