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Rik Mayall News
12 April 2024
Adrian Edmondson reflects on losing co-star Rik Mayall 10 years on from his death
Adrian Edmonson still finds it really weird that Rik Mayall is no longer here.
9 February 2024
Adrian Edmondson admits shooting ‘Bottom’ landed him and Rik Mayall in hospital
Adrian Edmondson says his time shooting Bottom with Rik Mayall led to them both landing in...
25 July 2022
Simon Pegg always feels a 'sense of wonder' when he starts a new project
Simon Pegg always feels a sense of wonder when he starts a new job.
28 September 2021
Adrian Edmondson: The Young Ones wouldn't be made now
Adrian Edmondson doesnt think The Young Ones would be made nowadays.
14 April 2021
A lost follow-up series to Bottom was shelved after Rik Mayall's death
A lost follow-up series to sitcom Bottom was shelved after Rik Mayalls death.
23 October 2019
Nigel Planer was paid around '£400 per episode' for The Young Ones
Nigel Planer was only paid a few hundred pounds per episode for The Young Ones.
11 January 2019
Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson plagued by rat
Adrian Edmondson and his wife Jennifer Saunders are being plagued by a rat at their house.
26 January 2018
Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer reunite for BBC sitcom
Adrian Edmondson is to reunite with his former Young Ones co-star Nigel Planer for the BBC comedy Upstart...
30 March 2017
New Statesman spin-off revealed
The New Statesman writers are creating a new spin-off sitcom about the son of Sir Alan BStard.
4 August 2016
Q and A with comedian Henry Maynard on his new show 'Tatterdermalion'
Comedian Henry Maynard discusses his new show 'Tatterdermalion' ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe...
21 June 2016
Mark Hamill cast in British sitcom Man Down
Mark Hamill has joined the cast of the British sitcom Man Down.
17 September 2014
Watch Rik Mayall read Shakespeare in new Crackanory interview
Rik Mayall speaks out in a new interview conducted before his death about storytelling, in association with...
15 August 2014
Nigel Planner says Rik Mayalls death brought Comic Strip Gang closer again
Nigel Planner believes the death of his former co-star, Rik Mayall, in June, has brought their...
22 June 2014
Blackadder Star Patsy Byrne Dies Aged 80
'Blackadder' actress Patsy Byrne has died aged 80.
17 June 2014
Rik Mayall's widow asks fans for prayers
Rik Mayall's widow Barbara Robbins has asked fans for their "thoughts and prayers" as the comedian is buried on...
16 June 2014
Rik Mayall reaches top 10 with World Cup anthem
Late comedian's World Cup song 'Noble England' has reached number seven on the UK singles chart following a fan...
13 June 2014
Rik Mayall had 'acute cardiac episode'
Rik Mayall's wife Barbara Robbins says the comic's death was the result of an "acute cardiac episode".
12 June 2014
Rik Mayall 'inconclusive' post-mortem
A post-mortem examination into the death of comedian Rik Mayall has proved inconclusive. The star's cause of...
11 June 2014
Rik Mayall fans campaign for World Cup song 'Noble England' to reach number one
A campaign to get Rik Mayall's World Cup track 'Noble England' to number one has been set up...
11 June 2014
Rik Mayall's Daughter Pays Tribute to Hysterical Father
Rik Mayall's daughter has paid tribute to her "wonderful, generous, foul-mouthed and hysterical...
10 June 2014
Rik Mayall's widow speaks
Rik Mayall's widow Barbara Robbin says the cause of the star's sudden death isn't yet known, but she doesn't...
9 June 2014
Rik Mayall dies aged 56
Rik Mayall has died at 56 years old.
