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The feature-length film, Bottom Exposed, will also include new interviews with other collaborators on the classic sitcom, 20 years after Mayall and Edmondson's final stage show together, and ahead of the 10th anniversary of Mayall's death, aged just 56, next year.

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Jennifer Saunders - Bonkers: My Life in Laughs - '11 May 1985. Wedded.' ". BBC. 25 October 2013 . Retrieved 15 January 2023. McMurray, Niall (10 March 2017). "Kirsty MacColl – Terry". Into the Popvoid . Retrieved 19 July 2020. Actors (from left) Nigel Planer, David Rappaport, Christopher Ryan, and Rik Mayall performing in the episode “Boring” (1982) from the first season of The Young Ones. (more) 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" and approach to sitcom had inspired a generation of comedy stars. [1] Early life [ edit ]

In September 2012, Mayall starred in The Last Hurrah, a six-episode, full-cast audio series that he also co-wrote with Craig Green and Dominic Vince. [46] As the book goes on, you take it for what it is and any bits of 'reality' are a big bonus. For example, his 'childhood dream' and the quad bike accident are much more personal and reflective. Comedian Alexei Sayle, another collaborator with Mayall on The Young Ones, wrote in the Independent: "Comedy is truly great is when it comes out of nothing, and the greatest of comedians, like Rik, have that rare ability to conjure laugh after laugh, not from endless words, but from a single look or one absurd gesture … It was in his bones. Sweet Rik, much loved – what a loss." In the early 00s, I did a bit of work on Shrek 2 and Dreamworks wanted me to develop my own movie. I was properly courted but their method is brutal. You go and live at Dreamworks, they give you food so you can’t leave, and you work on the movie until they’re happy with it. Tim Minchin has spoken very eloquently about this process. I told him, “That could’ve been me. I dodged a bullet there.” I remember my sister-in-law saying, “What the Shrek were you doing? Go to Hollywood!” I’m quite proud that I said no, although you always wonder what might have been. Rik Mayall – My Accident Could Have Been Worse – I Could Have Killed My Daughter". Bella Magazine. Rik Mayall Interviews And Articles Archive Blog. 19 October 1999 . Retrieved 9 June 2014.

But, he wrote: "It turns out, in the long run, that Rik isn't very good at drinking. As students, we couldn't afford more than four pints of cheap lager of an evening, and four pints made Rik amiable and fun to be with. Mayall, born in Harlow, Essex, was the second of four children of John and Gillian Mayall, both drama teachers, and grew up in Droitwich, Worcestershire. At the age of eight, he played a peasant in Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan and pulled faces when told not to sing (because he couldn't) in the school choir, aged 10; he soon knew what he wanted to do when he didn't grow up.On 23 August 2012, the BBC announced that Edmondson and Mayall's characters of Richie and Eddie would be returning in 2013 in Hooligan's Island, a television adaptation of their 1997 tour of the same name. [45] However, on 15 October 2012, Edmondson announced during an interview with BBC radio presenter Mark Powlett that the project was cancelled prior to production as he wished to pursue other interests. BBC Two commissions Hooligans' Island with Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson". BBC Media Centre. 23 August 2012 . Retrieved 23 August 2012. Mayall was born in Harlow, Essex. When he was three, he moved to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire. He studied drama at the University of Manchester. He had a relationship with writer Lise Mayer in the early 1980s. He was married to Scottish make-up artist, Barbara Robbin from 1985 until his death. The couple had two daughters and a son together. His autobiography was published in 2005.

You once turned down the chance to write a Police Academy movie. What other offers have you rejected over the years? Rik Mayall's friends and family gather at Devon church for his funeral". Uknewsday.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement Retrieved September 24, 2020. IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Harding, Laura (10 December 2017). "Director Rian Johnson hails UK talent in new Star Wars film". The Independent (Ireland) . Retrieved 25 August 2019. Mayall, Richard Michael ( Rik) ( 1958–2014), comedian, writer, and actor, was born on 7 March 1958 at 98 Pittmans Field, Harlow, Essex, the second of four children of John Mayall, schoolteacher, and his wife Gillian Baxter, née Harrild ( b. 1930), also a teacher who, like her husband, specialized in drama. The family moved to Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire in 1961 and Mayall was educated at Rashwood Primary School, precociously winning a free scholarship to the King’s School, Worcester, at the age of nine.Despite the trauma of his accident Mayall continued to act and had appeared in the drama series Jonathan Creek, and the recent Channel 4 sitcom Man Down. The Little Britain comedian David Walliams also expressed his sadness at the news: "I am heartbroken that my comedy idol growing up, Rik Mayall, has died. He made me want to be a comedian."