The Young Ones, which sent the nascent television careers of Elton, Mayall, Edmondson and Nigel Planer soaring, dropped into the schedules like a bomb in 1982, a time when TV comedy was still ...

Magnificent B’stard Sky Documentaries/NOW, 9pm Twelve years after Rik Mayall’s death at the age of 56, Todd Austin’s ...

He had asked to be buried rather than cremated, joking in typically anarchic fashion that he fancied being “eaten properly” by the worms. And when it came to it, Rik Mayall’s send-off was as full of ...

Awestruck tribute to the boundary-pushing eternal Young One. Plus: the woman found guilty of murdering her best friend’s boyfriend. Here’s what to watch this evening ...

The first part of Magnificent B’stard is packed with great archive footage of both Mayall and the cultural landscape of the late 1970s, defined by punk and social unrest, from which his over-the-top ...

Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56. The comic actor, who passed away on Monday morning (June 9), was best-known for his roles in hit shows like The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman. He also ...

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A memorial bench to the late comedy actor Rik Mayall has been unveiled – thanks to a campaign by thousands of his fans. Cheers erupted as a red cloth was pulled off the bench in Hammersmith, west ...