Jun 25, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
What 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…
Ange PearsonHost
Paul TanterHost
Matt BrooksHost
I mean, if anyone listening hasn't yet watched it, 'cause obviously it has just gone out, um, do seek it out.
Um, you've got Ade Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Helen Lederer, Greg Davies, Paul Jackson, John Lloyd, Bob Baldwin, Nigel Planer, and then of course also Rick's three children, Sid, Bonnie, and Rosie, along with his brother Anthony.
Rick, Rick obviously wrote his autobiography with him, didn't he? So, and he's doing a book about, uh, the, the official biography of Rick, which will be coming out to, uh, align with what would be Rick's 70th birthday, um, in 2028.
There, there are various new things that it has that I think is, are sort of selling points.
I will say I think it, it sort of broadly covers the same key bits that Lord of Misrule did many years ago.
But you know, it's always good to have new Rick content, and it does have new things.
Like it's great to have the contributions from Rick's kids to get their insight into living with Rick and, uh, and what he was like at home.
And it's great they've got, uh, what seems like, uh, sort of personal recordings, don't they, of, uh, audio recordings that Rick made that, uh, w- when he's talking in them, he, he...
There's a real sort of unguarded candidness there that makes you, makes you feel like this is the real Rick behind closed doors talking, you know?
We really, really should mention Max Kinnings' involvement really, 'cause I believe they are the tapes that Max will have had when he was interviewing Rick for his autobiography, Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ.
Um, so it's a real, real treat to hear from Rick, isn't it, on those recordings-
I mean, if anyone listening hasn't yet watched it, 'cause obviously it has just gone out, um, do seek it out.
Um, you've got Ade Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Helen Lederer, Greg Davies, Paul Jackson, John Lloyd, Bob Baldwin, Nigel Planer, and then of course also Rick's three children, Sid, Bonnie, and Rosie, along with his brother Anthony.
Rick, Rick obviously wrote his autobiography with him, didn't he? So, and he's doing a book about, uh, the, the official biography of Rick, which will be coming out to, uh, align with what would be Rick's 70th birthday, um, in 2028.
There, there are various new things that it has that I think is, are sort of selling points.
I will say I think it, it sort of broadly covers the same key bits that Lord of Misrule did many years ago.
But you know, it's always good to have new Rick content, and it does have new things.
Like it's great to have the contributions from Rick's kids to get their insight into living with Rick and, uh, and what he was like at home.
And it's great they've got, uh, what seems like, uh, sort of personal recordings, don't they, of, uh, audio recordings that Rick made that, uh, w- when he's talking in them, he, he...
There's a real sort of unguarded candidness there that makes you, makes you feel like this is the real Rick behind closed doors talking, you know?
We really, really should mention Max Kinnings' involvement really, 'cause I believe they are the tapes that Max will have had when he was interviewing Rick for his autobiography, Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ.
Um, so it's a real, real treat to hear from Rick, isn't it, on those recordings-
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