Tribute to the anarchic king of 1980s comedy

The Young Ones’ Cliff-loving Rik, Blackadder braggart Lord Flashheart, evil Alan B’Stard in The New Statesman… as the big cheese of the 1980s ‘alternative’ scene, Rik Mayall was the bright future of comedy. Then suddenly he was its past, after his shocking death from a heart attack in 2014. He was only 56. In an affectionate profile, fellow comics Ben Elton and Alexei Sayle pay tribute, while older comedy legends Michael Palin and Lenny Henry also tip their hats to a talent gone too soon.

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