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Nigel Planer Launches Memoir at Mayall Festival, Recalls Comic Strip Origins

6/6/2026

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Nigel Planer promoted his memoir Young Once at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich Spa on Thursday.
He recalled meeting the late Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle and Adrian Edmondson at The Comedy Store in the late 1970s, a meeting that sparked The Comic Strip Presents and The Young Ones.
He noted that the festival will continue at Norbury Theatre.

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Nigel Planer promoted his memoir Young Once at the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich Spa on Thursday.
He recalled meeting the late Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle and Adrian Edmondson at The Comedy Store in the late 1970s, a meeting that sparked The Comic Strip Presents and The Young Ones.
He noted that the festival will continue at Norbury Theatre.