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The Young Ones

The Young Ones

TV-141982•29m•7.9/10
Comedy

Ratings

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7.9/10(148)

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 9, 1982

Last Aired

June 19, 1984

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Demolition
E1
Demolition
Air date: 1982-11-09
Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Oil
E2
Oil
Air date: 1982-11-16
The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Boring
E3
Boring
Air date: 1982-11-23
Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Bomb
E4
Bomb
Air date: 1982-11-30
The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.
Interesting
E5
Interesting
Air date: 1982-12-07
The boys decide to throw a party, but before long it descends into chaos. A preachy Christian turns up, Rick gets annoyed when their guests arrive early, Cinderella appears, and Vyvyan tries to impress some girls.
Flood
E6
Flood
Air date: 1982-12-14
The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.

Cast

Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Vyvyan

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall

Rick

Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

Neil

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan

Mike

Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle

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