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With flying eclairs, falling beds and exploding buses, the anarchic antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike shoved alternative comedy into the mainstream. Forty years on, we ask the show’s creators how they pulled it off
As he returns to the stage, Adrian Edmondson reveals he misses Rik Mayall and Robbie Coltrane dearly – but ‘alternative comedy’, not at all
Friends remember the Scottish actor, best known for playing Hagrid in Harry Potter, who died on Friday at the age of 72
Scottish actor who graduated from the alternative comedy scene to become a major performer known for taking on complex and difficult roles
Highlights include seasons celebrating Pam Grier (who will attend in person), 40 years of Channel 4 and, back by popular demand, Starman: Bowie and the Silver Screen, coinciding with the release of Moonage Daydream at BFI IMAX.