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Paul Jackson Happy Families Q&A
August 6, 2026 · 23 minWe jump back to the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival for a special bonus episode - the Q&A session with Paul Jackson after our screening of Rik's episode of Happy Families. Mat, Paul and Ange joined Paul Jackson at the St Andrews Hotel…
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Paul Jackson - Live at The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival
July 30, 2026 · 1 hr 18 minTalking Bottom gets back on stage at the Norbury Theatre, Droitwich - joined by legendary producer and director Paul Jackson at The Rik Mayall Comedy Festival 2026 for a brilliant interview and selection of his favourite clips. FULL VIDEO…
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Rik Mayall Comedy Festival round up
July 23, 2026 · 31 minWhat a festival! In advance of our EPIC on-stage interview with legendary Young Ones, Red Dwarf and Bottom producer/director Paul Jackson at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival dropping next week, including the video (yes, we've got a video!)…
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Cliff Richard and The Young Ones - Comic Relief 1986
July 16, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minHey, kids. It's doesn't matter what you are - Punks, Skins, Rastas, Mods, Rockers, Keith Chegwin even. Everybody everywhere; stop snogging and listen to me... this week it's all about the best charity single ever - the teaming up of The…
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The Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones book
July 9, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minWhat do you do when you've ended your show after two series, leaving people in no doubt it's finished by killing off the characters, but the public is hungry for more and you've got a ton of brilliant unused gags? Release a book, of…
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Oh No, Not Them (The U.S. pilot version of The Young Ones)
July 2, 2026 · 57 minThere's no business like show business and there's no shortage of TV execs trying to capture lightning in a bottle. In 1989, U.S. TV network Fox decided to take one of the most uniquely British sitcoms of the decade, put it in a blender…
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Audiobook announcement!
June 26, 2026 · 10 minYou asked and we delivered! Talking Bottom: A Guide to the Cult Sitcom is now available as an audiobook, read by none other than Bottom's friendly pub landlord Dick Head himself - actor Lee Cornes! You can literally have Dick coming in…
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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
June 25, 2026 · 35 minWhat a ruddy treat! The long-awaited Rik Mayall documentary "Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard is out now on Sky Documentaries, PLUS Sky Arts is screening the brand-new "Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare and Unseen." It's a day of new Rik…