The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival have announced it is officially returning for a second year – from May 29 to June 6, 2026.

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 ...

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 ...

It’s clear from his searingly honest memoir that for every work of genius the comedian and writer Ben Elton has created during his 45-year career, there’s been someone waiting in the wings to put him ...