Richie Rich (Filthy, Rich & Catflap)

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Gertrude "Richie" Rich is the main character in the 1987 British sitcom Filthy, Rich & Catflap. Richie is a minor celebrity who acts like he's famous, but has only worked on and off as a comedian, game show host and pantomime star. He lives in a flat in London with his minder and "best friend" Eddie Catflap whilst being visited by his agent Ralph Filthy who isn't very good at getting Richie a job.

He was portrayed by the late Rik Mayall, who also played Prince Froglip in The Princess and the Goblin, Cufflingk in Disney's Valiant, Rick in The Young Ones, Alan B'Stard in The New Statesman, the title character in Drop Dead Fred, and Richie in Bottom.

Villainous Acts[]

Episode 1: Unintentionally killed several milkmen and later dumped their bodies into a river along with the taxi driver who took them to the river.
Episode 2: He and Eddie attempted to have Ralph give them his £1000 to pay The Nolans who had blackmailed Richie.
Episode 3: Attemped to get his shopping without paying for it as he was a celebrity and ended up getting arrested along with Eddie, but later escaped.
Episode 4: Attempted to have his father killed so he could get a new acting job. He later learned in a letter from his mother that the man he thought was his father was in fact her sex slave and his real father is unknown.

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Trivia[]

One of Richie's previous jobs was doing TV links for Television South (TVS), which was the ITV franchise holder in South and Southeast England from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1992. However it is said that Richie had this job in 1972, in which that year, the ITV franchise holder was Southern Television.