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Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

  • English
  • Actor, comedian and writer

Press clippings Page 12

Crackanory Series 2 line-up revealed

David Mitchell is amongst the stars reading stories for Series 2 of Crackanory. An episode featuring Rik Mayall may also be screened.

British Comedy Guide, 1st July 2014

Rik Mayall: in the company of crazies

The late Rik Mayall was at his most consistently brilliant in The New Statesman.

Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 23rd June 2014

Rik Mayall mourned at private funeral in Devon

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and other friends of Rik Mayall have joined his family to mourn the comedian and actor at a private funeral in Devon.

BBC News, 19th June 2014

Badults, currently and mystifyingly enjoying a second series, continues to spray out a veritable diarrhoea of terrible jokes that even the Chuckle Brothers would have put a line through at first-draft stage. Like this one: "I'm on the five:two diet. I eat five breakfasts and two dinners!".

Rik Mayall certainly didn't do the show any favours by dying and reminding everybody that Badults is basically a very poor copy of The Young Ones with no Rick, Neil or Vyvyan, but three Mikes.

The main problem with Badults, apart from the script, is that the protagonists - fringe legends Pappy's - are virtually indistinguishable except by their hairstyles. It is a show that would definitely benefit from the introduction of a little character comedy or, failing that, some characters. Jokes, even good ones, quickly become boring unless you have some sort of emotional investment in the people making them.

I have it on good authority that Pappy's are quite brilliant live, but whatever their stage alchemy may be it is signally failing to translate to the screen.

Harry Venning, The Stage, 19th June 2014

Rik Mayall fans win over council

Hammersmith and Fulham Council has said it is interested in arranging a bench in memory of TV comic Rik Mayall who died last week, following a petition by fans.

Get West London, 17th June 2014

Robin Ince prepares to take you In and Out of His Mind

The comedy boffin is pals with Brian Cox, has a TED talk under his belt and loves Rik Mayall.

Brian Donaldson, The List, 17th June 2014

Letter: Rik Mayall's courage in Cell Mates

I acted with Rik Mayall just once, in 1995, in the ill-fated production of Simon Gray's Cell Mates, directed by Simon himself. After Stephen Fry went Awol, we were all shattered, but no one more than Rik, because the play was virtually a two-hander, with the other three actors, of whom I was one, playing small parts to help tell the story of George Blake and Sean Bourke.

Sam Dastor, The Guardian, 16th June 2014

Rik Mayall single Noble England reaches UK top 10

A football song recorded by Rik Mayall four years ago has gone into the UK top 10 after a campaign by fans to pay tribute to the late comedian.

BBC News, 15th June 2014

Rik Mayall's World Cup song heading for Top 5

Rik Mayall is on course to score a Top 5 hit in this week's singles chart.

Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 14th June 2014

Rik Mayall 'suffered cardiac event'

Rik Mayall's wife says the comedian "suffered an acute cardiac event" before his death at their home on Monday.

BBC News, 12th June 2014

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