Ade Edmondson has just become a grandfather for the first time. The comic and actor’s eldest daughter Ella has had a little boy, and after three girls Ade is already eagerly planning to take his ...

Rik Mayall's tragically early passing made comedy fans of a certain age take a long, hard and heartfelt look at two men being really revoltingly objectionable to each other. Time to dig out a ...

FROM psycho punk Vyvyan on anarchic TV show the Young Ones to winner of Celebrity Masterchef, Ade Edmondson is certainly a man for all seasons. “Punk was the backdrop to my life as a teenager,” said ...

Adrian Edmondson says his comedy career is over, admitting he has been merely going through the motions for the past decade. The former Young Ones star has appeared in comedy shows such as ITV1’s ...

Now Ade – who recently won Celebrity Masterchef, fronts band The Bad Shepherds and presents documentary series The Dales – has admitted that he’s pretty fed up with comedy altogether and is far ...

Adrian Edmondson is taking on a new television comedy role for ITV1. The actor, punk Vyvyan in 80s sitcom The Young Ones, will play a middle-aged divorcee named Vernon in Teenage Kicks. After being ...

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