Rik Mayall: TV Shows Starring Rik Mayall -10 Items- List Photo: Freebase /Fair use Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1 A Kick Up the Eighties Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Rik Mayall A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman. The series was created by ; All About George Rik Mayall 3 Blackadder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray Blackadder is the name that encompasses four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund ; 4 Believe Nothing Rik Mayall, Michael Maloney, Emily Bruni Believe Nothing is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in England and Oxford's leading moral philosopher.

Starring alongside Mayall is Michael ; 5 Bottom Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Steven O'Donnell Bottom is a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by and starred comic duo Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall as Eddie and Richie, two ; 6 Filthy Rich & Catflap Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987. The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title ; 7 Grim Tales Rik Mayall Grim Tales is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown.

The twenty-two ; It's Itsy Bitsy Time Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall, Marc Donato 10 King Arthur's Disasters Rik Mayall, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV, a now defunct programming block on ITV1. The series was co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows ; 11 Man Down Rik Mayall, Greg Davies Man Down is a British sitcom first broadcast on Friday 18 October 2013 on Channel 4 and starring Greg Davies as Dan, a man who hates his job as a teacher, and Rik Mayall as his father in the first ; Rik Mayall Presents Rik Mayall 13 Shoebox Zoo Alan Cumming, Rik Mayall, 피터 뮬란 Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies.

It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal ; 14 The Black Adder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired ; 15 The Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as a pioneering example ; 16 The New Statesman Hugh Laurie, Rik Mayall, Paul O'Grady The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as ; 17 The Willows In Winter Rik Mayall The Willows In Winter is a 1996 TV animated program.

18 The Young Ones Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Ade Edmondson The Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1984 in two six-part series. Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy ; 19 Watership Down John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Dawn French Watership Down is a British-Canadian animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and ; 20 Whoops Apocalypse John Cleese, Rik Mayall, Richard Griffiths Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film ; 21 Wood and Walters Julie Walters, Rik Mayall, Victoria Wood Wood and Walters is a British television comedy sketch show starring Julie Walters and Victoria Wood for Granada Television and written entirely by Wood.

The show was short-lived, with one pilot in ; Bottom Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Welcome to the Bottom Wiki The wiki about the BBC slapstick comedy series Bottom that anyone can edit 32 articles and growing since May 21, 2010. About Bottom Wiki Bottom Wiki... is the #1 dedicated wiki that any Bottom fan can edit about the BBC1 slapstick comedy show Bottom, including the cast, characters, episodes, and more! Featured Article Bottom Bottom is an award-winning British sitcom of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows), written by and starring comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall as the crude, deranged Eddie and Richie, two desperate flatmates on the dole. The programme ran for three series on the BBC, spawned five live stage tours between 1993 and 2003, and a film adaptation in 1999 entitled Guest House Paradiso. All their material is now available on VHS and DVD. Sometimes controversial in nature (particularly the stage shows), Bottom is noted for its chaotic humour and highly violent slapstick. Bottom became number 45 in the 'Britain's Best Sitcom' poll.

Recent News Various episodes can be seen on the Television Channel Dave. What's new on Bottom Wiki Infoboxes added. Creation of the first series episodes. Contents The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series 1982– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A series of self contained TV films starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous films, literature, and generally everyone in sight. Stars: A couple of bored escorts find themselves suddenly involved with a hit-gang and an ax-murderer - Mr. Jolly. Gratuitous violence, rivers of blood and maximum hilarity, all rolled into one. 8.9 Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits, beginning with a reunion gig at the Flying Horse. 8.7 Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western.

At a cafe in a remote town they meet two Australian ... 8.4 a list of 39 titles created 25 Jun 2012 a list of 47 titles created 05 Aug 2012 a list of 29 titles created 23 Jan 2013 a list of 27 titles created 01 Nov 2015 a list of 47 titles created 10 months ago Title: The Comic Strip Presents... (1982– ) 8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The two Dangerous brothers Sir Richard and Sir Adrian host a series of mad and violent sketches Director: Paul Jackson In a parody of 1980s Conservatism, Rik Mayall is Alan B'Stard MP, the most machiavellian Tory of them all. Stars: Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Marsha Fitzalan Filthy Rich & Catflap (TV Series 1987) Comedy A satire about three losers: a failed actor, his sleazy agent and a permanently drunk bodyguard.

Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer Queen Elizabeth is attending a parade in Hammersmith and Richie and Eddie plans on inviting the Queen to join them for supper. But their plan goes wrong. Director: Dominic Brigstocke Richie buys an inflatable doll named Monica as his lover, and he tries to conceal it from Eddie. But it all goes terribly wrong when Richie accidentally super glues Monica to his groin, mistaking Eddie's super glue for Handcream. Director: Marcus Mortimer Richie and Eddie find themselves stranded on a tropical island, only to find the island is a atomic-test site, where the French tests atomic weaponry. Director: Ed Bye Richie and Eddie escapes from the island and try to get to the bar to have a drink, only to find themselves trapped in a underground chamber and Richie thinks they've been abducted by aliens. Director: Dewi Humphreys BBC Television comedy detailing the fortunes of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own ...

See full summary » Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain. Stars: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer Eddie has locked himself away in the toilet and Richie finds he's been inventing gadgets and only to find himself joining Eddie on a adventure through time and space on-board Eddie's time machine "The Turdis" which is a toilet cubicle. Director: Dewi Humphreys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any ... See full summary » Director: Peter Richardson British sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith. Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith Edit Storyline A series of self contained TV films starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends.

Noted for a high sense of parody of previous films, literature, and generally everyone in sight. 2 November 1982 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Black and White (episode "Beat Generation, The")| Black and White (episode "Spaghetti Hoops")| Color Aspect Ratio: Did You Know? Trivia Only five of the planned six shows from the first series were produced when Channel 4 decided that "Back to Normal With Eddie Monsoon" (also referred to as "An evening With Eddie Monsoon" by some sources) was unsuitable for broadcast. The character was revived in the second series episode "Eddie Monsoon: A Life" and features Adrian Edmondson in the title role as the washed-up South African TV host. The name Eddie Monsoon is, of course, a pun on the name Edmondson. Many years later, Edmondson's real-life wife Jennifer Saunders resurrected the name Eddie (short for Edina) Monsoon for her character in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992). See more » Quotes Helen : [voice over] Now all that Spider needs to do is convince his wife to let him join the group again.

Spider Web : Darling, would it be all right if I got back together with the band? Spider's wife: Hmmm. Whis is this not on DVD? 6 January 2007 | by deadelvis1988 (Atlanta, Ga.) – See all my reviews I remember catching The Comic Strip back when it was first aired stateside. I waited with anticipation every week to see what the next show would conjure up. My favorite of the series was definitely "Bad News Tour", "More Bad News", and "The Supregrass" flick. These scamps were also responsible for aiding with the development of the phenomenal "Eat The Rich" film. Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan and Rik Mayall would go on to fame as "The Young Ones." Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French would go on to "French and Saunders" and eventually part ways for "Absolutely Fabulous" and "The Vicar of Dibley." Basic comparison as far as career launching would be comparative of "SCTV" or the original "Saturday Night Live" TV series here in the states. The shows and skits were very well written.

Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall would go on to do "The Dangerous Brothers," "Filthy, Madcap and Laughing" and "Bottom." Excellent stuff that is all well overdue for a region DVD reissue. 1 of 3 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes BBC Two - Bottom, Series 3, Terror, Cattle Prod or Treat BBC Two Clips Cattle Prod or Treat Bottom is a sitcom from the early 1990s, written by and starring Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall. Eddie and Richie are two desperate flatmates on the dole, living in a flat in Hammersmith. In this clip, they come up with a strategy to demand cash on Halloween night. Release date: Watch Bottom series Online Stream : Watchseries TV for Free External Links : IMDB No. of episodes : 18 Description : Bottom is an award-winning anarchic British sitcom of the early 1990s starring comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall as two desperate unemployed f...

[+] more Bottom is an award-winning anarchic British sitcom of the early 1990s starring comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall as two desperate unemployed flatmates, Eddie and Richie. [-] less × h2g2 - 'Bottom' - the TV Series - Edited Entry 14 Conversations Bottom is a BBC2 situation comedy which ran during the early 1990s. The brainchild of former The Young Ones stalwarts, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson 1 , it starred... erm... Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as two terminally sad losers living in their squalid Hammersmith, London flat. Mayall plays Richie, a jobless, friendless, nasty, greasy, slimy, horrible, unlikeable middle-aged virgin, whose life revolves around waiting for the opportunity to masturbate . Edmondson plays Eddie, a jobless, nasty, greasy, slimy, slightly-more-likeable middle-aged alcoholic, whose life revolves around getting very, very drunk.

The main gist of the show is that the two flat mates would verbally, mentally and physically abuse each other using a wide variety of makeshift weapons, including, but not limited to: Cricket bats,chairs and umbrellas. Saucepans, frying pans... and other assorted kitchen equipment. Pliers, tables, televisions, sofas, pencils and curried sprouts. There would usually be some sort of plot attached, often taking the form of Richie's futile attempts to get a shag, Eddie's attempts to get drunk, or attempting to blackmail the government by way of a porn video starring cabinet members. As well as three seasons of the TV show, Bottom has also spawned three live tours, with performances of all three available on video. Mayall and Edmondson have also released the movie Guest House Paradiso, which is basically 'Bottom-The Movie'. Alas, save for a big fight scene and a gag involving a fishing rod and a nipple ring, it's not a patch on its small screen parent. 1 Who also appeared in the fourth series of Blackadder in the role of the Red Baron.

Rik Mayall (Actor) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Rik Mayall Male Born Mar 7, 1958 Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall is an English comedian, writer and actor. Mayall is best known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s. He appeared in numerous sitcoms including The Young Ones, Blackadder, The New Statesman and Bottom and the big screen in comedy films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso.… Read More related links Lemmy: The Contrarian Hell Raiser Who Rejected Adoration Guardian (UK) - Dec 29, 2015 ' MotÃ¶rheadâs inimitable frontman, who disowned his genre and disregarded his bandâs totemic status, will remain loved for his articulate grit and realism There is a famous moment of intra-band discord in the Comic Stripâs spoof 1983 rockumentary Bad News Tour.

The bandâs frontman Vim, played by Adrian Edmondson, has just airily explained to an interviewer that Bad News are ânot, basically, a heavy metal bandâ. âWeâre more subtle than that,â he says, turning to Bad Newsâ guitarist, âArenât w...

Bottom Revival Shelved Broadcast - Oct 16, 2012 'The BBC has confirmed that plans to revive Bottom have been shelved after Adrian Edmondson and <mark>Rik Mayall</mark> decided to focus on other projects.' Ade Edmonson And Rik Mayall To Reunite For Six New Episodes Of Bottom Daily Mail (UK) - Aug 23, 2012 'For viewers wondering what ever happened to the loutish characters the new six-part series will show how their lives turned out.' Armstrong & Bain: Time To Take A Peep At Student Life The Independent Google News - Sep 17, 2011 'The Young Ones, which ran from 1982 to 1984 and made the careers of <mark>Rik Mayall</mark>, Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, casts a long shadow on any writer approaching a comedy of student life. It&#39;s akin to someone deciding it was high time to pen another' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Rik Mayall. CHILDHOOD 1958 Birth Born on March 7, 1958.

TEENAGE 1975 17 Years Old After attending King's School, Worcester, where he failed most of his O-levels and scraped through A-levels, Mayall went to the University of Manchester in 1975 to study drama, where he befriended his future comedy partner Ade Edmondson. … Read More He never graduated. There he also met Ben Elton, a fellow student, and Lise Mayer, with whom he later co-wrote The Young Ones. Read Less TWENTIES 1980 - 1981 2 More Events 1980 22 Years Old Edmondson and Mayall gained their reputation at The Comedy Store, from 1980. … Read More Apart from performing in their double act, 20th Century Coyote, Mayall developed solo routines, using characters such as Kevin Turvey and a pompous anarchist poet named Rick.

This led to Edmondson and Mayall, along with Comedy Store compere Alexei Sayle and other upcoming comedians, including Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, French and Saunders, Arnold Brown and Pete Richens, setting up their own comedy club called "The Comic Strip" in the Raymond Revuebar, a strip club in Soho. Read Less 1981 23 Years Old Mayall's Kevin Turvey character gained a regular slot in A Kick Up the Eighties, first broadcast in 1981. … Read More He appeared as "Rest Home" Ricky in Richard O'Brien's Shock Treatment, a sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He played Dentonvale's resident attendant as the love interest to Nell Campbell's Nurse Ansalong. Read Less Show Less Mayall played Rick one last time in the Comic Relief stage-show and supported the Comic Relief cause for the rest of his life. 1987 saw Mayall co-star with Edmondson in one episode of the ITV sitcom Hardwicke House, although adverse reaction from press and viewers saw ITV withdrew the series after two episodes, leaving their appearance unbroadcast. … Read More He appeared on the children's television series Jackanory.

His crazed portrayal of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine proved memorable. However, the BBC received complaints "with viewers claiming both story and presentation to be both dangerous and offensive". Read Less In 1987, Mayall played fictional Conservative MP Alan Beresford B'Stard in the sitcom The New Statesman (Yorkshire Television) written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. … Read More The character was a satirical portrait of Tory MPs in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and early 1990s. The programme ran for four seriesâincorporating two BBC specialsâbetween 1987â94 and was successful critically and in the ratings. Read Less THIRTIES 1989 - 1991 2 More Events 1989 31 Years Old In a similar vein to his appearance on Jackanory, in 1989 Mayall starred in a series of bit shows for ITV called Grim Tales, in which he narrated Grimm Brothers fairy tales while puppets acted the stories.

… Read More In the early 1990s, Mayall starred in humorous adverts for Nintendo games and consoles. With money from the ads, he bought his house in London which he called "Nintendo Towers". Read Less 1991 33 Years Old In 1991, Edmondson and Mayall co-starred in the West End production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre, with Mayall playing Vladimir, Edmondson as Estragon and Christopher Ryan as Lucky. … Read More Here they came up with the idea for Bottom, which they said was a cruder cousin to Waiting for Godot. Bottom was commissioned by the BBC and three series were shown between 1991 and 1995. Mayall starred in Bottom as Richard 'Richie' Richard alongside Edmondson's Eddie Elizabeth Hitler. The series featured slapstick violence taken to new extremes, and gained a strong cult following.<br /><br /> In 1993, following the second series, Mayall and Edmondson decided to take a stage-show version of the series on a national tour, Bottom: Live. It was a commercial success, filling large venues.

Four additional stage shows were embarked upon in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003, each meeting with great success. The violent nature of these shows saw both Edmondson and Mayall ending up in hospital at various points. A film version, Guest House Paradiso, was released in 1999. A fourth TV series was also written, but not commissioned by the BBC. Read Less 1992 34 Years Old … Mayall starred alongside Phoebe Cates in Drop Dead Fred (1991) as the eponymous character, a troublesome imaginary friend who reappears from a woman's childhood. He also appeared in Carry On Columbus (1992) with other alternative comedians. Read Less Mayall also provided the voice of the character Froglip, the leader of the goblins, in the 1992 animated film adaption of the 1872 children's tale The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald.

1993 35 Years Old In 1993, he appeared in Rik Mayall Presents, six individual comedy dramas (Micky Love / Briefest Encounter / Dancing Queen / The Big One / Dirty Old Town / Clair de Lune). Show Less Mayall's performances won him a Best Comedy Performer award at that year's British Comedy Awards, and a second series of three was broadcast in early 1995. … Read More He provided the voice for Little Sod in Simon Brett's How to Be a Little Sod, written in 1991 and adapted as ten consecutive episodes broadcast by the BBC in 1995. In the early 1990s, he auditioned for the roles of Banzai, Zazu and Timon in The Lion King (1994); he was asked to audition by lyricist Tim Rice, but the role of Zazu finally went to Rowan Atkinson. Read Less In 1995, Mayall featured in a production of the play Cell Mates alongside Stephen Fry.

… Read More Not long into the run, Fry had a nervous breakdown and fled to Belgium, where he remained for several days, and the play closed early. In 2007, Mayall said of the incident: "You don't leave the trenches... selfishness is one thing, being a cunt is another. I mustn't start that war again." Edmondson poked fun at the event during their stage tours. In Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour, after Mayall gave mocking gestures to the audience and insulted their town in a silly voice, Edmondson said, "Have you finished yet? It's just I'm beginning to understand why Stephen Fry fucked off." In Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour, after Richie accidentally fondles Eddie, he replies, "I see why Stephen Fry left that play." Towards the end of the Cell Mates run, Mayall revealed a replica gunâ a prop from the playâto a passer-by in the street. Mayall was cautioned over the incident and later conceded that this was "incredibly stupid, even by my standards".

From 1999, Mayall was the voice of the black-headed seagull Kehaar, in the first and second series of the animated television programme, Watership Down. In the late 1990s Mayall was featured in a number of adverts for Virgin Trains. Read Less FORTIES Show Less In 1998, Mayall was involved in a serious quad bike accident. … Read More For details see below. The pair wrote the first draft of their feature film Guest House Paradiso while Mayall was still hospitalised. They planned to co-direct, but Edmondson took on the duties himself. Mayall returned to work doing voice-overs. Read Less His first post-accident acting job was in the 1998 Jonathan Creek Christmas special, as DI Gideon Pryke, a role he reprised in 2013. 2000 - 2005 5 More Events 2000 42 Years Old In 2000, Mayall voiced all characters for the PlayStation and Windows PC video game Hogs of War.

… Read More Also that year, Mayall appeared in the video production of Jesus Christ Superstar as King Herod. He joked in the "making of" documentary, which was included on the DVD release, that "the real reason why millions of people want to come and see this is because I'm in it! Read Less 2001 43 Years Old Me and Jesus!" In 2001 Mayall acted as Lt Daniel Blaney in the episode "The White Knight Stratagem" from the series "Murder Rooms: The Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes." 2002 44 Years Old In 2002, Mayall teamed up with Marks and Gran once more when he starred as Professor Adonis Cnut in the ITV sitcom, Believe Nothing. … Read More However, the sitcom failed to repeat the success of The New Statesman and lasted for only one series. Read Less 2003 45 Years Old Following 2003's Bottom: Live tour, Bottom 5: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts, Mayall stated that he and Edmondson would return with another tour.

… Read More Shortly thereafter, however, Edmondson told the Daily Mail that he no longer wished to work on Bottom. This effectively dissolved their quarter century-long partnership. Edmondson claimed they were "too old" to continue portraying the characters. Edmondson added that since Mayall had recovered from his coma, he was slower on the uptake and it had become more difficult to work with him, citing as well that due to taking medication Mayall had been advised to stop drinking alcohol. However, Edmondson said that the pair remained very close friends. Read Less 2005 47 Years Old Mayall voiced Edwin in the BBC show Shoebox Zoo. In September 2005, he released an 'in-character' semi-fictionalised autobiography titled Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ (ISBN 0-00-720727-1). … Read More At the same time, he starred in a new series for ITV, All About George.

Read Less 2006 48 Years Old In 2006, Mayall reprised the role of Alan B'Stard in the play The New Statesman 2006: Blair B'stard Project, written by Marks and Gran. … Read More By this time B'Stard had left the floundering Conservatives and become a Labour MP. In 2007, following a successful two-month run in London's West End at the Trafalgar Studios, a heavily re-written version toured theatres nationwide, with Marks and Gran constantly updating the script to keep it topical. Read Less 2007 49 Years Old However, Mayall succumbed to chronic fatigue and flu in May 2007 and withdrew from the show. … Read More Alan B'Stard was played by his understudy, Mike Sherman during his hiatus.<br /><br /> Mayall was cast as the poltergeist Peeves in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), the first of the Harry Potter films, although all of his scenes were cut from the film.

He claimed in his semi-autobiographical book Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ that he had not been made aware that his scenes had been cut until the full film was officially unveiled at the premiere. He told the story of this hiring/firing on his second website blog for his film, Evil Calls: The Raven (2008). For Evil Calls, Mayall's role as Winston the Butler was shot in 2002, when the film was titled Alone in the Dark. The film was not completed until 2008, and was released under its new Evil Calls title, to distance it from the Alone in the Dark computer game film. Read Less FIFTIES 2009 51 Years Old In September 2009, Mayall played a supporting role in the British television programme Midsomer Murdersâshown on ITV1 and made by Meridian Broadcastingâas David Roper, a recovering party animal and tenuous friend of the families in and around Chettham Park House. Adrian Edmondson | The young ones Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The young ones Wiki Jennifer Saunders (m.

1985-present, 3 daughters) Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English comic actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and was part of the alternative comedy boom. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–1984) and Bottom (1991–2003), for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall . Edmondson also appeared in the The Comic Strip Presents... series of films throughout the 1980s and 90s. For one episode of this he created the spoof heavy metal band Bad News , and for another he played his nihilistic alter-ego Eddie Monsoon, an offensive South African television star. He played the lead role in the 1985 spin-off feature film, The Supergrass.

In the 2000s Edmondson appeared in numerous TV programmes in more serious drama roles including Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Miss Austen Regrets, as himself on Hell's Kitchen and created the sitcom Teenage Kicks . Edmondson has been married to fellow comedian Jennifer Saunders since 1985 and they have three daughters. He lives in Devon and London. Contents Edit Under the name 20th Century Coyote , Edmondson and Rik Mayall became one of the star attractions at The Comedy Store . Mayall told most of the jokes early in their act, and Edmondson would act-up in the background, developing his act to dismantle the club's piano, before he created his own material. As their popularity grew, Edmondson, Mayall, and other upcoming comedians including Nigel Planer , Peter Richardson , Alexei Sayle , and French and Saunders split away from the Comedy Store to set up their own venue: The Comic Strip club. The Comic Strip soon gained a reputation as one of the most popular comedy clubs in London and soon came to the attention of Channel 4 .

Edmondson and the others were commissioned to act in six self-contained half-hour films, using the group as comedy actors rather than stand-up performers. The series, entitled The Comic Strip Presents... debuted on 2 November 1982 (the opening night of Channel 4). The first episode to be broadcast was " Five Go Mad in Dorset ", a parody of Enid Blyton 's Famous Five , which drew anger from some viewers for the way it mercilessly satirised a children's classic. Edmondson starred as one of the five. By the same time as The Comic Strip Presents... was being negotiated, the BBC signed up Edmondson, Mayall, Richardson, Planer and Sayle to star in The Young Ones , a sitcom in the same anarchic style as The Comic Strip. (Richardson later decided not to proceed and was replaced by Christopher Ryan .) The show revolved around the shared house where four students lived during their study at Scumbag College . It was noted at the time of its first airing for its violent slapstick, with Edmondson's character as the main instigator, and this is a trait which has stayed with him throughout his career.

The series captured public imagination and remains one of Britain's most popular sitcoms. During this time, Edmondson also appeared in a bank advertisement in what was, basically, his " Vyvyan " guise. Following the success of The Comic Strip Presents... and, to a greater extent, The Young Ones, Edmondson and Mayall returned to their "Coyote" dynamic in the double act " The Dangerous Brothers " with Edmondson as "Sir Adrian Dangerous" in Saturday Live (1985–1987). In 1983, he appeared as the lead singer Vim Fuego in the spoof heavy metal band called Bad News , with his Young Ones co-stars Rik Mayall , Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson of "Comic Strip Presents...". On 11 May 1985, Edmondson married his Comic Strip fellow Jennifer Saunders , with whom he has three daughters: Eleanor , Beatrice and Freya.

Edmondson's university nickname of "Eddie Monsoon," a play on his surname, inspired the name of Saunders' character, Edina Monsoon on Absolutely Fabulous and his own characters Eddie Catflap ( Filthy Rich & Catflap ) and Eddie Hitler ( Bottom ), they jointly set up their own production company called Mr and Mrs Monsoon Limited.. Also in 1985 Edmondson starred with Saunders in Happy Families , a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. In 1987, he reunited with Planer and Mayall to star in Filthy Rich and Catflap a comic attack on showbiz, again written by Elton. He played a character called Edward Catflap, the coarse and drunken minder of light entertainment nonentity Richie Rich. In this Edmondson displayed the same slapstick characteristics as Vyvyan, but was closer in personality to his later character "Eddie Hitler" in Bottom. The show received critical acclaim but poor viewing figures and was cancelled after one series. 1987 also saw Edmondson co-starring with Mayall in the ITV sit-com Hardwicke House .

Due to the adverse reaction of both press and viewers however, ITV withdrew the series after two episodes, and the remainder has never been shown. In 1988, he released a follow up to How To Be A Complete Bastard called The Bastard's Book of the Worst. In 1989 Edmondson made an appearance in an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth as The Red Baron , arch-nemesis to Mayall's character, Lord Flashheart . 1990s File:Bottom001.jpg Edmondson played Brad Majors in the 1990 West End run of The Rocky Horror Show , alongside Tim McInnerny as Frank-N-Furter and Ed Tudor-Pole as Riff-Raff. He also appears on the soundtrack album of the production. In 1991, Edmondson was teamed up with his comedy partner Rik Mayall once more, this time co-writing and co-starring in their own sitcom, Bottom. Edmondson starred as "Edward Elizabeth Hitler" opposite Mayall's "Richard Richard." The series featured the slapstick and crude humour for which the pair had become famous, but also more in-depth character analysis.

Mayall and Edmonson have said Bottom was aimed to be more than just a series of toilet gags, but a cruder cousin to plays like Waiting for Godot about the pointlessness of life. Edmondson played Estragon to Mayall's Vladimir in Samuel Beckett 's play in the West End , in a production that opened at the Queen's Theatre on 30 September 1991. [1] Bottom became very popular, but it was criticised for its often vulgar humour. Edmondson was also censured for essentially reprising the same character he had been playing for his entire career. It was also incarnated into five UK stage tours (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003). The violent natures of these shows saw both Edmondson and Mayall ending up in hospital. In 1993, Edmondson starred alongside Richard Briers in a black comedy called If You See God, Tell Him . Edmondson played Gordon Spry, whose uncle (Briers) is paralysed and has a greatly reduced attention span. His erratic behaviour causes problems for Gordon.

The series comprised four episodes, each 45 minutes long, and only broadcast once. The BBC has not repeated the series, although 1 episode was broadcast on BBC Four on 3 December 2007. In September 1995, Edmondson released his first (comic) novel, The Gobbler. The same year he voiced "the animal", an advertising character for British snack Peperami . In 1996, he played the role of Ace Face/Bellboy at The Who's performance of Quadrophenia at London's Hyde Park . A video game called Animal , featuring Peperami's "the animal", was released the same year, with the character being voiced by Ade Edmondson. In 1997-1998 he voiced engine stoker Jones, a major character in the animated series Captain Star . In the 1998 ITV Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Edmondson played Dame Dolly alongside Neil Morrissey, Denise Van Outon, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Julie Walters. The show was broadcast on 25 December on ITV1 and continues to be shown every year around Christmas.

Following the 1997 Bottom stage tour, Hooligans Island, Mayall and Edmondson worked on the idea of a Bottom film in which Richie and Eddie run a hotel. The two had been working on the script together, and were set to co-direct. In 1998 Mayall was seriously injured and spent a few days in a coma. Edmondson found this time very difficult. When Mayall came around he helped Edmondson complete the script while still in hospital, but it was decided that he was still not fit enough to direct, so Edmondson took the sole directing duties on what became Guest House Paradiso . Since the 2003 Bottom tour, which ended on 12 December of that year, Edmondson has shown a lack of interest in working with his friend Mayall, claiming he is more difficult to work with since his accident. Template:Citation needed In December 2004 The Daily Mirror newspaper quoted him as saying: "It’s definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous.

[...] We're both nearly 50 and we're starting to feel slightly undignified talking about wanking and knobs constantly." [2] Rik Mayall has repeatedly said that they will work together again, they just needed "a good idea." 2000s–present Edit Edmondson appeared regularly in series 4 of the BBC mystery series Jonathan Creek , broadcast in 2003–2004. He had a lead role playing an NHS doctor in the comedy series Doctors and Nurses first broadcast in early 2004. In Surviving Disaster, a BBC docu-drama about the 1986 Chernobyl disaster , broadcast at the start of 2006, Edmondson played the role of Dr Valeri Legasov . In 2005 Edmondson appeared as a celebrity model on Star Portraits with Rolf Harris . From 2005 to 2008 he appeared as Percy 'Abra' Durant in the medical drama Holby City . In 2008 he played Henry Austen in the BBC produced film Miss Austen Regrets .

From 2008 onwards he has played Vernon in ITV sit-com Teenage Kicks . In April 2009 Edmondson appeared on the cooking show Hell's Kitchen , where he reached the final, coming second to winner Linda Evans . In a 2009 interview, Edmondson stated he was 'finally' referring to himself as Adrian rather than his established nickname Ade, as he felt it was time to 'grow up.' Rik Mayall: TV Shows Starring Rik Mayall -10 Items- List Photo: Freebase /Fair use Z G Options B Comments & Embed 1 A Kick Up the Eighties Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Rik Mayall A Kick Up the Eighties was a 1981-1984 BBC 2 sketch show starring Robbie Coltrane, Tracey Ullman, Richard Stilgoe, Miriam Margolyes, Rik Mayall, Ron Bain and Roger Sloman.

The series was created by ; All About George Rik Mayall 3 Blackadder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray Blackadder is the name that encompasses four series of a BBC 1 period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund ; 4 Believe Nothing Rik Mayall, Michael Maloney, Emily Bruni Believe Nothing is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in England and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. Starring alongside Mayall is Michael ; 5 Bottom Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Steven O'Donnell Bottom is a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by and starred comic duo Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall as Eddie and Richie, two ; 6 Filthy Rich & Catflap Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer Filthy Rich & Catflap is a BBC sitcom produced in 1986 and broadcast in 1987.

The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title ; 7 Grim Tales Rik Mayall Grim Tales is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two ; It's Itsy Bitsy Time Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall, Marc Donato 10 King Arthur's Disasters Rik Mayall, Matt Lucas, Morwenna Banks King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV, a now defunct programming block on ITV1.

The series was co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows ; 11 Man Down Rik Mayall, Greg Davies Man Down is a British sitcom first broadcast on Friday 18 October 2013 on Channel 4 and starring Greg Davies as Dan, a man who hates his job as a teacher, and Rik Mayall as his father in the first ; Rik Mayall Presents Rik Mayall 13 Shoebox Zoo Alan Cumming, Rik Mayall, 피터 뮬란 Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal ; 14 The Black Adder Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired ; 15 The Comic Strip Presents Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s.

They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as a pioneering example ; 16 The New Statesman Hugh Laurie, Rik Mayall, Paul O'Grady The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as ; 17 The Willows In Winter Rik Mayall The Willows In Winter is a 1996 TV animated program. 18 The Young Ones Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Ade Edmondson The Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1984 in two six-part series. Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy ; 19 Watership Down John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Dawn French Watership Down is a British-Canadian animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams.

It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and ; 20 Whoops Apocalypse John Cleese, Rik Mayall, Richard Griffiths Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film ; 21 Wood and Walters Julie Walters, Rik Mayall, Victoria Wood Wood and Walters is a British television comedy sketch show starring Julie Walters and Victoria Wood for Granada Television and written entirely by Wood. The show was short-lived, with one pilot in ; Rik Mayall | Comic Strip Presents Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Comic Strip Presents Wiki Edit Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (born 7 March 1958 - 9 June 2014) was an English actor, writer and comedian. He waknown for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson , his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s.

Rik And Ade In Bottom Early life Edit Mayall was born in Harlow, Essex, the second child to John and Gillian with older brother Anthony and younger sisters Libby and Kate. When he was three, Mayall and his parents — who taught drama — moved to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, where he spent the rest of his childhood and performed in his parents' plays. After attending King's School, Worcester, he studied drama at the University of Manchester where he met Adrian Edmondson in 1976. He also met Ben Elton and Lise Mayer, with whom he later wrote The Young Ones. Career Edit Edmondson and Mayall gained their reputation at The Comedy Store, from 1980. The double act, "20th Century Coyote", became popular. Mayall also developed solo routines using characters such as Kevin Turvey and a pompous anarchist poet named Rick.

This led to Mayall and Edmondson , along with Comedy Store compere Alexei Sayle and other acts French and Saunders , "The Outer Limits" ( Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson ), Arnold Brown and Pete Richens, to set up their own comedy club called "The Comic Strip" in the Raymond Revue Bar, a strip club. The Original Comic Strip Mayall's popularity led to a regular slot for Kevin Turvey on A Kick Up the Eighties, first broadcast in 1981. He appeared as "Rest Home" Ricky in Richard O'Brien's Shock Treatment, sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He played Dentonvale's resident attendant as the love interest to Nell Campbell's Nurse Ansalong. His TV appearances as Kevin Turvey in 1977 warranted a mockumentary based on the character entitled Kevin Turvey — The Man Behind The Green Door, broadcast in 1982. The previous year, he appeared in a bit role in An American Werewolf in London. His stage partnership with Edmondson continued, often appearing together as "The Dangerous Brothers", hapless daredevils whose hyper-violent antics foreshadowed their characters in Bottom.

Rik And Ade As The Dangerous Bros Mayall also made a cameo appearance in the 1983 gothic horror movie, The Keep directed by Michael Mann. Channel 4 offered the Comic Strip group six short films, which became The Comic Strip Presents..., debuting on 2 November 1982. The series, which continued sporadically for many years, saw Mayall play a wide variety of roles. It saw known for anti-establishment humour and for parodies such as Bad News On Tour, a spoof "rockumentary" starring Mayall, Richardson, Edmondson and Planer as a heavy metal band. Rik, Ade, Nigel and peter as Bad News The Young Ones Edit At the time The Comic Strip Presents... was negotiated, the BBC took an interest in The Young Ones, a sitcom written by Mayall and then-girlfriend Lise Mayer, in the same anarchic vein as Comic Strip. Ben Elton joined the writers. The series was commissioned and first broadcast in 1982, shortly before Comic Strip. Mayall played Rik, a pompous sociology student and Cliff Richard devotee.

Despite the sitcom format, Mayall maintained his double-act with Edmondson , who starred as violent punk Vyvyan. Nigel Planer (as hippie Neil) and Christopher Ryan (as "Mike the cool guy") also starred, with additional material written and performed by Alexei Sayle. The first series was successful and a second was commissioned in 1984. The Young Ones Edit Mayall continued to work on The Comic Strip films. He returned to standup, starring on Saturday Live — a British version of the American Saturday Night Live — first broadcast in 1985. He and Edmondson had a regular section as "The Dangerous Brothers", their earlier stage act. In 1985, Mayall debuted another comic creation. He had starred in the final episode of The Black Adder in 1983 as "Mad Gerald". He returned to play Lord Flashheart in the episode Blackadder II entitled "Bells". A descendant of this character, Squadron Commander Flashheart, was in the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "Private Plane". A similar character, also played by Mayall, appeared in 2000's Blackadder: Back and Forth as Robin Hood.

Rik As Lord Flasheart In Blackadder II In 1986, Mayall joined with Planer, Edmondson and Elton to star in Filthy Rich & Catflap as Richie Rich in what was billed as a follow-up to The Young Ones. While he received positive critical reviews, viewing figures were poor and the series was never repeated on the BBC. In later years, release on video, DVD and repeats on UK TV found a following. Mayall suggested the series did not last because he was uncomfortable acting in an Elton project, when they had been co-writers on The Young Ones.[3] in 1987 saw Mayall co-star with Edmondson in the ITV sit-com Hardwicke House. Due to adverse reaction of press and viewers, ITV withdrew the series after two episodes. The same year saw Mayall had a number one hit in the UK singles charts when he and his co-stars from The Young Ones teamed with Cliff Richard to record "Living Doll" for the inaugural Comic Relief campaign. Mayall played Rick one last time in the stage show and has supported the Comic Relief cause ever since.

The Front Cover Of Living Doll That year, Mayall appeared on the children's television series Jackanory. His crazed portrayal of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine proved memorable.[5] However, the BBC received complaints "with viewers claiming both story and presentation to be both dangerous and offensive."[6] In 1987, Mayall played fictional Conservative MP Alan Beresford B'Stard in the sitcom The New Statesman for Yorkshire Television, written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The character was a satire of Tory MPs in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and early 1990s. The programme ran for four series — incorporating two BBC specials — between 1987–1994 and was a success critically and in ratings. In a similar vein to his appearance on Jackanory, in 1989, Mayall starred in a series of bit shows for ITV called Grim Tales, in which he narrated Grimm Brothers fairy tales while puppets acted the stories. In the early 1990s Mayall starred in humorous adverts for Nintendo games and consoles.

With money from the ads, he bought his house in London which he calls 'Nintendo Towers'. He lent his voice to the PlayStation and Windows PC video game Hogs of War. In the early 1990s, he auditioned for Banzai, Zazu and Timon in The Lion King. He was asked to audition by lyricist Tim Rice. Bottom Edit Phoebe Cates (left) and Rik Mayall (right) as Elizabeth and Fred in "Drop Dead Fred".Mayall starred alongside Phoebe Cates in 1991's Drop Dead Fred as the eponymous character, a troublesome imaginary friend reappearing from a woman's childhood. He also appeared in Carry On Columbus (1992) with other alternative comedians. Rik As Drop dead fred In 1991 he played Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre in the West End, alongside Edmondson (Estragon) and Christopher Ryan (Lucky).

Mayall also provided the voice of the character Froglip, the leader of the goblins in the 1992 animated film adaption of the 1872 children's tale, The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. In 1993, he appeared in Rik Mayall Presents, three individual comedy dramas. Mayall's performances won a Best Comedy Performer award at that year's British Comedy Awards, and a second series of three was broadcast in early 1995. Mayall provided the voice for Little Sod in Simon Brett's How to Be a Little Sod, written in 1991 and adapted as 10 consecutive episodes broadcast on the BBC in 1995. In 1995 Mayall co-starred in a production of the play Cell Mates, alongside Stephen Fry. Not long into the run, Fry had a nervous breakdown and fled to Belgium, where he remained for several days, and the play closed. In 2007, Mayall said of the incident: "You don't leave the trenches ... [S]elfishness is one thing, being a c**t is another.

I mustn't start that war again."[7] Edmondson poked fun at the event during their stage tours. In Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour, after Mayall gave mocking gestures to the audience and insulted their town in a silly voice, Edmondson said "Have you finished yet? It's just I'm beginning to understand why Stephen Fry fucked off!" In Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour, after Mayall accidentally fondles Edmondson, he replies "I see why Stephen Fry left that play." Towards the end of Cell Mates Mayall revealed a replica gun — a prop from the play — to a passer-by in the street. He was cautioned over the incident. Mayall later conceded that this was "incredibly stupid, even by my standards".[8] Starting in 1999, Mayall was the voice of the black-headed seagull Kehaar in the first and the second season of the animated television series Watership Down. 2000s Edit In 2000, Mayall appeared in the video production of Jesus Christ Superstar as King Herod.

He joked in the "Making of" documentary, which was included on the DVD release, that "the real reason why millions of people want to come and see this is because I'm in it! Me and Jesus!" Rik As King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar In 2002, Mayall teamed up with Marks and Gran once more when he starred as Professor Adonis Cnut in the ITV sitcom, Believe Nothing. However, the sitcom failed to repeat the success of The New Statesman and lasted only one series. Following 2003's Bottom: Live tour, Bottom 5: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts, Mayall stated that he and Edmondson would return with another tour.[9] Shortly thereafter, however, Edmondson told The Daily Mail that he no longer wished to work on Bottom. This effectively dissolved their nearly 30-year partnership. Edmondson claimed they were "too old" to continue portraying the characters. Edmondson added that, since Mayall had recovered from his coma, he was slower on the uptake and it had become more difficult to work with him, as well as citing that due to taking medication, Mayall had been advised to stop drinking alcohol.

However, Edmondson said that the pair remained very close friends.[10] He did the voice-acting of the pompous, full-of-himself, Edwin in the BBC show Shoebox Zoo. Mayall released an 'in-character' semi-fictionalised autobiography in September 2005 entitled Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ ( ISBN 0-00-720727-1 ). At the same time, he starred in a new series for ITV, All About George. Mayall reprised the role of Alan B'Stard in 2006 in the play The New Statesman 2006: Blair B'stard Project, written by Marks and Gran. By this time B'Stard had left the floundering Conservatives and become a Labour MP. Following a successful two-month run in London's West End at The Trafalgar Studios in 2007, a heavily re-written version toured theatres nationwide, with Marks and Gran constantly updating the script to keep it topical. However, Mayall succumbed to chronic fatigue and flu in May 2007, and withdrew from the show.

Alan B'Stard was played by his understudy, Mike Sherman during his hiatus. Rik In The First New Statesman Tour Mayall was cast as the poltergeist Peeves, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of the Harry Potter films in 2001.[11] Comments by Mayall suggest material for the role was filmed and shown in cinemas but then never released to the public on any subsequent release for no apparent reason. He tells the story of this hiring/firing on his second website blog for his 2008 film, Evil Calls: The Raven. For Evil Calls, he shot his role as Winston the Butler in 2002, when the film was titled Alone in the Dark. The film was not completed until 2008 and was released under its new 'Evil Calls' title to distance itself from the Alone in the Dark computer game movie. He may appear in a possible sequel.

Mayall provides the voice of the Andrex puppy in the UK TV commercials for Andrex toilet paper, and also has a voice part in the UK Domestos cleaning product adverts.[12] He performs the voice of King Arthur in the children's television cartoon series King Arthur's Disasters, alongside Matt Lucas (Little Britain) who plays Merlin. Mayall also had a recurring role in the Channel Five remake of the lighthearted drama series, Minder. In the summer of 2009, Mayall recorded an England football anthem called 'Noble England' for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Coventry producer Dave Loughran.[13] Mayall performs an adapted speech from Shakespeare's Henry V on the track. In September 2009 Mayall played a supporting role in the British television programme 'Midsomer Murders' shown on Meridian Broadcasting as 'David Roper', a recovering party animal and tenuous friend of the families in and around Chettham Park House.

2010s On 26 April 2010, Motivation Records released[14] Mayall's England Football anthem Noble England.[15] On 7 June 2010 the BBC Match Of The Day compilation CD (2010 Edition)was released by Sony/Universal featuring Noble England - Track 18, CD2. Rik Singing Noble England In September 2010, Cutey and the Sofaguard, a surreal audiobook written by Chris Wade and narrated by Rik Mayall was released by Wisdom Twins Books as a download on The Wisdom Twins site, I Tunes and the digital market. Rik Mayall can currently be heard playing the voice of Roy’s Dad in cult animation Dog Judo. He has recorded five episodes, the first one airing on on Thursday 30 September 2010. Mayall appeared alongside Edmondson one last time in 2011 on Let's Dance For Comic Relief. He played the father of the protagonist played by Greg Davies in the first series of Man in 2013. Death

Question: What was the name of the 1990s TV series starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as flatmates Eddie and Richie?
Answer: Bottom