Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen (2026)
Overview
A selection of rarely seen comic moments from the actor and comedian, who rose to fame as Kevin Turvey and as Rick in The Young Ones, a show he helped create. Rik Mayall later achieved more widespread fame in Bottom, and The New Statesman.
Cast
Rik Mayall
Self (archive footage)
Stephen Fry
Narrator (voice)
Adrian Edmondson
Self (archive footage)
Terry Wogan
Self (archive footage)
Victoria Wood
Self (archive footage)
Lenny Henry
Self (archive footage)
Tommy Cannon
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Ball
Self (archive footage)
Jools Holland
Srlf (archive footage)
Bill Wyman
Self (archive footage)
Paul Bradley
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Hard to Die
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Duplex
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Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now
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