Ben Elton said his late friend Rik Mayall featured heavily in his autobiography [BBC] Comedian Ben Elton said working with the late Rik Mayall gave him some of "the most glorious creative moments" he ...

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian died at his ...

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 ...

British comedian Rik Mayall, best known on these shores as Fred in the Phoebe Cates film “Drop Dead Fred” or as Rick in the fantastic comedy “The Young Ones,” died Monday at age 56. I've seen Mayall ...

Ben Elton has insisted he is nothing like the brash, loudmouth stand-up comedian that made him famous in the 1980s. The writer and comedian got his television break appearing on Saturday Live and ...