The Young Ones, which sent the nascent television careers of Elton, Mayall, Edmondson and Nigel Planer soaring, dropped into ...

Packed with fun memories from Ben Elton and Stephen Fry plus heartbreaking regret from his former partner, the Bottom star is so adored that this documentary risks descending into cringe – but his pun ...

The family of Rik Mayall and his closest friends paint a portrait of a unique comedian in Sky documentary, more than a decade ...

The creators of The New Statesman on how B’Stard was a Tory ‘hero’ and why they’re bringing back the show for the satire-starved post-truth era ...

Lee Cornes – who played pub landlord Dick Head in Bottom – has recorded an audiobook guide to the Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson sitcom. Previously available in printed form, Talking Bottom is ...

Ben Elton came across Rik Mayall in his first week at Manchester University in 1977. Mayall was already a third-year drama ...

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died at his ...

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.

Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall have revealed that they are planning a sitcom about pensioners. The Sun reports that the pair are now thinking about developing a new show. "Rik and I have an idea for ...