He may not have been able to spell his name right, but Rik had a good idea for Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed... When Rik sent birthday wishes they were equally funny. Here's the letter he sent Reddit ...

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 ...

A comedy festival that played to sell-out audiences as it remembered the late Rik Mayall has announced its dates for next year. The second Rik Mayall Comedy Festival will be held in Droitwich from 29 ...

How Nigel Planer helped Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall reunite: ‘They’d fallen out but they were laughing their heads off’ - The pair are considered one of British comedy’s greatest double acts, but the ...

Edmondson and Mayall formed a close partnership after meeting at university and became one of British comedy’s greatest double acts, but they became distant in later years. Planer – who, together with ...

A comedian once told by Rik Mayall that he was "bonkers" is set to perform in Worcestershire this weekend. Sid Ozalid, a veteran of the comedy circuit and self-described "one-legged tap-dancing poet," ...

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.

LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Anarchic British comic actor Rik Mayall, who died suddenly this week aged 56, suffered an "acute cardiac event" at home, his widow said on Thursday. Mayall, who ...

My brother once met Rik Mayall on the street. "Can I shake your hand dude?" he asked. Rik shook it. "Now give me a fiver," he said. — Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) June 9, 2014 Oh no. Awful news ...