TV series
The Dangerous Brothers
1986, English. Created by Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson.
The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and "Sir Adrian Dangerous". Originally appearing on stage in London at the comedy club 'The Comic Strip', the characters were well developed before appearing on TV. First appearing on television on a one off 1980 BBC TV show 'Boom Boom Out Go The Lights', they were also featured in a TV short 'documentary' film 'The Comic Strip', directed by Julien Temple, before they appeared in a number of brief sketches in the TV programme Saturday Live from 1985 on.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- Varies
- Status
- Ended in 1986
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S1 E12: Genital Removing
Aired 1 January 1986
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 1 January 1986
- Last aired
- 1 January 1986
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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The Dangerous Brothers has 1 season and 12 episodes.
Is The Dangerous Brothers finished?
Yes. The Dangerous Brothers ended in 1986, so you can watch the whole story.
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Who created The Dangerous Brothers?
The Dangerous Brothers was created by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson and stars Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, John Bird.