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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard review – Ade Edmondson is still visibly stricken about losing him

Packed with fun memories from Ben Elton and Stephen Fry plus heartbreaking regret from his former partner, the Bottom star is so adored that this documentary risks descending into cringe – but his punky spirit shines through

The Guardian - UK

Rik Mayall documentary shines heartbreaking new light on funnyman’s career

In the spotlight, he was an endless well of laughter. But a new film reveals the anxieties the ‘Young Ones’ and ‘Bottom’ star hid behind closed doors

The Independent UK

TV tonight: a wonderful documentary about the late, great Rik Mayall

Awestruck tribute to the boundary-pushing eternal Young One. Plus: the woman found guilty of murdering her best friend’s boyfriend. Here’s what to watch this evening

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From The West Wing to Blackadder: the best fictional prime ministers on TV

The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here’s some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B’Stard?

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Ade Edmondson reflects on growing apart from Rik Mayall: ‘We never got to an understanding about that’

Mayall and Edmondson collaborated on sitcoms ‘The Young Ones’ and ‘Bottom’

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From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Pixar’s enduring animated favourites battle a rogue tablet, and Disney’s anxiety-inducing kitchen drama returns for a final series

The Guardian - UK

29 Years Later, One Star Wars Voice Will Reboot A Harry Potter Character The Movies Forgot

The new Harry Potter series is bringing a forgotten character — Peeves the Poltergeist — back into the fold.

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Harry Potter HBO series casts fan-favorite character that was left out of films

Character was originally intended to appear in the films before being cut due to time constraints

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How Nigel Planer helped Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall reunite: ‘They’d fallen out but they were laughing their heads off’

The pair are considered one of British comedy’s greatest double acts, but they had their disagreements over the years

The Independent UK

‘Filthy rich, kinky and heartless’: your favourite late-arriving TV characters

From Ewan Roy in Succession to Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons, here are 15 truly unforgettable characters who elevated their shows – when they eventually turned up

The Guardian - UK

“I didn’t take Lemmy’s advice and I got a beer glass in my face”: The wild story of the spoof heavy metal band who beat Spinal Tap by a year

Spinal Tap weren’t the first spoof heavy metal band

Metal Hammer

Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says his new dating sim character sounded too much like his iconic vampire voice, so he had to base his performance on a fictional sex symbol from an '80s British sitcom instead

"We wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to fall into the Astarion trope too much"

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Adrian Edmondson says boomers have ‘messed things up’ for younger people

‘I think we’ve f***ed the whole thing up for them,’ actor said

The Independent UK

‘Robin Williams said: “I’ll buy the club!”’: how The Comic Strip set the UK comedy scene ablaze

It started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audiences laugh 40 years on

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Adrian Edmondson’s ‘honest’ Rik Mayall admission resurfaces on anniversary of co-star’s death

Comedian previously opened up about his relationship with his co-star in a 2024 documentary

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Comic Strip Presents…to be screened at Edinburgh Fringe

The legendary TV comedy show The Comic Strip Presents is being celebrated at this year’s Fringe - the driving force behind it, Peter Richardson, tells us all about its groundbreaking and career-making status

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There's lots of Greg Davies around right now, but you see a different side to him in The Cleaner

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Adrian Edmondson: ‘I don’t think I ever fell out with Rik. But things became thinner’

The comedian and actor on his life’s two great double acts – with Jennifer Saunders and Rik Mayall. Plus why he avoids Michelin stars and adores Johnny Rotten

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‘We had to cut Rik Mayall’s ejaculation scene’: Adrian Edmondson and Ed Bye on Bottom

‘We had wanted to call it My Bottom, so that people at work the next day would say, “Did you see My Bottom on television last night?”’

The Guardian - UK

Helen Lederer on envy, rejection, fun and fame: ‘I wanted it so badly – maybe that’s not normal’

She has appeared in some of the biggest sitcoms in British comedy history, from The Young Ones to Ab Fab, but always longed for her own show. Now 69, she looks back on the hilarity of her life – and the mortification

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"The camera pans across, and you realise there are 60,000 people throwing bottles of piss at us. It was terrifying": Nigel Planer looks back at hapless metal heroes Bad News

Nearly 40 years after their infamous Donington set, 25% of fictional rockers Bad News returned last year as Almost Bad News

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Adrian Edmondson: ‘I’ve won more prizes for vegetables than I have for comedy’

The Young Ones star on butting brick walls, the real reason he took a role in Star Wars and how he and his wife, Jennifer Saunders, split the gardening

The Independent UK

Desert Island Discs listeners in tears over Adrian Edmondson’s emotional Rik Mayall memory

‘Sobbing into my lunch,’ one listener said of Edmondson’s ‘beautiful’ musings

The Independent UK

Desert Island Discs listeners in tears over Adrian Edmondson’s emotional Rik Mayall memory

‘Sobbing into my lunch,’ one listener said of Edmondson’s ‘beautiful’ musings

The Independent UK

Harry Potter actor Oliver Phelps reveals which British star stole the show at first ever cast read-through

‘He put me totally at ease,’ George Weasley actor said of ‘comedy god’

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