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Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (10 June 2014). "Rik Mayall happy and healthy moments before death, says friend". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 July 2021.

Kathryn Flett (2 October 2005). "TV: Love Soup | All About George | Elizabeth I | No Direction Home | Television & radio | The Observer". Theguardian.com . Retrieved 19 June 2014. a b Coveney, Michael (2018). "Mayall, Richard Michael (Rik) (1958–2014), comedian, writer, and actor". www.oxforddnb.com. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi: 10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.108666. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 5 March 2020.Rik Mayall World Cup single breaks into Top 10 of Official UK Singles Chart". NME. 13 June 2014 . Retrieved 19 June 2014. Mayall tells the tales in his own inimitable way from his armchair, designed by David Barrington Holt, complete with paws and ostrich legs. The set was designed by building designer Julian Cripps. The stories are usually interspersed with animation, often fairly abstract, and are directed by Bob Baldwin, with music by composed by Ged Haney and arranged by Clive Bell. a b c Barber, Lynn (17 December 2000). "Rik Mayall: Forever young". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Monahan, Mark (9 June 2014). "Rik Mayall: his 10 best performances". Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 9 June 2014. BBC Two commissions Hooligans' Island with Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson". BBC Media Centre. 23 August 2012 . Retrieved 23 August 2012.McSmith, Andy (16 September 2010). No Such Thing As Society: A History of Britain in the 1980s. Constable & Robinson. p.149. ISBN 978-1-84901-661-2 . Retrieved 10 June 2014. Fletcher, Alex; Nissim, Mayer (10 June 2014). "Rik Mayall 1958–2014 obituary: A true one-off and comedy eccentric". Digital Spy . Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Mayall, Rik (10 January 2014). Bigger than Hitler – Better than Christ. HarperCollins UK. p.352. ISBN 9780007375431. The second of four children, Mayall was born on 7 March 1958 at 98 Matching Tye near Harlow, Essex, to Gillian ( née Harrild; 1930–2018) and John Mayall (1925–2011). [2] He had an older brother, Anthony, and two younger sisters, Libby and Kate. [3] When Mayall was three years old, he and his parents—who taught drama—moved to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, [2] where he spent the rest of his childhood and performed in his parents' plays. [4]He attended King's School, Worcester, to which he won a free scholarship. He failed most of his O-levels and scraped through A-levels. [5] In 1975, Mayall went to the University of Manchester to study drama. He claimed that he failed to get a degree, or that he did not even turn up to his finals, [6] but in reality he graduated with lower second-class honours in 1978. [7] It was there that he met his future comedy partner Ade Edmondson; [8] Ben Elton, a fellow student; and Lise Mayer, with whom he later co-wrote The Young Ones. [9] Career [ edit ] Young Ones and The Comic Strip [ edit ] In 1998, Mayall was involved in a serious quad bike accident. 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. His first post-accident acting job was in the 1998 Jonathan Creek Christmas special, as DI Gideon Pryke, a role he later reprised in 2013. Jonathan Creek also featured Adrian Edmondson in a recurring role, though the two did not appear in any episodes together. Added to the mix is the abstract artistry, bizarre music and stop-motion puppet-work which, when combined with Rik and his insane armchair, propel the storytelling into another dimension. Made by Central television at the end of the 1980's, 'Grim Tales' was shown maybe once in the UK and was sporadically featured on 'Bravo' as space filler in the US. The twenty-two stories showcase Rik Mayall's uncanny and natural ability to break through the 'fourth wall' without the device seeming forced or insincere. (The 'fourth wall' is the imaginary barrier between performers and their audiences.)

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