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 ...

Rik Mayall, an irrepressible British comedy legend who was an equal master of brutally intense physical comedy and wry class satire, died at the tragically young age of 56 today of unspecified causes.

The death of The Young Ones legend this morning left the world reeling, with fans and his former colleagues expressing their sadness at the death of an inspiration. Mayall got his first break as a ...

Edgar Wright, Eric Idle and David Walliams were among those paying tribute to the actor and cult comedian who appeared in "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder." By Stuart Kemp Rik Mayall 1995 - P 2014 ...

If you’re American and you’ve never seen “The Young Ones” — and if you haven’t, you need to rectify that ASAP — you may not know Rik Mayall. But for fans of that classic British TV series, as well as ...

There are few figures in comedy more beloved than Rik Mayall. Mayall and double act partner Adrian Edmondson exploded onto what became known as the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s with ...

Comedians, actors and friends have paid their tributes to Rik Mayall, who died this morning. The star, who shot to fame playing Rick in The Young Ones, was 56 and his career included appearances in ...

An authorised biography of Rik Mayall is to be published… but not until March 2028 on what would have been his 70th birthday. Rik: The Lives and Times of Rik Mayall is written by Max Kinnings and ...

Sessional Academic in the Department of Communication and Cultural Studies, Curtin University Rik Mayall is putrid – absolutely vile. He thinks nose-picking is funny and farting and all that. He is ...