
Rik Mayall festival pays tribute to 'unique' talent
Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014.
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Richard Michael Mayall was an English actor, comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.
Mayall performed in The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom and The New Statesman before his death in 2014.