Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer are due to be headlining alongside Harriet Kemsley.

Rik Mayall, who died in 2014, met fellow comedian Ben Elton at university Rik Mayall's friend and fellow comedian Ben Elton has welcomed plans to launch a comedy festival in honour of his late friend.

Rik Mayall, who passed away earlier today (Monday, June 9) at the age of 56, was one of British comedy's most iconic performers. Over a career which spanned four decades, Mayall created some of UK ...

A comedy festival in Droitwich Spa to remember the late Rik Mayall has been nominated for a tourism award. Earlier in the year, thirty venues hosted 200 events in the town where the Young Ones star ...

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Rik Mayall, the comic actor who pioneered a new wave of British television comedy in the 1980s, died on Monday, aged 56, his management company said. Famed for his anarchic ...

Adrian Edmondson‘s tearful recollections of comedian and actor Rik Mayall have resurfaced on the anniversary of his comedy co-star’s death. Mayal died aged 56 on 9 June 2014 after suffering a sudden ...