It’s two years since we lost one of comedy’s brightest stars. In honour of Rik Mayall’s death day, here is his first ever interview from 1981. Read the rest of this entry »
Rik Mayall’s first interview
2016/06/09 at 4:54 pm (Rik Mayall)
Tags: comedy, interview, Kevin Turvey, New Musical Express, Rik Mayall, The, Young Ones
Happy Birthday Rik Mayall
2016/03/07 at 6:00 pm (Rik Mayall)
Tags: 58, Bambi, birthday, Bottom, finger, Micky Love, Presents, remembering, Rik Mayall, The, Young Ones
Rik Mayall would have been 58 today. Read the rest of this entry »
33 years of The Young Ones – this is how it all began!!
2015/11/09 at 3:26 pm (Rik Mayall)
Tags: Ade, Adrian, Christopher Ryan, Edmondson, Mike, Neil, Nigel Planner, Rick, Rik Mayall, The, Vyvyan, Young Ones
Happy Birthday Cliff Richard!!
2015/10/14 at 7:52 pm (Comedy, Rik Mayall)
Tags: 75, birthday, Cliff Richard, Living Doll, Rik Mayall, The, Young Ones
Ade Edmondson is fed up with comedy
2013/09/12 at 6:58 pm (Comedy, Rik Mayall)
Tags: Adrian Edmondson, Bottom, comedy, Comic Strip, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Young Ones
Earlier this year Rik Mayall told Daily Express’ Day & Night that comedy partner Ade Edmondson had pulled out of a new series of their hit show Bottom because he thought it “wasn’t working”. Read the rest of this entry »
Relax people, Ben Elton’s new sitcom is not THAT bad – Why he has actually created a FIRST for LGTB TV and was it written for Rowan Atkinson ??
2013/04/24 at 7:32 pm (Comedy)
Tags: Beattie Edminson, Ben Elton, Blackadder, Dad's Army, Daily Mail, David Haig, Gerald Wright, Jennifer Saunders, Lesbian, LGTB, Mina Anwar, Miranda Hart, Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, Susan, The, Victoria, Wright Way, Young Ones
In the last few days review writers have laid into Ben Elton as if he had become the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Rik Mayall was not impressed by Exeter honour
2013/04/21 at 7:02 pm (Comedy, Rik Mayall)
Tags: Bottom, Exeter, honour, impressed, not, Rik Mayall, Young Ones
Rik Mayall may not be impressed with his honorary doctorate awarded him by the University of Exeter in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy 55th birthday Rik Mayall and welcome back!!
2013/03/07 at 5:29 pm (Comedy, Rik Mayall)
Tags: 55, birthday, Easter, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Creek, Lenny Henry, New Statesman, Rik Mayall, Stephen Fry, The, Young Ones
Incredible as it may sound, eternal Young One Rik Mayall has turned 55 today.Thankfully, after years of absence this milestone year also marks a bit of a comeback on TV. Rik will star in the Jonathan Creek Easter special and there are rumours of a recurring part in the new series of the show that will follow later this/next year.
A few videos of rare Rik moments.
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Listen: Bath City Sound interview with Rik Mayall
2013/02/19 at 6:50 pm (Comedy, Rik Mayall)
Tags: Alan B'Stard, Bath City Sound, Bottom, interview, New Statesman, Rik Mayall, The, Young Ones
