Rik Mayall – MRQE

Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard (TV)

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

From early sketches to standout performances, Mayall’s fearless comedy bursts with energy and intent, capturing a pivotal moment in British comedy while delivering pure entertainment.

“New Statesman, The”

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan’s Island (V)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 (Edmondson) are marooned on a desert island in the middle of the Pacific.

Great Performances:: Jesus Christ Superstar (TVE)

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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, Jesus Christ Superstar has been specially filmed for video. Shot at Pinewood Studios, this brand new filmed stage version starring Glenn Carter and Rik Mayall captures one of the best score Andrew Lloyd Webber has ever written and is packed with hit songs including, ‘I Don’t Know How To Love Him’, ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Superstar’.

“Bottom”

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.

Errors of the Human Body

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important projecta human regeneration genethat also has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years.

Remember Me?

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

“Comic Strip Presents…, The”

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.

The Snow Queen

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 all the missing pieces, she kidnaps Tom, who has part of the mirror in his body. Can his sister Ellie save Tom, and stop the evil Queen from achieving global dominance?

Oh Marbella!

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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