03 Television (Rik Mayall)
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This article is from the Rik Mayall FAQ, by Andrew Wong brit-com@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
03 Television (Rik Mayall)
The Dangerous Brothers
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Teaming up with Adrian Edmondson, this duo comedy act involved the Dangerous
brothers (called Sir Adrian Dangerous and Sir Richard Dangerous,
incidentally) doing, well, dangerous things. One of the programmes included
The Dangerous Brothers present World of Danger (1985), now available from BBC
Enterprises.
The Young Ones
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This sitcom set around a group of students made him famous. As well [Rik]
as co-writing it with Lise Meyer and Ben Elton, he also played 'Rik'
- a middle-class student trying to be a left-wing radical while at the
same time annoying everyone. Students of the 1990s would call him "sad".
Two series of six episodes were made in 1982 and 1984.
The Young Ones FAQ is available on the Web at
http://pobox.com/~brit-com/Comedy/YoungOne.html
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Some have called this the sequel to The Young Ones, in that it takes
essentially the two main characters Rik and Vyvyan, updates them, changes
their names and puts them together in a flat somewhere trying to get
girls. Written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, three series have been
made, as well as three stage tours. The script books are available from
Bookpages at http://www.bookpages.co.uk
The New Statesman
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Rik is a radical right-wing Yorkshire Tory MP, always out to make a quick
buck and a bang at the expense of anyone else. A heavy-handed political
satire, that incited a national outrage when the programme accused Prince
Charles of going out with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Luckily, it still manages
to be funny. Produced by Yorkshire Television, there were four serials and
a 90-minute special.
It has won many awards including the International Emmy Award 1989, the
BAFTA Best Comedy Series for 1990 and at the International Film & TV
Festival of New York in January 1991, it was awarded the Special Craft
Gold Medal for Best Perfomer and Narrator.
A script book of the series is available of the series, ISBN number is 0
233 98797 5, written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and published by
Andre Deutsch. It's available from Bookpages at http://www.bookpages.co.uk
Blackadder 1, 2, 4
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He's popped up in the various incarnations of Blackadder. He was "Mad
Gerald" in Blackadder 1, a loopy chap no doubt. He was also Lord
Flash-heart in Blackadder 2 (who stole 'Bob' from Blackadder's hand), and
also one of many descendants at Lieutenant Flash-heart in Blackadder 4.
The audio tapes of Blackadder are available from Bookpages at
http://www.bookpages.co.uk
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