Rik Mayall insists his latest project, playing the sleaze-ridden MP Alan B’Stard from his eighties TV hit The New Statesman is not a telly spin-off but a necessary damnation of the last ten ...

Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014. ... Rik Mayall was one of the most familiar - and fascinating - faces on television.

The New Statesman starring Rik Mayall is at the Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday, 31 March, 2007. BBC Somerset reviewer Paul Stevens went along to check it out.

The New Statesman creators are bringing back the show in the form of The B'Stard Legacy... but who could possibly follow in the footsteps of the late, great Rik Mayall in the new series?

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Rik Mayall, British Cult Comedy Star, Dies at 56. Edgar Wright, ... Mayall also appeared in shows including Blackadder and The New Statesman. On the big screen, ...

Rik Mayall collapsed while on stage performing his The New Statesman show.. The comedian reportedly made it through most of the play on Tuesday night then suddenly grabbed himself in pain and fell ...

Rik Mayall, the comic actor who pioneered a new wave of British television comedy in the 1980s, died on Monday, aged 56, his management company said. Famed for his anarchic comic style, Mayall co ...

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died at the age of 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died ...

Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard in The New Statesman Credit: Photo: Yorkshire Television Rik Mayall, the comedian and actor, who has died aged 56, was a former enfant terrible of alternative comedy ...

The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival, which begins on Saturday and runs for eight days, will see stand-up from well-known figures such as Greg Davies, Helen Lederer and Shaparak Khorsandi as well as ...