Rik Mayall's final TV appearance will be broadcast on Dave next month. Crackanory will feature the late comic reading The Weatherman by Tony Way, and will be screened on Wednesday, September 24 at ...

In 1986, Mayall appeared on the show reading Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine. * Rik Mayall's reading of The Weatherman is on Crackanory tonight, Wednesday 24 September, at 10pm on ...

THE brilliant Roald Dahl novel, possibly my favourite from childhood – thanks to Rik Mayall’s vivid and animated retelling of it on Jackanory – was brought to life at Cardiff’s New Theatre ...

Rik featured on the show during the 1980s, reading out Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’, in a memorable appearance which attracted numerous complaints from parents. Advertisement ...

Roald Dahl's best-selling book is adapted for the Madinat stage in Dubai. George's Marvellous Medicine. Interview. Kids.

When examined, even cursorily, the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine is particularly thin gruel (Grandma’s rotten, George makes her a new medicine, she grows, he attempts to make another ...

Rik had previously appeared on the show in 1986 reading Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. Mayall's performance was the first taste many people had of his anarchic style, with the BBC ...

Mayall previously appeared on kids’ story show Jackanory in 1986, reading Roald Dahl’s tale George’s Marvellous Medicine. Other comedians taking part in the second series of Crackanory include Sue ...

Rik Mayall speaks of his heroes in a moving last interview, ... “I personally liked doing it as well, I did Jackanory. I did a Roald Dahl tale called George’s Marvellous Medicine.

A roadside bench matching the one that featured at the start of BBC sitcom Bottom is unveiled after an online campaign by fans of Rik Mayall.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Comedy legend Rik Mayall dies aged 56. Quite quickly and in typically edgy, deliberately inappropriate fashion, he moved on to his recent casting in Channel 4 comedy Man Down.