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Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit left a body of work that spanned four decades.
TV review: Rik Mayall - Lord of Misrule, BBC2. 2014 has not been a good year for comedy departures. Robin Williams and Joan Rivers left us, but it was Rik Mayall's sudden death on June 9 that struck ...
Narrated by Simon Callow, Rik Mayall: Lord Of Misrule salutes Rik Mayall and celebrates his part in the UK’s comedy history, using rare and unseen archive footage, and talking to the people who ...
For all his anarchic contempt for the proprieties, despite his in-your-face iconoclasm, the suspicion emerges that the public image of Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule (Saturday, BBC2 10.05pm) was ...
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule (Sat), BBC2’s tribute to the comedian who died in June this year, must have set a new record. Here, everyone agreed, was a truly brilliant man.
Rik Mayall c.1981, in “A Kick up the Eighties”.Photo: BBC. In what must be something of a record, my tears started at around fifty seconds in to Lord of Misrule, BBC2’s Rik Mayall tribute (which airs ...
ADRIAN Edmondson declined to take part in Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule, a tribute to his best friend and long-time creative partner who died in June at the age of 56.
R ik Mayall lived many lives.He was Rik, of course, and Richard “Richie” Richard. There was Sir Richard Dangerous, Alan B’Stard, Drop Dead Fred and Lord Flashheart.
After the news of Rik Mayall's death, one of the most fondly recalled moments has been his cameo as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder. None of his characters left a stronger impression than that ...
Rik Mayall: Lord Of Misrule. TV documentary; BBC Two; 2014; 1 episode; BBC documentary celebrating the work of Rik Mayall. Also features Michael Palin, Ruby Wax, Pauline Melville, Simon Pegg, Lenny ...
Rik Mayall c.1981, in â?oA Kick up the Eightiesâ??. Photo: BBC In what must be something of a record, my tears started at around fifty seconds in to Lord of Misrule, BBC2â?Ts Rik Mayall tribute (which ...