The Young Ones

TV-141982•29m•7.9/10

Comedy

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7.9/10(152)

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

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

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

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

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

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

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

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.