The town that hosted the first Rik Mayall Comedy Festival has seen an economic boost with "best-ever" takings for businesses, a councillor has said. Thirty venues hosted 200 events in Droitwich ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rik: The Lives and Times of Rik Mayall is written by Max Kinnings and based on more than 100 hours of conversations recorded with the comic himself. Kinnings previously worked as an uncredited ...

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 ...

Rik Mayall’s torrid affair ripped apart his long-term relationship and ended in tragedy. The Bottom star, who died in 2014 at the age of just 56, fell for his Young Ones co-creator Lise Mayer ...

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 ...

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.