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The town of Glencoe was the subject of the 1985 documentary by an acclaimed French film director, who had filmed there on and ...

Looking at one of Eric Clapton's favourite guitar players of all time Kurt Rosenwinkel, who he called one of his heroes, and also labelled as a genius.

The anarchic Rik Mayall was a perennial joker and the funniest man in whichever room he was in. But a new film shines a heartbreaking new light on his life and his friendship with Adrian “Ade” ...

Magnificent B’stard Sky Documentaries/NOW, 9pm Twelve years after Rik Mayall’s death at the age of 56, Todd Austin’s documentary pays tribute to the comic, actor and writer. Although he ...

The Young Ones, which sent the nascent television careers of Elton, Mayall, Edmondson and Nigel Planer soaring, dropped into the schedules like a bomb in 1982, a time when TV comedy was still ...

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The comedian reveals the rows, rivalries and excess behind comedy’s golden age – and how fame and drink changed his old friend ...

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The Young Ones actor Nigel Planer has fondly recalled his time working with his "extraordinary" co-star Rik Mayall at a festival being held in the late comedian's memory. Planer, who portrayed Neil ...

The director of the Prime Video film explains why he rejected easy drama in favor of a richer look at the man who helped to define a generation of comedy with ‘Home Alone,’ ‘Uncle Buck’ and ‘Cool ...

The Beach Boys in 1964. (L-R) Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: In “Kokomo,” the Beach Boys famously sang “Aruba, ...