Rik Mayall
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.898 |
| Birthday | 1958-03-07 |
| Place of Birth | Harlow, Essex, England |
| Also Known As |
1981
An American Werewolf in London
7.4/2792
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a...
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An American Werewolf in London
2003
Oh Marbella!
3.875/8
Marbella, the original Costa del Sol paradise for the rich and famous and for those wishing they were.
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Oh Marbella!
1991
Drop Dead Fred
5.8/420
An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred.
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Drop Dead Fred
1999
Guest House Paradiso
6.12/154
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has...
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Guest House Paradiso
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
5.632/19
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the count...
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Whoops Apocalypse
1981
Couples and Robbers
5/9
Couples and Robbers is a 1981 English language comedy/crime film written and directed by Clare Peploe, starring Frances Low, Rik Mayall and Peter Eyre...
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Couples and Robbers
1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
9/7
Two alcoholic escorts suddenly find themselves involved with a hit gang and an ax murderer.
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1989
Kevin Turvey Investigates
6.667/3
The Mad Kevin Turvey has been hired by the BBC to investigate things
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Kevin Turvey Investigates
1997
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
7.232/28
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 a...
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Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
2003
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
7.519/27
Eddie has locked himself away in the toilet and Richie finds he's been inventing gadgets and only to find himself joining Eddie on a adventure through...
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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2008
Me & My Goldfish
0/0
Rik Mayall and his goldfish go to the pub and meet death when they return. Cut-out animated short.
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Me & My Goldfish
1981
Shock Treatment
5.859/110
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and instituti...
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Shock Treatment
2001
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
7.13/27
Richie and Eddie escapes from the island and try to get to the bar to have a drink, only to find themselves trapped in a underground chamber and Richi...
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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2005
Valiant
5.657/1014
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon...
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Valiant
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
10/1
The only word to describe the amazing duo of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edminson is genius. For the past 25 years they have provided us with some unforgett...
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Bottom Mindless Violence
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
5.816/49
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
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The Princess and the Goblin
1995
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
7.69/29
Queen Elizabeth is attending a parade in Hammersmith and Richie and Eddie plans on inviting the Queen to join them for supper. But their plan goes wro...
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Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
2000
Jesus Christ Superstar
7/33
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...
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Jesus Christ Superstar
1993
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
7.9/30
Richie buys an inflatable doll named Monica as his lover, and he tries to conceal it from Eddie. But it all goes terribly wrong when Richie accidental...
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Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1992
Carry On Columbus
3.9/46
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...
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Carry On Columbus
2000
Merlin: The Return
5.016/62
When Merlin cast a positive spell to protect the knights of the Round Table, he used ancient magic drawing on the power of Stonehenge, and the knights...
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Merlin: The Return
1995
The Wind in the Willows
7.1/40
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels,...
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The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Willows in Winter
6.7/15
Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully an...
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The Willows in Winter
1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
6.615/13
The Dangerous Brothers was a stage and TV act by anarchic comedy duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, performing respectively as "Richard Dangerous" and...
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Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
2012
Errors of the Human Body
5.2/64
Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important project—a...
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Errors of the Human Body
1992
Little Noises
5.917/6
A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.
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Little Noises
2004
ABBA - The Last Video
6.091/11
ABBA - THE LAST VIDEO is the film about four hopeful musicians in search of a record contract. They pay a visit to the Big Record Company Boss and his...
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ABBA - The Last Video
1995
Out Of My Head
7.5/2
A teenager who's fed up with his uneventful life of social isolation decides to try drugs to get some excitement. He sets out to learn about their eff...
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Out Of My Head
2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
8/1
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 b...
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Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
7.7/3
Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss and a pair of blend-in pants he...
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The Itch of the Golden Nit
1997
Remember Me?
6.5/2
A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected...
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Remember Me?
2013
Don't Fear Death
7/1
A fast-paced comedy arguing the joys of being dead, aided by a montage of corpses and a dance-crazed Grim Reaper.
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Don't Fear Death
2003
Chaos and Cadavers
6.833/3
Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which...
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Chaos and Cadavers
1983
Summer School
0/0
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a mod...
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Summer School
1998
Four Men in a Car
0/0
Four salesmen Alan, Ian, Steve and Tim are on their way to a conference where only one of them is guaranteed promotion. There is much bickering, Steve...
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Four Men in a Car
1983
War
10/1
1985:- England has been invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries and middle-class couple Hermine and Godfrey retreat to their rural hide-away but after wi...
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War
2000
Four Men in a Plane
0/0
Salesmen Alan, Ian, Tim, and the pushy Tony are on a plane on their way to a sales conference. Alan joins the mile-high club with a model in the toile...
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Four Men in a Plane
1983
The Beat Generation
0/0
In the monochrome world of 1960, pretentious Alan, violent Kix and sex-mad Eleanor are part of a colony of beat poets, living a hedonistic, unreal exi...
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The Beat Generation
1984
Dirty Movie
0/0
Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the...
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Dirty Movie
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
0/0
A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.
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Gino: Full Story and Pics
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
0/0
Jessica, the second Mrs Saunders, arrives with her new husband John at his country estate. Very much left to her own devices she is unnerved by the po...
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Private Enterprise
0/0
Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape by the newly disbanded group Toy Department, which he...
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Private Enterprise
1992
Red Nose of Courage
8/1
A clown is not happy with his job at his father's circus so he gets into politics, and some weeks later he is the Prime Minister John Major. But after...
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Red Nose of Courage
2012
Five Go to Rehab
0/0
The Famous Five are back. Thirty years after the Comic Strip arrived on our screens with their famous Enid Blyton spoof - Five Go Mad in Dorset. These...
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Five Go to Rehab
2000
Jellikins: Christmas Special
0/0
One day in Jolly World something very strange happens. It begins to snow. Strum, Bouncey, Amber and friends, have never seen anything like this before...
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Jellikins: Christmas Special
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
5/1
The cast and crew of The Comic Strip share anecdotes about the making of the show, recounting experiences marked by a playful disregard for health and...
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30 Years of Comic Strip
1997
The Canterville Ghost
0/0
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the populari...
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The Canterville Ghost
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
7.013/191
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and h...
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Blackadder: Back & Forth
2015
The Escape
4.765/17
Julia has a good job and has two children with the caring Paul. But there are antidepressants in the kitchen drawer. She had imagined her life so diff...
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The Escape
2015
One by One
5.4/7
A cafe worker is violently jolted from her day-to-day existence when offered the startling revelation that this world may be on the brink of destructi...
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One by One
2005
Sex Actually
6.5/2
Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a respectable part of Berkshire, learning that Ron and Helen, the previous owners of their house,...
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Sex Actually
1987
Eat the Rich
6.2/39
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class...
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Eat the Rich
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
5.321/39
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I...
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
6.286/14
Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bride...
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
2024
Bottom: Exposed
5.5/2
Adrian Edmondson gives a first-hand account of making the hit show "Bottom" with the late, great Rik Mayall. His account comes alongside contributions...
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Bottom: Exposed
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
7.141/145
Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of the palace get stolen, Tack and Yum Yum...
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The Thief and the Cobbler
1988
Jake's Journey
7/2
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
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Jake's Journey
1982
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
6.6/5
A week in the life of Redditch investigative reporter Kevin Turvey. As you would expect, not a lot happens!
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Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
7.8/4
The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof. The 60-minute film, penned by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, follo...
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The Hunt for Tony Blair
1981
The Comic Strip
8/1
A tongue-in-cheek "behind the scenes" look at the Comic Strip comedy club in the early 1980s, which gave rise to 'The Comic Strip Presents'
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The Comic Strip
2002
Day of the Sirens
7/3
A serial killer goes out in a blaze of terror on a summer's day in London.
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Day of the Sirens
2006
Sindy The Fairy Princess
0/0
Sindy awakens in a fairytale land where an evil wizard is attempting to overthrow the royal family in order to stop this Prince Hugo must find his tru...
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Sindy The Fairy Princess
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter
6.857/7
Having just met at a party, Siobhan brings back Greg to her flat for what might be a night of of unbridled passion. Greg really thinks his luck's in b...
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Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
7.1/8
Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "...
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Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
2012
Eldorado
3.05/20
The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", whic...
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Eldorado
1988
The Strike
7/3
Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company...
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The Strike
1981
The Orchard End Murder
5.846/13
Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders awa...
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The Orchard End Murder
2007
Snow White: The Sequel
4.4/23
Prince Charming was supposed to live long and happily with Snow White after kissing her back to life. However the jealous 'good' fairy decides that sh...
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Snow White: The Sequel
1999
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
5/1
Go behind the scenes with the late, great Rik Mayall (Richie) and Ade Edmondson (Eddie) as they take us on a tour behind the scenes of Guest House Par...
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The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1983
Bad News
8.7/6
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journa...
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Bad News
1988
More Bad News
9.8/4
Four years after they were last the subject of a documentary, the heavy metal band Bad News get back together again for another film of their exploits...
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More Bad News
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
7.5/13
Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit...
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Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
0/0
The Greater London Council fight to save the capital against the wicked Ice Maiden.
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
2019
Completely Bad News
0/0
A double offering of heavy metal madness from The Comic Strip and Bad News.
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Completely Bad News
1993
Horse Opera
10/1
Set in the badlands of the American west, where men were men and women got slapped a lot. Horse Opera is a strange journey through the mind of George,...
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Horse Opera
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
8/1
Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.
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Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
8/1
A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
7/1
Comedy thriller notable for the remarkably un-manic and restrained performance by Rik Mayall as single parent and part-time minicab driver Toby. Tryin...
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Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
1997
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
4.636/11
Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sin...
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1996
Bottom Fluff
0/0
Bottom Fluff is a collection of bloopers from all 3 series of bottom.
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Bottom Fluff
1999
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
7.25/4
Part compilation/ part mockumentary on the first three Bottom live shows. Various characters around Hammersmith are interviewed on their relationships...
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Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
7/2
This documentary explores the legacy of one of the most notorious British sitcoms of all time. Launching alternative comedy onto our screens, the show...
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How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
1995
The Snow Queen
6.5/24
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. B...
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The Snow Queen
2008
Blackadder Rides Again
7.5/22
This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 and reunites the iconic cast to give their opinion...
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Blackadder Rides Again
1985
The Best of Cannon & Ball
0/0
Double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball entertain us with their own unique brand of humour. The programmes feature various sketch shows along with many...
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The Best of Cannon & Ball
2010
Just for the Record
4.5/6
A year after the collapse of a low-budget British rom-com, documentary maker Andy Wiseman sets out to find out what went wrong. He speaks to the produ...
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Just for the Record
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
4.5/2
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2001
Chilly Dogs
5.456/45
A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary grandfather, but ends up getting much more than h...
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Chilly Dogs
1981
Eye of the Needle
6.7/265
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of v...
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Eye of the Needle
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
7/1
Two students calling themselves Carlos and Miguel arrive in Spain dressed as gunslingers to live out their dream of being in a spaghetti Western. At a...
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A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1989
Employees From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about employees.
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Employees From Hell
1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
0/0
A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment".
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The Rocky Horror Treatment
2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
0/0
A look back at the making of the insane sitcom and the impact it caused.
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The Making of 'The Young Ones'
1982
Northern Lights
0/0
A middle-aged doctor has an affair with the student actor she's housing during the Edinburgh Festival.
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Northern Lights
1998
What's a Carry On?
7.667/6
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...
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What's a Carry On?
1990
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
0/0
An hour long special from the British political satire The New Statesman. After surviving an attempt on his life, Alan B’Stard returns to politics and...
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Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1992
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
0/0
It's Christmas day and Richie is cooking the dinner to which Dave Hedgehog and Spudgun are invited. Dinner is not up to Michelin standard, but Richie'...
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Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
0/0
"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 7. Two stories about homes: the first tells about two mice creating havoc in a lovely dollhouse, whil...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
2008
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2.083/6
With the aim of investigating the disappearance of horror novelist George Carney, a group of students, encouraged by Gary, enter the forest Harrow Woo...
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The Legend of Harrow Woods
1990
The Turnip
0/0
Animation made by Mike Walker for the TV series "Grim Tales".
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The Turnip
2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
7.25/4
From early sketches to standout performances, Mayall's fearless comedy bursts with energy and intent, capturing a pivotal moment in British comedy whi...
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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
0/0
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...
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Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2000
Making of Jesus Christ Superstar
0/0
DVD special feature documentary on the making of Jesus Christ Superstar (2000).
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