Comedian Ben Elton said working with the late Rik Mayall gave him some of "the most glorious creative moments" he had ever had and writing about him helped him to deal with some of his grief over his ...

There's something horribly grim about stalking somebody's social media accounts after they've died, but it is fitting of the late Rik Mayall that a glance at what might have been a brief foray into ...

Anarchic sitcom The Young Ones became a hit for the BBC in the early 1980s, and saw Mayall playing opposite long-term comedy collaborator Adrian Edmondson as self-proclaimed "people's poet" Rick.

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, who appeared in The Young Ones and Blackadder, passed away Monday at the age of 56, The Associated Press reports.

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 ...