McCartney's unexpected message touched on his and Starr's longtime bond, formed way before the Fab Four became a phenomenon.

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 ...

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 ...

Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014.

Viking has pre-empted the rights to the biography of the late comedian Rik Mayall, written by Max Kinnings. Publishing director Daniel Crewe pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to Rik: The Lives ...

News of the book comes ahead of the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich in the West Midlands, where the comic grew up, which starts on Saturday. Mayall was born on March 7, 1958, in Harlow in ...

An authorised biography of Rik Mayall is to be published… but not until March 2028 on what would have been his 70th birthday. Rik: The Lives and Times of Rik Mayall is written by Max Kinnings and ...

An authorised biography of Rik Mayall is going to be published to mark what would have been his 70th birthday. 'Rik: The Lives and Times of Rik Mayall' is being written by Max Kinnings and is based on ...

It was during the recording of Rik Mayall’s Animated Fairy Tales, commissioned by One Media iP, that he met writer, musician and producer Mike Bennett, who wrote the stories and oversaw the recordings ...

Rik Mayall “opened the door for many of the young alternative comedians that are coming out today”, a producer who worked with the comedian and actor has said.

Read our privacy notice. Rik Mayall “opened the door for many of the young alternative comedians that are coming out today”, a producer who worked with the comedian and actor has said.