Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s. Mayall starred in numerous successful comedy series throughout his career, including The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Blackadder, Filthy Rich & Catflap, The New Statesman, Bottom and Believe Nothing. Mayall also starred in the comedy films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso; he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his voice-over work in The Willows in Winter. His comedic style was described as energetic "post-punk". Mayall died suddenly at his home in London on 9 June 2014 at the age of 56. BBC Television director Danny Cohen praised him as a "truly brilliant" comedian with a unique stage presence, whose "fireball creativity...
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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Bottom: Exposed
Completely Bad News
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
One by One
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Five Go to Rehab
Eldorado
Errors of the Human Body
The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Just for the Record
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Valiant
Bottom Mindless Violence
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Chaos and Cadavers
Oh Marbella!
Cold Dark
Evil Calls: The Raven
Day of the Sirens
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Chilly Dogs
Merlin: The Return
Jesus Christ Superstar
Four Men in a Plane
Guest House Paradiso
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Four Men in a Car
The Canterville Ghost
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Remember Me?
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
The Willows in Winter
Bottom Fluff
The Wind in the Willows
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
The Snow Queen
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Little Noises
Red Nose of Courage
Carry on Columbus
Drop Dead Fred
The Princess and the Goblin
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Employees From Hell
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
More Bad News
The Strike
Jake's Journey
Whoops Apocalypse
Private Enterprise
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Gino: Full Story and Pics
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Dirty Movie
Summer School
Bad News
The Beat Generation
War
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
The Orchard End Murder
Couples and Robbers
Shock Treatment
An American Werewolf in London
The Comic Strip
Fundamental Frolics