Adrian Edmondson‘s tearful recollections of comedian and actor Rik Mayall have resurfaced on the anniversary of his comedy co-star’s death.. Mayal died aged 56 on 9 June 2014 after suffering a ...

A comedy festival in memory of Rik Mayall has been proclaimed a huge success with friends of the actor and writer saying he would have loved it. Mayall died 11 years ago and more than 200 performances ...

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 ...

The legendary TV comedy show The Comic Strip Presents is being celebrated at this year’s Fringe ... Rik Mayall died in 2014 and Richardson’s co-writer Pete Richens died in 2018, ...

Rik Mayall was a comedian, writer and actor most notable for his roles in The Young Ones, Drop Dead Fred, and Bottom before his death in 2014. The star grew up in Droitwich and even spent time on ...

Greg Davies, Peter Richardson, Shaparak Khorsandi and Helen Lederer have all been confirmed for the first comedy festival held in Rik Mayall's memory. The community-run festival is taking place ...

Rik Mayall was a comedian, writer and actor most notable for his roles in The Young Ones, Drop Dead Fred, and Bottom before his death in 2014. The star grew up in Droitwich and even spent time on ...

The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival is set to be held from May 31 until June 8, 2025 and now a free pop-up museum is being developed for the event which will be held at the Norbury Theatre in Droitwich ...

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.

Marking 10 years since the death of comedy icon Rik Mayall, the writer Max Kinnings looks back at Mayall’s life and career through the recordings they made together during the writing of The Rik ...

Rik Mayall: Panglobal Phenomenon podcast review – Humble musings of a self-proclaimed genius Enjoyable look behind the creative curtain as the late great Young One riffs and jams with his biographer ...