Bosses of TV channel Dave are deciding when to air an episode of a show that Rik Mayall filmed before he died. The comedian recorded an episode of Crackanory, a grown-up version of children's ...

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 ...

Rik Mayall's episode of Crackanory is to get a BAFTA preview screening. Mayall's episode, which follows a weatherman who realises he can control the weather by making up forecasts, will get a special ...

The 56-year-old, who is most famed for his role playing Rick in The Young Ones, was found dead at his home in Barnes on Monday. His wife Barbara Mayall said: “We now know that our darling Rik suffered ...

Rik Mayall, who played the pompous, poetry-spouting anarchist Rick on the early Eighties U.K. cult comedy The Young Ones, has died, according to a statement his manager shared with the BBC. He was 56.

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, who appeared in The Young Ones and Blackadder, passed away Monday at the age of 56, The Associated Press reports.