The BEST episodes of Filthy Rich & Catflap

Every episode of Filthy Rich & Catflap ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Filthy Rich & Catflap!

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder and Filthy, his sponging agent.

Last Updated: 2/29/2024Network: BBC TwoStatus: Ended
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Smear Campaign
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8.02
41 votes

#1 - Smear Campaign

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1987

Richie and Eddie have given up showbiz and begun a career as the scum. As journos they're digging up dirt on Midge Ure and Mrs Thatcher and what they can't find they make up. But watch out ! Now Richie's dug up his ballpoint there's no stopping him. Who else is he going to smear with his evil lies? and if Brucie and Tarby aren't safe - Who is?

Writer: Ben Elton
Breakfast Television
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8.02
42 votes

#2 - Breakfast Television

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1987

Keep your finger on the remote control - Richie's about to become enormous! He's got a showbiz job reading the gossip on TV AM with those megastar totties Anne Diamond and the Pink Goddess. But his rise to stardom hits an obstacle. When he finds himself plastered over the papers. Things get worse when Eddie and Richie are caught Mooning to three million viewers.

Writer: Ben Elton
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A Death in the Family
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7.88
41 votes

#3 - A Death in the Family

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1987

Great news! Richie's dad's about to croak and Richie's all set to do an advertisment for a flower company at his funeral. Until, worse luck his dad recover's and Richie's going to loose everything! Unless of course his dad still dies... Things get heavy when Eddie and Richie find themselves in a gay bar propositioning men. But what they're doing in Foxy and Mr Men oven gloves with enough rat poison to kill an army is anybody's guess.

Writer: Ben Elton
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Dead Milkmen
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7.58
55 votes

#4 - Dead Milkmen

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1987

Richie wakes up feeling sexy then discovers Eddie is also in his bed. Richie worries that he has caught Eddie's 'trouser rash.' Eddie has his head under the back of Richie's robe on a rash hunt when the milkman walks in. Richie smashes the milkman over the head with some milk bottles and inadvertently kills him. They hide the bod in the cub. Soon, several more milkmen die as Richie and Eddie dash to the hospital to foil a paternity suit being brought against Richie in a dastardly plot to get hold of Richie's cash.

Writer: Ben Elton
Game Show
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7.50
74 votes

#5 - Game Show

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1987

Richie appears on a TV game show with disastrous results. He also has trouble with a blackmailer. Eddie dabbles in the art world.

Writer: Ben Elton
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Dinner Party
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7.49
72 votes

#6 - Dinner Party

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1987

Ritchie has invited some of his showbiz pals to dinner. Getting the food ready proves a problem, which eventually makes him a fugitive from the law. Luckily, Ralph Filthy come to the rescue.

Writer: Ben Elton
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