Rik Mayall success. On 23 August 2012, the BBC announced that Edmondson and Mayall's characters of Richie and Eddie would be returning in 2013 in "Hooligan's Island", a television adaptation of their 1997 tour of the same name. However, on 15 October 2012, Edmondson announced during an interview with BBC radio presenter Mark Powlett that the project was cancelled prior to production as he wished to pursue other interests. In September 2012, Mayall starred in "The Last Hurrah", a six-episode, full-cast audio series that he also co-wrote with Craig Green and Dominic Vince. In November 2012, Mayall narrated several children's books on
Rik Mayall heavily re-written version toured theatres nationwide, with Marks and Gran constantly updating the script to keep it topical. However, Mayall succumbed to chronic fatigue and flu in May 2007 and withdrew from the show. Alan B'Stard was played by his understudy, Mike Sherman during his hiatus. Mayall was cast as the poltergeist Peeves in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (2001), the first of the "Harry Potter" films, although all of his scenes were cut from the film. He claimed in his semi-autobiographical book "Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ" that he had not been made aware that his scenes