Rik Mayall

AKA:
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1958-03-07

Harlow, Essex, England

Biography

Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was 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.

Crew Roles

Guest House Paradiso
Screenplay
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Writer
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Writer
Dirty Movie
Writer
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Writer
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Writer
Kevin Turvey Investigates
Writer
Me & My Goldfish
Writer
The Comic Strip
Writer
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Additional Dialogue
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Writer
Oh No, Not Them
Creator
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer
Creator
Creator
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {152}

Second Chess Player

1981-08-21 7.392

An American Werewolf in London

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins e ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Greg Dubois

2003-01-01 3.143

Oh Marbella!

Marbella, the original Costa del Sol paradise for the rich and famous and for those wishing they were. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Drop Dead Fred

1991-04-19 5.835

Drop Dead Fred

An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Family

Richie Twat

1999-12-03 6.052

Guest House Paradiso

Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famo ...
Genre :Comedy

S.A.S Commander

1986-05-06 5.6

Whoops Apocalypse

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent ...
Genre :Comedy

Morris David Boyd

1981-10-07 4.75

Couples and Robbers

Couples and Robbers is a 1981 English language comedy/crime film written and directed by Clare Peploe, starring Frances Low, Rik Mayall and Peter Eyre. Two couples -- one with all the riches that drea ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Dreamy Time Escort

1988-03-05 8.6

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

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. ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, TV Movie

Kevin Turvey

1989-10-16 6.5

Kevin Turvey Investigates

The Mad Kevin Turvey has been hired by the BBC to investigate things ...
Genre :Comedy

Richie Richard

1997-10-27 7.2

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Filmed during their sell-out 1997 tour, Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island features Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson at their comedic finest. This time around Richie Richard (Mayall) and Eddie Hitler (Ed ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard Richard

2003-11-24 7.522

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

Narrator (voice)

2008-01-01 0

Me & My Goldfish

Rik Mayall and his goldfish go to the pub and meet death when they return. Cut-out animated short. ...
Genre :Animation

'Rest Home' Ricky

1981-08-21 5.8

Shock Treatment

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Richie

2001-10-19 7.4

Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

Cufflingk (voice)

2005-03-25 5.576

Valiant

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On t ...
Genre :Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, War

Rick / Richie Rich / Richard Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Richie Richard / Richard Twat (archive footage)

2004-11-22 7.5

Bottom Mindless Violence

The only word to describe the amazing duo of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edminson is genius. For the past 25 years they have provided us with some unforgettable programs that left us on the floor such as Th ...
Genre :Comedy

Prince Froglip (voice)

1991-06-03 5.957

The Princess and the Goblin

The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom. ...
Genre :Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

Richie

1995-11-06 7.6

Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

King Herod

2000-10-16 6.9

Jesus Christ Superstar

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar first exploded onto the West End stage in 1971 and it was clear that the musical world would never be the same again. For the first time ever, ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Richie

1993-09-27 7.9

Bottom Live: The Stage Show

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 Eddi ...
Genre :Comedy

The Sultan

1992-10-02 3.8

Carry On Columbus

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition... ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard Dangerous

2008-01-01 0

The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision

Starring Richard Dangerous (Rick Mayall) and Sir Adrian Dangerous (Adrian Edmondson) as the low-life, pervert siblings. Ultra violent slapstick comedy. See them consume cleaning products, snog crocodi ...
Genre :

Merlin

2000-12-22 5.017

Merlin: The Return

When Merlin cast a positive spell to protect the knights of the Round Table, he used ancient magic drawing on the power of Stonehenge, and the knights were put into a sort of suspended animation. The ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure

Toad

1996-12-26 6.538

The Willows in Winter

Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully animated feature-length classic. Join four of the be ...
Genre :Animation, Family, TV Movie

Toad

1995-12-24 7.014

The Wind in the Willows

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very m ...
Genre :Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, TV Movie

Richard Dangerous

1986-01-01 6.6

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and "Sir (or occasionally Lady) Adrian Dangerous". Alt ...
Genre :Comedy

Samuel Mead

2012-09-23 5.181

Errors of the Human Body

Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important project—a human regeneration gene—that also has the potentia ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

Mathias Liechstenstein

1992-04-24 5.7

Little Noises

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune. ...
Genre :Comedy

Record Producer

2004-05-12 5.4

ABBA - The Last Video

ABBA - THE LAST VIDEO is the film about four hopeful musicians in search of a record contract. They pay a visit to the Big Record Company Boss and his oily assistant, performing one hit after the othe ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Animation

Ricky / The Doctor / Tobi

1995-07-08 6

Out Of My Head

A teenager who's fed up with his uneventful life of social isolation decides to try drugs to get some excitement. He sets out to learn about their effects. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-09-04 8

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 best-selling children’s books, culminating in a nat ...
Genre :Documentary

President Pinky (voice)

2011-06-28 7.7

The Itch of the Golden Nit

Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss and a pair of blend-in pants he has to save his parents from Evil Stella and retur ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family

Ian

1997-01-02 4

Remember Me?

A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected arrival of one of the wife's old flames. ...
Genre :Comedy

2013-09-09 7

Don't Fear Death

A fast-paced comedy arguing the joys of being dead, aided by a montage of corpses and a dance-crazed Grim Reaper. ...
Genre :

Lennox Crowley

2003-05-15 5.8

Chaos and Cadavers

Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the high-spirited members o ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Tark

1983-01-31 0

Summer School

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from ...
Genre :Comedy

Alan

1998-04-12 0

Four Men in a Car

Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is guaranteed promotion. There is much bickering, Steve is perpetually sick and gets put in the boot, the ...
Genre :Comedy

Various Roles

1983-01-03 10

War

1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after witnessing a bunch of incompetent commandos kill eac ...
Genre :Comedy

Alan Sellars

2000-01-04 0

Four Men in a Plane

Salesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan joins the mile-high club with a model in the toilet but Tim is annoyed that he is two air miles shor ...
Genre :Comedy

Jeremy

1983-01-17 0

The Beat Generation

In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal existence in a large villa overlooking the sea. Dumpe ...
Genre :Comedy

Toadstool

1984-01-07 0

Dirty Movie

Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a ...
Genre :Comedy

Tim

1984-01-28 0

Gino: Full Story and Pics

A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media. ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard

1986-01-01 0

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the power that Consuela, the sinister Spanish housekeepe ...
Genre :Comedy

Ali Kitson

1986-01-02 0

Private Enterprise

Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by the newly disbanded group Toy Department, which he takes to a promoter, Brian. Together they have a ...
Genre :Comedy

James Huntington

1992-04-09 0

Red Nose of Courage

A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks later he is the Prime Minister John Major. But after his day job, he has to attend to his real job as ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. McVitty

2012-11-07 0

Five Go to Rehab

The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famous Enid Blyton spoof - Five Go Mad in Dorset. These famous children's characters have again been brou ...
Genre :Comedy

Narrator

2000-09-30 0

Jellikins: Christmas Special

One day in Jolly World something very strange happens. It begins to snow. Strum, Bouncey, Amber and friends, have never seen anything like this before and are most perplexed. Things get even stranger ...
Genre :Family, Animation

2012-11-03 5

30 Years of Comic Strip

In true Peter Richardson fashion, "30 Years Of Comic Strip" defies the conventional norms of a retrospective documentary. It brings together some of the most prominent figures in UK comedy, reflecting ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Reverend Dampier

1997-10-31 0

The Canterville Ghost

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the popularity. It is a witty spoof about a ghost and the 'hau ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Robin Hood

1999-03-29 7.003

Blackadder: Back & Forth

What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, thr ...
Genre :Comedy, History, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Eddie

2015-04-30 4.8

The Escape

Julia has a good job and has two children with the caring Paul. But there are antidepressants in the kitchen drawer. She had imagined her life so differently when she was young and fantasized about it ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Adventure

Ernest

2015-06-21 5.429

One by One

A cafe worker is violently jolted from her day-to-day existence when offered the startling revelation that this world may be on the brink of destruction, revolution—or both. ...
Genre :Drama

Bilbo

2005-12-28 6.5

Sex Actually

Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a respectable part of Berkshire, learning that Ron and Helen, the previous owners of their house, died mysteriously. Angie discovers that their neig ...
Genre :Comedy

Micky

1987-10-23 6.2

Eat the Rich

Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanw ...
Genre :Action, Comedy, Crime

Baxter

2004-12-03 5.2

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their tak ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Neil

1993-06-03 6.077

Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the hel ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

Himself (Archive footage)

2024-04-18 5.5

Bottom: Exposed

Adrian Edmondson gives a first-hand account of making the hit show "Bottom" with the late, great Rik Mayall. His account comes alongside contributions from a host of the show's cast, crew and fans. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Brigand (uncredited)

1993-09-23 7.1

The Thief and the Cobbler

Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of the palace get stolen, Tacka and Yum Yum set out to find them and save the kingdom. ...
Genre :Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance

Troll

1988-01-01 7

Jake's Journey

A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie

Kevin Turvey

1982-03-13 6.5

Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

A week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey. As you would expect, not a lot happens! ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Professor Predictor

2011-10-15 7.8

The Hunt for Tony Blair

The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, penned by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, follows Prime Minister Tony Blair (Stephen Mangan), wan ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller

1981-01-01 0

The Comic Strip

A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which gave rise to 'The Comic Strip Presents' ...
Genre :Comedy

Domo Childs

2002-01-01 10

Day of the Sirens

A serial killer goes out in a blaze of terror on a summer's day in London. ...
Genre :Thriller

2006-02-20 0

Sindy The Fairy Princess

Sindy awakens in a fairytale land where an evil wizard is attempting to overthrow the royal family in order to stop this Prince Hugo must find his true love and marry her within the next day and recei ...
Genre :Animation, Family

Greg

1993-05-27 6.5

Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter

Having just met at a party, Siobhan brings back Greg to her flat for what might be a night of of unbridled passion. Greg really thinks his luck's in but things don't go quite according to plan as he d ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Micky Love

1993-05-20 6.5

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "Family Values" for over ten years. But when he hea ...
Genre :Drama

Chef Mario

2012-01-30 2.947

Eldorado

The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, Western

Speaker/Hunchback

1988-02-20 7

The Strike

Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludi ...
Genre :Comedy

Policeman

1981-11-01 5.7

The Orchard End Murder

Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, wh ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Drama

The Seven Dwarves (voice)

2007-01-31 4.5

Snow White: The Sequel

Prince Charming was supposed to live long and happily with Snow White after kissing her back to life. However the jealous 'good' fairy decides that she and the prince were meant to be, only the start ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy

Self

1999-11-15 5

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

Go behind the scenes with the late, great Rik Mayall (Richie) and Ade Edmondson (Eddie) as they take us on a tour behind the scenes of Guest House Paradiso, the long-awaited movie based on the hit 90' ...
Genre :Documentary

Colin Grigson

1988-02-27 9.8

More Bad News

Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits, beginning with a reunion gig at the Flying Horse ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Colin Grigson

1983-01-24 8.7

Bad News

A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where the ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Self

2014-12-20 7.5

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit left a body of work that spanned four decades. Ma ...
Genre :Documentary

Lord Mayor of London

1990-02-05 0

GLC: The Carnage Continues

The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden. ...
Genre :Comedy

Colin Grigson

2019-11-29 0

Completely Bad News

A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News. ...
Genre :

Wyatt Earp

1993-01-01 0

Horse Opera

Set in the badlands of the American west, where men were men and women got slapped a lot. Horse Opera is a strange journey through the mind of George, a minor clerk in the Tax office, and chairman of ...
Genre :

Raymond

1995-02-05 8

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script. ...
Genre :Drama

Lewis Fox

1995-01-29 8

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster. ...
Genre :Drama

Toby

1995-02-12 7

Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune

Comedy thriller notable for the remarkably un-manic and restrained performance by Rik Mayall as single parent and part-time minicab driver Toby. Trying to juggle being Dad to seven -year old daughter ...
Genre :Drama

Marty Starr

1997-01-16 4.1

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis

Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sinister plot to bring up her record sales. Amazed at ...
Genre :Comedy

1996-11-16 0

Bottom Fluff

Bottom Fluff is a collection of bloopers from all 3 series of bottom. ...
Genre :Comedy

1999-11-15 7.2

Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live

Part compilation/ part mockumentary on the first three Bottom live shows. Various characters around Hammersmith are interviewed on their relationships with Richard Richard and Edward Elizabeth Hitler, ...
Genre :Comedy

(Archive Footage)

2018-05-26 7

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show made household names of its performers and writer ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Robber King

1995-01-01 6.3

The Snow Queen

Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. But her mirror breaks, and on her mission to find a ...
Genre :Animation, Family

Self

2008-12-25 7.5

Blackadder Rides Again

This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 and reunites the iconic cast to give their opinions on all series and specials. Narrated by John Ser ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1985-04-07 0

The Best of Cannon & Ball

Double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball entertain us with their own unique brand of humour. The programmes feature various sketch shows along with many celebrity guests. ...
Genre :Comedy

Andy Wiseman

2010-05-05 4.5

Just for the Record

A year after the collapse of a low-budget British rom-com, documentary maker Andy Wiseman sets out to find out what went wrong. He speaks to the producer, Nicholas Johnson, an alcoholic whose office i ...
Genre :Comedy

Lord Flashheart/Self

2008-10-16 4.5

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Carter

2001-01-01 5.298

Chilly Dogs

A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary grandfather, but ends up getting much more than he bargained for. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Comedy

Sailor #2

1981-07-24 6.6

Eye of the Needle

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Stor ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Carlos

1984-01-21 7

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

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 gi ...
Genre :Western, Comedy, TV Movie

Narrator (Voice)

2000-09-30 0

Jellikins: Christmas Special

One day in Jolly World something very strange happens, it begins to snow. Strum, Bouncey, Amber and friends, have never seen anything like this before and are most perplexed. Things get even stranger ...
Genre :Family, Animation

1989-01-01 0

Employees From Hell

John Cleese training video about employees. ...
Genre :Comedy

(archive footage)

1981-02-04 0

The Rocky Horror Treatment

A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment". ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (Archived Footage)

2007-10-29 0

The Making of 'The Young Ones'

A look back at the making of the insane sitcom and the impact it caused. ...
Genre :Documentary

Chris

1982-05-15 0

Northern Lights

A middle-aged doctor has an affair with the student actor she's housing during the Edinburgh Festival. ...
Genre :Drama

Richard Rich

1987-01-07 5

Filthy Rich & Catflap

A satire about three losers: a failed actor, his sleazy agent, and a permanently drunk bodyguard. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sultan Abdul the Benevolent (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998-12-29 7.8

What's a Carry On?

Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast. ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Alan B'Stard

1990-01-14 0

Who Shot Alan B'Stard?

An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and helps reinstate capital punishment—until the tabl ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Richard Richard

1992-10-29 0

Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special

It's Christmas day and Richie is cooking the dinner to which Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun are invited. Dinner is not up to Michelin standard, but Richie's day improves when he finds out he is the son of ...
Genre :Comedy

Tom Thumb (voice)

1996-12-26 0

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 7. Two stories about homes: the first tells about two mice creating havoc in a lovely dollhouse, while the second focuses on the friendship between a c ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Adonis Cnut

2002-07-14 0

Believe Nothing

Believe Nothing is a British sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut,[1] the cleverest man in Britain, and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money fo ...
Genre :Comedy

Nazi Pastor

1985-10-17 0

Happy Families

Guy Fuddle lives with grandma who's ill and wants to see her granddaughters sent away as kids before dying. Guy searches for his four sisters. When reunited, grandma's real motives are uncovered. ...
Genre :Comedy

George Kinsey

2005-10-29 0

All About George

All About George is a British family sitcom which follows the extended family of George Kinsey. The show includes five generations, from George's grandmother to his first granddaughter, Jasmine. ...
Genre :Comedy

Professor Adonis Cnut

2002-07-14 6.375

Believe Nothing

Believe Nothing is a British ITV sitcom starring Rik Mayall as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in Britain, and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money f ...
Genre :Comedy

Edwin the Eagle (voice)

2004-09-21 7.8

Shoebox Zoo

Shoebox Zoo is an urban 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 figurines. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

2005-04-11 5

King Arthur's Disasters

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 a ...
Genre :Animation

2004-10-11 4.6

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to C ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Richard Richard

1991-09-17 7.887

Bottom

Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London t ...
Genre :Comedy

Rick

1982-11-09 7.885

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

PC Fell

1981-01-13 6

Wolcott

A black policeman is promoted to the CID and battles the drug trade in London's East End. ...
Genre :Crime

Alan B'Stard

1987-09-13 7.438

The New Statesman

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ...
Genre :Comedy

1986-04-25 4

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

The comedy event of the year took place in April 1986 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. All those taking part gave their services free in order to support the famine relief camp in Umbala in the w ...
Genre :Comedy

1982-01-01 7

Wood and Walters

Wood and Walters is a British BAFTA nominated comedy sketch show starring Julie Walters and Victoria Wood for Granada Television and written entirely by Wood. The show was short-lived, with just one p ...
Genre :Comedy

1995-09-19 6

How to be a Little Sod

Set in the baby's perspective of the first years of its life, almost an instructional video for baby's explaining how to be the worst infant you can be and why. ...
Genre :Comedy

1989-04-14 7

Grim Tales

Grim Tales is an animated British 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 episod ...
Genre :

1993-05-20 7.3

Rik Mayall Presents

Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of dark humour spread over two series, where he plays such diverse roles as a paranoid TV show host, an un ...
Genre :Comedy

1981-09-21 6.5

A Kick Up the Eighties

Comedy sketch show taking an irreverent look at life in the eighties, starring Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Richard Stilgoe, plus Rik Mayall as Kevin Turvey. ...
Genre :

George Kinsey

2005-09-29 0

All About George

A comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of a couple whose extended family never seem to fly the nest. ...
Genre :

Clerk

1979-07-28 0

The Cannon & Ball Show

A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. ...
Genre :Comedy

Dad

2013-10-18 6.688

Man Down

Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse. His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He ...
Genre :Comedy

Mad Gerald

1983-06-15 8

Blackadder

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War. ...
Genre :Comedy

Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart

1983-06-15 8

Blackadder

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War. ...
Genre :Comedy

Lt. Daniel Blaney

2001-09-04 8

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigatio ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Priest

1985-10-17 6.7

Happy Families

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Daw ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Self

1982-05-04 4.5

Wogan

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities. ...
Genre :Talk

1980-10-14 6

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Groundbreaking alternative comedy programme bringing the new wave of humour to television for the first time. ...
Genre :Comedy

Alec Nicholson

2004-12-12 7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumble ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

David Roper

1997-03-23 7.51

Midsomer Murders

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

1986-01-25 6.7

Saturday Live

Saturday Live was a British television comedy and music show broadcast by Channel 4 from 1985 to 1987, and in 1988 as Friday Night Live. Influenced by the American show Saturday Night Live, it was pro ...
Genre :Comedy

Slug/General Erwin/Hovis

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Jeremy

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Colin Grigson

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Tark

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Toadstool

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Carlos

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Tim

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Ali Kitson

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Speaker/Hunchback

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Dreamy Time Escort

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Lord Mayor

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard Dangerous

1986-01-01 0

The Dangerous Brothers

The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and "Sir Adrian Dangerous". Originally appearing on st ...
Genre :Comedy

Richard Rich

1987-01-07 6.6

Filthy Rich & Catflap

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent. ...
Genre :Comedy

Cameo

1987-03-09 7.486

French & Saunders

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occas ...
Genre :Comedy

1982-11-02 7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

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 an example of alterna ...
Genre :Comedy

Kehaar (voice)

1999-09-28 7.2

Watership Down

Follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill ...
Genre :Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Narrator (Voice)

1998-05-18 0

Jellabies

The Jellabies is a television animation series that aired on the Australian television network ABC Kids. It was also shown in Germany, USA, The Netherlands, UK and many other territories. Its target a ...
Genre :Animation, Kids

Self

2013-11-13 6.8

Crackanory

Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two 15-minute tales narrated by contemporary comedians and ac ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Rattner

1995-05-20 0

Look at the State We're In!

A satirical comedy-drama exploring the absurdities of modern life, politics, and society through a series of sketches and parodies. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Lenny

1987-02-24 4

Hardwicke House

Hardwicke House is a 1987 British sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for ITV. Seven spisodes were made, but the series was so poorly received that only the first two were transmitted. ...
Genre :Comedy

Dominic De'Ath

1998-05-26 5.5

In the Red

In the Red is a three-part BBC Two black comedy crime miniseries adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from Mark Tavener's novel of the same name, which had been inspired by the writer's early experiences worki ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy, Drama