Actor Nigel Planer fondly remembers his time working on The Young Ones with co-star Rik Mayall.

Comedian Alexei Sayle has joined Animal Defenders International (ADI) in calling for action on wild animal circuses, urging Government “to get a move on” and “bring their own bill in” as a backbench ...

THOMAS H GREEN: How did you go about choosing the photo on the front of your new autobiography? It's quite a shot! ALEXEI SAYLE: Despite my arts background I always leave the design of book covers to ...

Very, very well, I'm glad to say, although in Alexei Sayle Presents (a month-long Tuesday residency) he's not doing a full set, rather MC-ing to introduce a selection of younger acts from the circuit ...

Alexei Sayle is to publish a memoir tracing his lifelong involvement in left-wing politics. How I’ve Tried to Change the World (By Walking Down The Middle Of The Street Shouting) will be published by ...

The All New Alexei Sayle Show was a comedy sketch show broadcast on BBC2 television for a total of twelve episodes, over two series in 1994 and 1995. The title sequence featured Alexei Sayle as an ...

Comedian and author, Alexei Sayle has joined with the BUAV as the organisation announces the delivery of its new report ‘What is happening to cats?’ The report, to be delivered to the Home Office, is ...

Following huge success with 3 series of his incredibly popular recent Radio 4 show 'Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar', alternative comedy legend Alexei Sayle has just announced he'll be returning ...

Alexei Sayle helped transform the face of comedy but he says he almost stopped for good after feeling "beaten" by the business. The comedian's show is one of the highlights at this year's Edinburgh ...

Alexei Sayle has said that he is fascinated by the world of comedy again. The former Young Ones star gave up stand-up in the mid-1990s and has since written several novels. Of his return to the stage ...

Alexei Sayle is still angry about most things, but he finds the funny in them Peter Kay and Ant and Dec, comics he regards as money-obsessed, get it in the neck too, although his mate Lenny Henry has ...

A combination of life experience and a changing political landscape could have blunted the edge of the 1980s firebrand and his avuncular look – heavily bearded, thicker around the waist these days – ...