Rik Mayall documentary shines heartbreaking new light on funnyman’s career - In the spotlight, he was an endless well of ...

The family of Rik Mayall and his closest friends paint a portrait of a unique comedian in Sky documentary, more than a decade after his death in 2014.

The Young Ones, which sent the nascent television careers of Elton, Mayall, Edmondson and Nigel Planer soaring, dropped into the schedules like a bomb in 1982, a time when TV comedy was still ...

Ade Edmondson reflects on growing apart from Rik Mayall: ‘We never got to an understanding about that’ - Mayall and Edmondson ...

The first part of Magnificent B’stard is packed with great archive footage of both Mayall and the cultural landscape of the late 1970s, defined by punk and social unrest, from which his over-the-top ...

Packed with fun memories from Ben Elton and Stephen Fry plus heartbreaking regret from his former partner, the Bottom star is so adored that this documentary risks descending into cringe – but his pun ...

Previously unseen material by Mayall will form the basis of a new show at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival on Saturday An archive of previously-unreleased material by the late comedian Rik Mayall is to ...

LONDON — Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall’s management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died ...

For an entire generation growing up the 1980s and 1990s, Rik Mayall was one of the most familiar - and fascinating - faces on television. And now, 11 years after his death at the age of 56, his legacy ...

Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56. The comic actor, who passed away on Monday morning (June 9), was best-known for his roles in hit shows like The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman. He also ...

Barbara Robbin, the widow of comic Rik Mayall, has said her husband died of an "acute cardiac event" following his morning run. Yesterday, a west London coroner said a post mortem had been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Previously unseen material by Mayall will form the basis of a new show at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival on Saturday [Bob Baldwin] ...